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Dhishnya, ٳṣṇⲹ: 13 definitions

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Dhishnya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term ٳṣṇⲹ can be transliterated into English as Dhisnya or Dhishnya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dhishnya in Purana glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�).—A Pratardana God.*

  • * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa II. 36. 30.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: Devotees Vaishnavas: Śrī Garga Saṃhit

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�) refers to a “realm� or “kingdom� (viz., of King Indra), according to the Gargasaṃhit chapter 6.3. Accordingly, “[...] by his mystic power he [viz., Raivata] traveled to Brahmaloka. His intention to ask for a proper husband for his daughter, he bowed before the demigod Brahm. As the Apsar Pūrvacitti was singing, he found his opportunity. Aware that now he had Brahm’s attention, he spoke what was in his heart: ‘[...] The realm of King Indra [viz., Ի-ṣṇⲹ] is under your control, what to speak of the realms of ordinary kings or the perfections of yoga. You always stay in the highest realm. To you, O lord of limitless virtue, I offer my respectful obeisances’�.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).

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Vastushastra (architecture)

: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitgama and Rauravgama

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�) refers to “n. of a type of building capable of serving as a temple or chapel §§ 3.12; 4.1, 2, 39; 5.1.�.�(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitgama et du Rauravgama by Bruno Dagens)

: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�) refers to one of the hundred types of Temples (in ancient Indian architecture), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—It is quite difficult to say about a definite number of varieties of Hindu temples but in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurṇa hundred varieties of temples have been enumerated. For example, ٳṣṇⲹ. These temples are classified according to the particular shape, amount of storeys and other common elements, such as the number of pavilions, doors and roofs.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्�, vstuśstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dhishnya in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�).�a. Ved.

1) To be praised or meditated upon.

2) Worthy of a high place.

3) Mindful, attentive.

4) Benevolent, liberal; धिष्ण्या वनतं गिरः (ṣṇy vanata� gira�) ṻ岹 1.3.2.

-ṣṇⲹ� 1 A place for the sacrificial fire; अमी वेदि� परित� क्लृप्�- धिष्ण्या� (amī vedi� parita� klṛpta- ṣṇy�) Ś.4.8.

2) Name of Śukra, preceptor of the demons.

3) The planet Venus.

4) Power, strength.

-ṣṇyam 1 A seat, an abode, site, place, house; � भौमान्ये� धिष्ण्यानि हित्वा ज्योतिर्मयान्यपि (na bhaumnyeva ṣṇyni hitv jyotirmaynyapi) R.15.59; उदग्रधिष्ण्य� गगनेऽवगाढम� (udagraṣṇya� gagane'vagḍham) Bu. Ch.1.2; विवे� धिष्ण्यं क्षितिपालकात्मजः (viveśa ṣṇya� kṣitiplaktmaja�) 4.12.

2) A meteor.

3) Fire (m. also)

4) A star, an asterism; धिष्ण्यमाकाशगं यथ� (ṣṇyamkśaga� yath) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 5.184.6.

5) A quarter of the sky (ṇḍ); � एष दिवि धिष्ण्ये� नाकं व्याप्नोति तेजस� (ya eṣa divi ṣṇyena nka� vypnoti tejas) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 1.171.6.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�).—n.

(-ṣṇⲹ�) 1. A place, a spot, a country. 2. A house. 3. A star, an asterism. 4. Fire. 5. Power. strength. m.

(-ṣṇⲹ�) A name of Agni, the deity of fire. 2. A name of Sukra, regent of Venus. E. ṛṣ to be proud or overbearing, deriv. irr.; or more correctly. ṛṣa-ṇya-ni0 the word is also written ṣṭⲹ or ṣṭhya .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�).� (i. e. probably dh + sna + ya), I. m. A fireplace, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 15, 9. Ii. n. 1. An abode, a seat, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 3, 27; Mahbhrata 3, 17090. A meteor, Mahbhrata 5, 7272.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�).�1. [adjective] spiritual, transcendental, holy, devout, pious.

� [masculine] ([feminine] & [neuter]) a heap of earth, forming a sort of inferior or side-altar; [neuter] meteor (also [feminine]); place, abode, region, star, asterism.

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ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�).�2. [adjective] placed upon the earth-altar (v. [preceding]); [masculine] (±Ծ) such a fire.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�):—[from ] mfn. mindful, attentive, benevolent, liberal (Aśvins), [Ṛg-veda i, 3, 2; 89, 4 etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] devout, pious (voice, hymn), [x, 114, 9]

3) [v.s. ...] m. (f(). only, [Ṛg-veda iv, 3, 6]; n., [Mahbhrata i, 7944]) a sort of subordinate or side-altar (generally a heap of earth covered with sand on which the fire is placed, and of which 8 are enumerated, viz. besides the gnīdhrīya [in the Āgnīdhra] those in the Sadas [see sub voce] belonging to the dz�, the maitr-varuṇa or -ś�, the brhmaṇcchaṃsin, the dz�, Աṣṭ� and acch-vka; and the mrjlīya), [Brhmaṇa; ???] etc. (cf. ḷpٲ-) etc.

4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Uśanas id est. the planet Venus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. ṣaṇa)

5) ٳṣṇ (धिष्ण्या):—[from ṣṇya > �] f. a meteor, [Varha-mihira] (n. only, [Mahbhrata v, 7272])

6) ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�):—[from ] n. site, place, abode, region, house, [Mahbhrata; Kvya literature; Purṇa] etc.

7) [v.s. ...] the seat of a god id est. a quarter of the sky, [Viṣṇu-purṇa]

8) [v.s. ...] star, asterism (looking like the fire on the side altars), [Varha-mihira]

9) [v.s. ...] the orb of an asterism (on which its light seems to centre), [Mahbhrata; Viṣṇu-purṇa]

10) [v.s. ...] power, strength, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] mfn. placed upon a mound of earth serving as an altar, [Atharva-veda; Brhmaṇa] etc.

12) [v.s. ...] m. (with or [scilicet] agni) a fire so placed, [Vjasaneyi-saṃhit; Taittirīya-saṃhit] etc.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳṣṇⲹ (धिष्ण्�):�(ṣṇⲹ�) 1. n. A place, a country; a house; a star; fire; power. m. Agnī; Shukra.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dhishnya in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ٳṣṇⲹ (ಧಿಷ್ಣ್�):�

1) [noun] ಶುಕ್ರಾಚಾರ್�, [shukracarya,] the preceptor of daemons.

2) [noun] a particular area; a place.

3) [noun] fire.

4) [noun] the self-luminous celestial body; a star.

5) [noun] a group or cluster of stars that may or may not form a constellation; an asterism.

6) [noun] a man with keen intelligence an.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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