Saurashtra, 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Saurashtra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 can be transliterated into English as Saurastra or Saurashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣腻stra厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is a Sanskrit term for an alloy corresponding to 鈥渁 kind of amalgam of zinc or copper, bell-metal, brass鈥�.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥�(c) the dvijas of, became 惫谤腻迟测补蝉, after Puramjaya's time;1 attacked Para艣ur腻ma and were defeated;2 ruled by a degraded caste.3
- 1) Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺 XII. 1. 38; Matsya-pur腻峁嘺 114. 51.
- 2) Brahm腻峁囜笉a-pur腻峁嘺 III. 39. 11.
- 3) Vi峁ａ箛u-pur腻峁嘺 IV. 24. 68.
1b) The country of the.*
- * Vi峁ａ箛u-pur腻峁嘺 II. 3. 16.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N腻峁瓂a-艣腻stra厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name of a country pertaining to the 膧vant墨 local usage (辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈) according to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 14. These 辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈s provide information regarding costumes, languages, and manners in different countries of the world. It is mentioned that this local usage (adopted by these countries) depends on the grand style (蝉腻迟迟惫补迟墨) and the graceful style (办补颈艣颈办墨).
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).
Kavya (poetry)
: Shodhganga: A critical appreciation of soddhalas udayasundarikatha厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥擮ne of the various countries and cities mentioned by So岣嶀笉hala.鈥敵Р钩馨遽梗峁�, which is also called 膧narta, is the modern Peninsula of Kathiawar and some portion of northernmost Gujarat. So岣嶀笉hala has referred to Prabh腻sa K峁tra, the modem Soman腻tha or Prabh腻sa P腻峁弓ana on the coast of Kathiawara, where the demon M腻y腻bala and Dambholi who are in search of Udayasundar墨 meet together. Both have arrived here to offer worship to Soman腻tha for the fulfilment of their desired object.
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�.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) [=Su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] (or Saur腻峁ａ弓rika) refers to a country (identified with Surat), belonging to 鈥淣air峁泃墨 (south-western division)鈥� classified under the constellations of Sv腻ti, Vi艣腻kh腻 and Anur腻dh腻, 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腻 (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var腻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腻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腻. The constellations of Sv腻ti, Vi艣腻kh腻 and Anur腻dh腻 represent the south-western division consisting of [i.e., 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] [...]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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: archive.org: Indian Historical Quarterly Vol. 7厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name of a country classified as K腻di (a type of Tantrik division), according to the 13th century Sammoha-tantra (fol. 7).鈥擳here are ample evidences to prove that the zone of heterodox Tantras went far beyond the natural limits of India. [...] The zones in the Sammoha-tantra [viz., 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] are here fixed according to two different Tantrik modes, known as K腻di and H腻di.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Countries, Cities, Sacred places and other Geographical regions1) 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) refers to one of the Twenty-four Sacred Places which on the Indian subcontinent are considered particularly powerful for the practices of the Yogini Tantras. These twenty-four sacred sites [e.g., 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] correspond to twenty-four places on the human body and act in conjunction with yogic practices.鈥擳hey are known in Sanskrit as: 肠补迟耻谤惫颈峁兣沘迟颈-辫墨峁环补 and in Tibetan as: gnas nyi shu rtsa bzhi.
2) 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name of a sacred site (辫墨峁环补) presided over by 艢au峁囜笉in墨, according to the 惫腻谤腻丑测补产丑测耻诲补测补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补. 艢au峁囜笉in墨 is a deity situated in one of the six petals of the southern lotus, of which the presiding deity is 办耻濒别艣惫补谤墨 (presiding lady) named 笔腻峁囜笉补谤补惫腻蝉颈苍墨. The central deity of the 惫腻谤腻丑测补产丑测耻诲补测补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补 is the twelve-armed Vajravar腻h墨.
厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is one of the twenty-four 辫墨峁环补s, or 鈥榮acred-site鈥� (six lotuses each having six petals), each corresponding with a part of the human body. 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is to be contemplated as situated in the thighs. Besides being associated with a bodily spot, each 辫墨峁环补 represents an actual place of ancient India frequented particularly by advanced tantric practitioners
: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajra岣嵞錵amah腻tantrar腻ja (II)厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is one of the two Upamel腻paka (鈥榮acred spot鈥�) present within the K腻yacakra (鈥榗ircle of body鈥�) which is associated with the 岣屇錵颈苍墨 named P腻t腻lav腻sin墨 (鈥榓 woman living underground鈥�), according to the 9th-centruy 痴补箩谤补岣嵞錵补迟补苍迟谤补. V腻kcakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts (viz., 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补) resided over by twenty-four 鈥榮acred girls鈥� (岣嵞錵颈苍墨蝉) whose husbands abide in one鈥檚 body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (诲丑腻迟耻) of one鈥檚 body.
厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 has the presiding 岣屇錵颈苍墨 named 艢au峁囜笉in墨 whose husband, or hero (惫墨谤补) is named Hayagr墨va. The associated internal location are the 鈥榯highs鈥� and the bodily ingredient (诲丑腻迟耻) is the 鈥榖lood鈥�. According to the Vajra岣嵞錵aviv峁泃i, the districts Lamp腻ka, 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, O岣峳a and K腻mar奴pa are associated with the family deity of Mohan墨; while in the Abhidh腻nottarottaratantra there is the 岣屇錵a deity named Vajra岣嵞錵a standing in the center of the districts named Pretapur墨 (Pret腻dhiv腻sin墨), G峁沨adevat腻, 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 and Suvar峁嘺dv墨pa.
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶灌啶熰啶�) is the 辫墨峁环补 associated with Sau峁囜笉in墨 and Hayagr墨va, according to the Cakrasa峁僾ara-m补峁囜笉ala or Sa峁僾aram补峁囜笉ala of Abhay腻karagupta鈥檚 Ni峁annayog腻val墨, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasa峁僾aratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).鈥擳he Cakrasa峁僾ara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (办腻测补-惫腻办补-肠颈迟迟补), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight 岣屇錵颈苍墨s each in non-dual union with their 岣屇錵as, "male consorts".
Associated elements of Sau峁囜笉in墨 and Hayagr墨va:
Circle: 办腻测补肠补办谤补 (body-wheel) (white);
岣屇錵颈苍墨 (female consort): Sau峁囜笉in墨;
岣屇錵a (male consort): Hayagr墨va;
叠墨箩补: 蝉补耻峁�;
Body-part: thighs;
P墨峁環a: 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补;
Bodily constituent: lohita (blood);
Bodhipak峁 (wings of enlightenment): 诲丑补谤尘补惫颈肠补测补产辞诲丑测补峁単补 (awakening of investigation).
厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name of Chandoha (category of holy sites), according to the 10th-century 岣屇錵腻r峁嘺va-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Sa峁僾ara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.鈥擜ccordingly: 鈥淣ow, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the chandoha and upachandoha in sequence. [...] (5) Pretapur墨, G峁沨adev墨, 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, and Suvar峁嘺dv墨pa are the chandoha [sites]. (6) The upacchandoha [sites] are Nagara, Sindhu, and Maru. Kulit腻 (for Kulat腻 or Kulut腻) is also the upacchandoha. [...] Girls who are in these places are of [the nature of] the innate, born in their own birthplaces. [...]鈥�.
: Rigpa Shedra: Wiki厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) refers to one of the Twenty-four Great Sacred Places (Tibetan: gnas chen nyer bzhi) according to the Cakrasa峁僾aratantra (Chakrasamvara Tantra).鈥擨n the Nyingma tradition, Jigme Lingpa鈥檚 Yumka Dechen Gyalmo has incorporated this enumeration. Furthermore, Jigme Lingpa says that 鈥渁s regards these places, they are entirely present internally, within our own body鈥�.鈥擣or example, 鈥渢he thighs are 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补鈥�.鈥擳his correlation can also be found in the Sampu峁璷dbhavatantra (鈥�Emergence from Samputa Tantra鈥�) [e.g., 鈥湷Р钩馨遽梗峁� is said to be in the thighs, While the two shanks are said To have the nature of Suvar峁嘺dv墨pa. The last two are auxiliary mel腻pakas鈥漖
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
: What is India: Inscriptions of the 艢il腻h腻ras厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is the name of a village mentioned in the 鈥溼宫h腻峁嚹� stone inscription of Apar腻ditya II鈥�. 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is the same as modern K腻峁環i腻w腻岣�.
This stone inscription (mentioning 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补) was apparently found in the 峁琱腻峁嚹� District. It records that Lak峁补峁嘺n腻yaka, son of Bh腻skaran腻yaka, the Mah腻m腻tya of Apar腻ditya, made gifts to the god Soman腻tha in 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补. It is dated in the 艢aka year 1107, Sunday, the 15th tithi of the bright fortnight of Caitra, the cyclic year being Vi艣v腻vasu.
: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri鈥檚 Kuvalayamala-katha (history)厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name of a country included in an international list of students participating in universities of ancient India, as depicted in the Kath腻s (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanas奴ri in his 8th-century Kuvalayam腻l腻 (a Prakrit Camp奴, similar to K腻vya poetry).鈥擯age 150.17 f. & 151.1-5: There is described an educational institution which included students from [e.g., 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] [...]. The courses of study comprised Vy腻kar补峁嘺, Buddhism, S腻峁僰hya, Ny腻ya, Anek腻nta or Jaina and Lok腻yata or C腻rv腻ka philosophies. At another place (151.6-11) the prince came across persons who cultivated the seventy-two arts and sixty-four sciences, [...].
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥�a. (-峁ａ弓谤腻 or -峁ａ弓谤墨 f.) Coming from or relating to the district called Su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (or Surat).
-峁ａ弓谤补岣� The district of Su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补. -m. pl. The people of Su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补.
-峁ａ弓谤补尘 Brass, bell-metal.
-峁ａ弓谤墨 A kind of fragrant earth.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥攎.
(-峁ａ弓谤补岣�) Surat. f. (-峁ａ弓谤墨) A fragrant sort of earth. n.
(-峁ａ弓谤补峁�) Bell metal. f. (-峁ａ弓谤腻 or -峁ａ弓谤墨) Relating to the district of Surashtra. E. su good or much, 谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 dominion, 补帽 aff.; or su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 the same, 补峁� pleonasm.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥擺adjective] coming from Su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补; [masculine] [plural] the inhabitants of Su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�):鈥攎f(腻, or 墨)n. ([from] su谤腻峁ａ弓谤补) belonging to or coming from the country of Sur腻t, [Var腻ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it腻]
2) m. the resin of Boswellia Thurifera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) m. [plural] the inhabitants of Sur腻t, [Atharva-veda.Pari艣.; Var腻ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it腻; R腻jatara峁単i峁嚹玗
4) f(腻 or 墨). a sort of fragrant earth found in S掳, [Su艣ruta; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) n. a kind of amalgam of zinc or copper, bell-metal, brass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�):鈥�(峁ａ弓谤补岣�) 1. m. Surat. f. (墨) Fragrant earth. n. Bell-metal.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 厂辞谤补峁弓丑补.
[Sanskrit to German]
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厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (嗖膏硨嗖班簿嗖粪硩嗖熰硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the name of a country, forming a part of the present Gujar腻t; S奴rat.
2) [noun] (mus.) in Karn腻峁璦ka system, a r腻ga (musical mode) derived from the main mode Cakrav腻ka.
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)
Starts with: Saurashtradesha, Saurashtraka, Saurashtram, Saurashtramandala, Saurashtramrittika, Saurashtranagara, Saurashtrar.
Full-text (+130): Saurashtram, Saurashtradesha, Saurashtramandala, Saurashtranagara, Saurashtramrittika, Sasaurashtra, Saurashtraka, Saurashtreya, Valabhi, Saurashtrika, Shaundini, Saurashtri, Ujjayanta, Suvarnadvipa, Pattunuli, Volutarella ramosa, Sorata, Hayagriva, Sorattha, Jayadeva.
Relevant text
Search found 88 books and stories containing Saurashtra, 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补; (plurals include: Saurashtras, 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补s). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 184 < [Volume 23 (1918)]
Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Sanskrit Inscriptions (B): The Maitrakas < [Chapter 3]
Mingling of Cultures (R): The Saindhavas < [Chapter 4]
Chart: Movement of Vedic Br腻hm补峁嘺s < [Chapter 3]
Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences) (by Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi)
3.2. Rivers described in the Manasollasa < [Chapter 6 - Manasollasa: the first Encyclopaedia]
3.1. Mountains and Forests described in the Manasollasa < [Chapter 6 - Manasollasa: the first Encyclopaedia]
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Natural Abodes of Elephants: Forests and woods < [Chapter 3]
Appendix III: Elephant on other Coins
Ancient trade in Ivory and Elephant-tusks < [Chapter 5]
Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
4.2. Arrival in Gujarat < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
5. Guruparampara in Sv腻min腻r腻y补峁嘺 Faith: A Live Philosophy < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 12: Mar墨ci鈥檚 future births < [Chapter VI]
Part 2: Kum腻rap腻la < [Chapter XII - Omniscience and wandering of Mah腻惫墨谤补]
Part 13: Description of 艢atru帽jaya < [Chapter VI]