Vindhyavasini, 痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨, Vindhya-vasini: 4 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨 (啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶さ啶距じ啶苦え啷�) is one of the epithets of Durg膩, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 53. Accordingly, as V墨ravara praised Durg膩: 鈥�... thou art the principle of life in creatures; by thee this world moves. In the beginning of creation 艢iva beheld thee self-produced, blazing and illuminating the world with brightness hard to behold, like ten million orbs of fiery suddenly produced infant suns rising at once, filling the whole horizon with the circle of thy arms, bearing a sword, a club, a bow, arrows and a spear. And thou wast praised by that god 艢iva in the following words ... [痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨, etc...]鈥�.
Also, 鈥�... when Skanda, and Vasi峁ａ弓ha, and Brahm膩, and the others heard thee praised, under these [eg., 痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨] and other titles, by 艢iva well skilled in praising, they also praised thee. And by praising thee, O adorable one, immortals, 峁氠梗is and men obtained, and do now obtain, boons above their desire. 鈥�
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
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�.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨 (啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶さ啶距じ啶苦え啷�) is another name for 叠丑补诲谤补办腻濒墨 according to the Jayadrathay膩mala 1.9.359cd-361.鈥擴m膩 received the name 叠丑补诲谤补办腻濒墨 and has two bodies in this the fourth age (yuga). (In one body) she is accompanied by K峁涐梗峁嘺 and (in the other) she is black and brown and is the (veritable embodiment of the) destruction of (the demon) Mahi峁 and so is Durg膩, 痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨 (鈥榮he who lives in the Vindhyas鈥�). She with a beautiful waist came down to grace (her) devotees.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨 (啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶さ啶距じ啶苦え啷�):鈥擺=惫颈苍诲丑测补-惫腻蝉颈苍墨] [from vindhya-v膩sin > vindhya] f. (with or without 诲别惫墨) a form of Durg膩, [Kath膩sarits膩gara; Da艣akum膩ra-carita]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a place, [Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺]
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.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary痴颈苍诲丑测补惫腻蝉颈苍墨 (啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶さ啶距じ啶苦え啷�):鈥攏. 1. Mythol. an epithet of Durga; 2. a famous goddess and her temple in Bokhara;
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: Vindhya, Vashini.
Starts with: Vindhyavasinidashaka, Vindhyavasinistotra.
Full-text: Vindhyavasinidashaka, Vintiyavacini, Vindhyavasinistotra, Vindhyadhivasini, Vindhyanilaya, Vadeshvarodaya, Arthavarman, Uma, Bhogavarman.
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