Krauncadvipa, Kraunca-dvipa, 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补: 8 definitions
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Krauncadvipa 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kraunchadvipa.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Wisdom Library: Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 (啶曕啶班啶炧啶氞う啷嵿さ啷�啶�) is one of the seven islands (诲惫墨辫补), ruled over by Jyoti峁膩n, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, according to the 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 chapter 74. Priyavrata was a son of Sv膩yambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahm膩, who was in turn created by N膩r膩ya峁嘺, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
These are the seven major mountains in 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补:
- Vidyullata (or, Raivata),
- M膩nasa (or, P膩vaka),
- Andhak膩ra (or, Acchodaka),
- Dev膩v峁泃a (or, Sur膩pa),
- Devi峁ａ弓ha (or, K膩帽cana艣峁涐箙ga),
- Govinda (or, Dvivinda),
- Pu峁囜笉ar墨ka (or, Toy膩saha).
These are the seven regions situated in 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补:
- Ku艣ala (or, M膩dhava),
- V膩maka (or, Sa峁僾artaka),
- U峁ａ箛av膩n (or, Saprak膩艣a),
- P膩vaka (or, Sudar艣ana),
- Adhak膩ra (or, Sammoha),
- Munide艣a (or, Prak膩艣a),
- Dundubhi (or, Anartha).
These are the seven major rivers situated in 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补:
- Gauri (or, Pu峁avah膩),
- Kumudvat墨 (膧rdravat墨),
- Sandhy膩 (or Raudr膩),
- R膩tr墨 (or, Sukh膩vah膩),
- Manojav膩 (or, Bhogajav膩),
- Khy膩ti (or, K峁prod膩),
- Pu峁囜笉ar墨ka (or, Bahul膩).
The 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 is categorised as a Mah膩pur膩峁嘺, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and S奴ta is the main narrator.
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 (啶曕啶班啶炧啶氞う啷嵿さ啷�啶�).鈥�(ISLAND OF KRAU脩CA). One of the Sapta诲惫墨辫补s (seven islands). The seven islands are Jamb奴诲惫墨辫补, Plak峁诲惫墨辫补, 艢膩lmal墨诲惫墨辫补, Ku艣a诲惫墨辫补, 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补, 艢膩ka诲惫墨辫补 and Pu峁ara诲惫墨辫补. (Dev墨 Bh膩gavata Skandha 8). 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 is described as follows in Mah膩bh膩rata, Bh墨峁a Parva, Chapter 12:鈥擨n this island there are the mountains Krau帽ca, V膩manaka, Andhak膩ra, Main膩ka, Govinda, Nibi岣峚, and Vi峁ambha. The various countries in this island are Ku艣ala, Manonuga, U峁ａ箛a, Pr膩varaka, Andhak膩raka, Munide艣a, Dundubhisvana etc.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Kavya (poetry)
: Shodhganga: A critical appreciation of soddhalas udayasundarikatha碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 (啶曕啶班啶炧啶氞う啷嵿さ啷�啶�).鈥擮ne of the seven continents (诲惫墨辫补) of Bh奴rloka (earth).鈥擨n the 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补, there is Krau帽ca mountain. The 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 is encircled by an ocean (samudra) of curd.
: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 (啶曕啶班啶炧啶氞う啷嵿さ啷�啶�) is the name a locality mentioned in 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 10th-century K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩.鈥擨t is one of the seven Dv墨pas of the world. This is said to be encircled by the Dadhi Ocean.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢aivism碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 (啶曕啶班啶炧啶氞う啷嵿さ啷�啶�) refers to one of the seven continents (sapta诲惫墨辫补) situated within the world of the earth (辫峁泃丑颈惫墨), according to Par膩khyatantra 5.61. It is also known as plainly Krau帽ca. These continents are located above the seven 辫腻迟腻濒补蝉 and may contain even more sub-continents within them, are round in shape, and are encircled within seven concentric oceans.
According to the Par膩khya-tantra, 鈥渂eyond that is the continent Krau帽ca, where K膩rttikeya threw his spear of great power and slew the great demon Krau帽ca. Beyond that is the ocean of clarified butter, where the creator, in a sacrifice (kratu), placed a great deal of clarified butter to give pleasure to the gods; that is why it is known as the ocean of clarified butter鈥�.
The Par膩khyatantra is an old 艢aiva-siddh膩nta tantra dating from before the 10th century.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 (啶曕啶班啶炧啶氞う啷嵿さ啷�啶�) or simply Krau帽ca refers to a country [identified with a part of the Him膩layan range (situated in the eastern part of the chain on the north of Assam)], belonging to 鈥淒ak峁峁嘺 or Dak峁峁嘺de艣a (southern division)鈥� classified under the constellations of Uttaraph膩lguni, Hasta and Citr膩, according to the system of 碍奴谤尘补惫颈产丑腻驳补, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he countries of the Earth beginning from the centre of Bh膩ratavar峁 and going round the east, south-east, south, etc., are divided into 9 divisions corresponding to the 27 lunar asterisms at the rate of 3 for each division and beginning from K峁泃tik膩. The constellations of Uttaraph膩lguni, Hasta and Citr膩 represent the southern division consisting of [i.e., 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补] [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 (啶曕啶班啶炧啶氞う啷嵿さ啷�啶�):鈥擺=办谤补耻帽肠补-诲惫墨辫补] [from 办谤补耻帽肠补] m. Name of a Dv墨pa (See 办谤补耻帽肠补), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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Partial matches: Kraunca, Dvipa.
Full-text (+89): Munidesha, Ghritaprishtha, Dravina, Dundubhi, Manojava, Pravaraka, Khyati, Rishabha, Amritaugha, Tigma, Bhojana, Kraunca, Pivara, Devaka, Shakadvipa, Pundarika, Dhanya, Saptadvipa, Kumudvati, Aryaka.
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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 46 - Dv墨pas and their Lords < [Section 1 - Uttarabh膩ga]
Chapter 53 - Geography of the World < [Section 1 - Uttarabh膩ga]
Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 19 - Description of Plak峁 and other continents (诲惫墨辫补) < [Section 2 - Anu峁峁単a-p膩da]
Chapter 14 - The race of Priyavrata < [Section 2 - Anu峁峁単a-p膩da]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 20 - Description of the remaining six Dv墨pas < [Book 5 - Fifth Skandha]
Chapter 1 - The Life of Priyavrata < [Book 5 - Fifth Skandha]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
6. The area of Krauncadvipa < [Chapter 9 - Geography]
7. The area of Sakadvipa < [Chapter 9 - Geography]
4. Varna system (c): Vaisyas < [Social Structure]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Sapta诲惫墨辫补 (4): 碍谤补耻帽肠补诲惫墨辫补 < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Pur膩峁嘺]
The concept of Sapta诲惫墨辫补 (seven islands) < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Pur膩峁嘺]
Sapta诲惫墨辫补 (5): 艢膩lmala诲惫墨辫补 < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Pur膩峁嘺]
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