Kurmavatara, 碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补, Kurma-avatara: 7 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) refers to the 鈥渢ortoise incarnation鈥� of Vi峁ａ箛u and was once depicted and worshipped in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺.鈥擳he 碍奴谤尘补 incarnation is not referred to directly in the N墨lamata. 碍奴谤尘补 occurs as a place-name in the list of the t墨rthas dedicated to Vi峁ａ箛u and this indicates the recognition of the 碍奴谤尘补 incarnation in Ka艣m 墨ra, at that time.
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.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Shodhganga: The significance of the m奴la-beras (艣ilpa)碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) or 碍奴谤尘补 is one of the 诲补艣腻惫补迟腻谤补 (ten incarnations) of Vi峁ａ箛u, is found depicted at the Kallazhagar Temple in Madurai, which represents a sacred place for the worship of Vi峁ａ箛u.鈥擳he god 碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 is represented with the lower part as tortoise鈥檚 feet and the upper part in the usual form of the god. The god in this form is found with four arms where the upper hands hold the discus and the conch, and the other two right and left hands are in abhaya and 诲辞濒腻-丑补蝉迟补 respectively.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) refers to the 鈥渋ncarnation called 碍奴谤尘补鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚n the venerable seat of O峁僰膩ra, the talented Vijay膩, who is (the energy) 艢膩nti, pulses radiantly within. During the K峁泃a Age (the Siddha) is the tranquil Ananta directly apparent. The one called Khagendra (is the Siddha) in the Tret膩 Age and (within him) in the sacred seat of J膩la is the Vidy膩 which is part of the ma峁囜笉ala and is impelled by the (most) excellent Void. I bow to Pi峁単ala who shines with the radiance of the Moon and Sun and is the incarnation (called) 碍奴谤尘补 (办奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补)鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) refers to one of the Da艣膩vat膩ra (鈥渢en incarnations鈥�) (of Lord Vi峁ａ箛u) to which are assign various hand gestures (in Indian Dramas), according to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥擳he word 办奴谤尘补 means tortoise. According to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, to show the 办奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补, the 辫补迟腻办补 hand should be curved downward. But according to the Abhinayadarpa峁嘺, to show the 办奴谤尘补-补惫补迟腻谤补, the hands should be in cakrahasta. The cakrahasta is made with two ardhacandra hands which are kept across its other. So, to make the hand gesture of 碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补, the dancer should bend the tips of thumb and little fingers in cakrahasta.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ).鈥攖he 碍奴谤尘补 incarnation of Vi峁ａ箛u; cf. G墨tagovinda 1 :-啶曕啶粪た啶むた- 啶班い啶苦さ啶苦お啷佮げ啶むぐ啷� 啶むさ 啶むた啶粪啶犩い啶� 啶啶粪啶犩 啶оぐ啶｀た啶оぐ啶｀啶苦ぃ啶氞啷嵿ぐ啶椸ぐ啶苦し啷嵿啷� 啷� 啶曕啶多さ啶о啶�- 啶曕啷嵿啶班啶� 啶溹く 啶溹啶︵啶� 啶灌ぐ啷� (k峁ti- rativipulatare tava ti峁ａ弓hati p峁涐梗峁環e dhara峁噄dhara峁嘺ki峁嘺cakragari峁ａ弓he | ke艣avadh峁泃a- kacchar奴pa jaya jagad墨艣a hare) ||
Derivable forms: 办奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补岣� (啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ啶�).
碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 办奴谤尘补 and 补惫补迟腻谤补 (啶呧さ啶むぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ):鈥擺from 办奴谤尘补] m. the tortoise incarnation (of Vi峁ａ箛u).
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus碍奴谤尘腻惫补迟腻谤补 (嗖曕硞嗖班硩嗖簿嗖掂菠嗖距舶):鈥擺noun] = 嗖曕硞嗖班硩嗖� - [kurma -]3.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kurma, Avatara.
Full-text: Kurma, Tortoise, Dashavatara.
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