Balakhilya, 叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补, Bala-khilya: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
: archive.org: The ocean of story, vol. 1叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く).鈥擠ivine personages of the size of a thumb. Sixty thousand were produced from Brahm膩鈥檚 body and surrounded the chariot of the sun. The legend of Garu岣峚 and the 叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补s is found in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (see De Gubernatis, Zoological Mythology, p. 95).
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�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く).鈥�(V膧LAKHILYAS). A group of hermits. Origin. Sixty thousand hermits were born to Kratu, one of the Saptar峁s (seven hermits), by his wife, Santati.* They are called 叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补s. Everyone of them was only the size of half a thumb, but they were as bright as the blazing sun and had attained control over their senses. (Vi峁ａ箛u Pur膩峁嘺, A峁兣沘 1, Chapter 10). (See full article at Story of 叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く) or V膩lakhilya refers to a group of deities that sprang from the semen of Brahm膩, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.49 (鈥淭he delusion of Brahm膩鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淸...] O dear, my semen pressed very frequently, turned into several sparkling drops. Thousands of sages called V膩lakhilyas sprang up from the sparkling drops. O sage, then the sages, gathered near me with great pleasure and said鈥斺�極 father O father鈥�. They were then sternly told by you urged by 艢iva鈥檚 wish. The V膩lakhilyas were rebuked angrily by you鈥�.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く).鈥攁 class of divine personages of the size of a thumb and produced from the creator's body and said to precede the sun's chariot (their number is said to be sixty thousand); cf. R.15.1; 啶曕啶班い啷嬥ざ啷嵿 啶膏え啷嵿い啶むた啶班啶ぞ啶班啶ぞ 啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く啶距え啶膏啶い 啷� 啶粪し啷嵿啶苦ぐ啷嵿く啶距え啶� 啶膏す啶膏啶班ぞ啶｀た 啶嬥し啶苦ぃ啶距ぎ啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぇ啷嵿さ- 啶班啶むじ啶距ぎ啷� (krato艣ca santatirbh膩ry膩 产腻濒补khily膩nas奴yata | 峁峁ａ弓iry膩ni sahasr膩峁噄 峁涐梗i峁嚹乵奴rdhva- retas膩m) || M膩rk. P.
Derivable forms: 产腻濒补办丑颈濒测补岣� (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く啶�).
叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 产腻濒补 and khilya (啶栢た啶侧啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く) or B膩likhilya.鈥攎.
(-濒测补岣�) A divine personage, of the size of the thumb, sixty thousand of whom were produced from the hair of Brah- Ma'S body.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く).鈥擺产腻濒补-khilya] (ved.), m. A divine personage of the size of the thumb, sixty thousand of whom were produced from the hair of Brahman's body, 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 13, 442; [厂耻苍诲辞辫补蝉耻苍诲辞辫腻办丑测腻苍补] 3, 5.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く):鈥擺=产腻濒补-khilya] [from 产腻濒补] See 惫腻濒补-办丑.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary叠腻濒补办丑颈濒测补 (啶ぞ啶侧啶苦げ啷嵿く):鈥�(濒测补岣�) 1. m. A divine personage of the size of the thumb.
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.
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Partial matches: Khilya, Bala.
Starts with: Balakhilyagrantha, Balakhilyasamhita, Balakhilyashastra.
Full-text: Balakhilyasamhita, Valakhilya, Balakhilyagrantha, Balayani, Balikhilya, Sannati, Kratu, Bali, Abhisheka.
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