Vishalakshi, 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ�, Vishala-akshi, 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁: 13 definitions
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Vishalakshi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 terms 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� and 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁 can be transliterated into English as Visalaksi or Vishalakshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢膩ktism痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪):鈥擭ame of one of the goddesses to be worshipped during 膧vara峁嘺p奴j膩 (鈥淲orship of the Circuit of Goddesses鈥�), according to the Durg膩p奴j膩tattva (鈥淭he truth concerning Durg膩鈥檚 ritual鈥�). They should be worshipped with either the five 耻辫腻肠腻谤补蝉 or perfume and flowers.
Her mantra is as follows:
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram啶灌啶班啶� 啶撪 啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪啶 啶ㄠぎ啶�
hr墨峁� o峁� vi艣膩l膩k峁ai 苍补尘补岣�
痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪) refers to 鈥渙ne having big eyes鈥� and is used to describe Bhadrak膩l墨, according to the second recension of the Yogakha峁囜笉a of 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, as Bhadrak膩l墨 said to 艢r墨ka峁囜弓ha: 鈥淚 am Dak峁鈥檚 daughter, born as Bhadrak膩lik膩. O Vy膩sa, 艢r墨ka峁囜弓ha! 艢a峁僰ara! (I am) beautiful and have big eyes [i.e., 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ玗. A great, divine and supreme Command was born on Himavat鈥檚 mountain. Dak峁's daughter, who desired you, in (her) eighth birth, abandoning M膩y膩, (her) true nature was revealed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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Wisdom Library: Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪) is the name of a beautiful damsel (办补苍测腻), with black curly hair and red lips, according to the 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 chapter 92. 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (and other innumerable ladies) arose out of the agitation of Vai峁ａ箛av墨 while she was doing penance at Vi艣膩l膩. For these young women, Vai峁ａ箛av墨 created the city Dev墨pura, containing numerous mansions with golden balconies, crystal stairs and water fountains, with jewelled windows and gardens.
Vai峁ａ箛av墨 is the form of Trikal膩 having a red body representing the energy of Vi峁ａ箛u. Trikal膩 is the name of a Goddess born from the combined looks of Brahm膩, Vi峁ａ箛u and Mahe艣vara (艢iva).
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痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪).鈥擜n attendant of Subrahma峁噛a. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 艢alya Parva, Chapter 46, Stanza 3).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪) refers to 鈥渟he who has wide eyes鈥� and is used to describe P膩rvat墨, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.12.鈥擜ccordingly, after Him膩cala (i.e., Him膩laya) brought his daughter (P膩rvat墨) before 艢iva: 鈥淭hen 艢iva looked at her in the first flush of her youth. Her complexion resembled the full blown blue lotus petals. Her face appeared as the full moon. Her auspicious dress and features were the repositories of all graceful charms. Her neck had the shape of the conch-shell. Her eyes were wide [i.e., 惫颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ�] and her ears shone exquisitely. On either side, her long-rounded arms resembling a lotus-stalk shone beautifully. [...]鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪).鈥擳he Goddess at Benares.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 13. 26; 185. 38.
痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪) refers to the name of a Lady mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. IX.45.3). Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ�) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪) the name of a T墨rtha (holy places) situated at 痴腻谤腻峁嘺蝉墨, according to the 10th century 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺: one of the various Upapur膩峁嘺s depicting 艢aivism.鈥敵漳灏遽箛a蝉墨 has remained a place dear to 艢iva. It is supposed to be a place of 尘辞办峁 for all living creatures. There are many sacred places and innumerable 濒颈峁単补蝉 which are even unknown to Brahm膩, so says the 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺. [...] The temple of 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� is an important 迟墨谤迟丑补 in 痴腻谤腻峁嘺蝉墨. Vy膩sa in course of his pilgrimage visited 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ�, the consort of 艢iva and propitiated her with a stotra found in the 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺. It is on the bank of Ga峁単膩. A person who, after a bath in Ga峁単膩 visits goddess 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� gains the finest result of ten thousand 补艣惫补尘别诲丑补 sacrifices. The 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 also states that four things are very rare in 痴腻谤腻峁嘺蝉墨. These are 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ�, Ga峁単膩, Vi艣ve艣vara 艢iva and devotion to Pa艣upati.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: R膩j nigha峁囜弓u痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪) is another name for 狈腻驳补诲补苍迟墨, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Croton oblongifolius Roxb., synonym of Chrozophora tinctoria or 鈥渄yer's croton鈥� from the Euphorbiaceae or 鈥渟phurge鈥� family of flowering plant, according to verse 5.86-88 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u. The fifth chapter (辫补谤辫补峁乨颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (办峁诲谤补-办峁辫补). Together with the names 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� and 狈腻驳补诲补苍迟墨, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪):鈥擺from vi艣膩l膩k峁 > vi艣膩la] f. Tiaridium Indicum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a form of Durg膩, [Catalogue(s)] (办峁Ｄ�-尘腻丑腻迟尘测补 n. Name of [work])
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of one of the M膩t峁泂 attendant on Skanda, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补]
4) [v.s. ...] of a Yogin墨, [Hem膩dri鈥檚 Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄]
5) [v.s. ...] of a daughter of 艢膩峁囜笉ilya, [Catalogue(s)]
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痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪):鈥�(a and nf) large-eyed; a woman having large eyes.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁 (嗖掂部嗖多簿嗖侧簿嗖曕硩嗖粪部):鈥擺noun] a woman having large eyes.
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痴颈艣腻濒腻办峁Ｄ� (啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶曕啶粪):鈥攏. Mythol. an epithet of Parvati;
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: Vishala, Akshi.
Starts with: Vishalakshimahatmya.
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