Shukracarya, 艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补, Shukra-acarya: 12 definitions
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Shukracarya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 can be transliterated into English as Sukracarya or Shukracarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shukracharya.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶掂た啶い啶�):鈥斉毘馨彀宄δ灏獠� was a very powerful br膩hma峁嘺. He had a daughter named Devay膩n墨 who married king Yay膩ti (one of the six sons of Nahu峁 ). (see Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 9.18.4)
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.
Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
: archive.org: Studies in Kautilya Vocabulary艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) or U艣an膩 is one of the most important political thinkers of India, The school established by him had become famous and came to be recognised by the names or Au艣anasa. It appears that he and his followers and disciples had introduced quite a large number of works to propagate their views and popularise their idealism. But till today only one of such works is available and that is also most probably an abridged edition of one of his texts. The name of that book is 艢ukran墨tis膩ra .
Arthashastra (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, artha艣膩stra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) is the name of a ancient authority on the science of Sanskrit metrics (肠丑补苍诲补艣腻蝉迟谤补) mentioned by Y膩davaprak膩艣a (commentator on 颁丑补苍诲补艣艣腻蝉迟谤补 of Pi峁単ala).鈥斉毘馨彀宄δ灏獠� (the preceptor of the demons) is also acknowledged as one among the ancient authorities of Sanskrit Prosody.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) refers to 鈥�Guru of the demons鈥�. (cf. Glossary page from 艢谤墨尘补诲-叠丑补驳补惫补诲-骋墨迟腻).
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) 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 (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: Hinduism艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�): Shukracharya was a guru in Hindu mythology. Known as the guru of the Asuras, he is also associated with the planet Shukra (Venus) which is named after him. He was born as the son of Rishi Brighu and his wife Ushana.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary艣ukr腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�).鈥攎 (S) The teacher Shukra, the preceptor of the Titans. 2 Applied jocosely to a monoculous person, Cyclops, Polyphemus.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) or 艢ukr膩c膩ryya.鈥攎.
(-谤测补岣�) The regent of Venus. E. 艣耻办谤补, and 腻肠腻谤测补 teacher.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺from 艣耻办谤补] m. the sage 艢掳 (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the Daityas), [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺艣耻办谤腻+肠腻谤测补] (谤测测补岣�) 1. m. Regent of Venus.
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥�(nm) mythologically, the preceptor of the A suras (demons)—opposite number of [产峁沨补蝉辫补迟颈] in the demonic camp; one-eyed person.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (嗖多硜嗖曕硩嗖班簿嗖氞簿嗖班硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖多硜嗖曕硩嗖� [shukra]2 - 4.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 (啶多啶曕啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥攏. Mythol. the preceptor of the Asuras; Sukracharya;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shukra, Acarya.
Full-text (+62): Shukranitisara, Devayani, Yayati, Cukkiracari, Nitisara, Cukkiguvara, Amarka, Ghurnika, Shukracaryya, Shukra, Shataparva, Shukracharya, Turvasu, Sarmishtha, Tvashtadhara, Yadu, Vetasika, Dhishnya, Samjivinividya, Ayadhana.
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