Bhagiratha, 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补: 25 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)One of the Hands of Famous Emperors.鈥數蟛共的钩俪蟛�: Ardha-candra hand made like Tripat膩ka, and this is also used for an eclipse of the moon (lit. seizing by Rahu).
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).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ):鈥擲on of Dilipa (son of 础峁兣泆尘腻苍). He performed very severe austerities to bring the Ganges to this material world. He had a son named 艢ruta. (see Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 9.9.2-17)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ).鈥�Genealogy. Descended from Vi峁ａ箛u thus: Brahm膩-Mar墨ci-Ka艣yapa-Vivasv膩n-Vaivasvata manu-Ik峁膩ku-Vikuk峁-艢a艣膩da-Kakutstha-Anenas-P峁泃hul膩艣va-Prasenajit-Yuvan膩艣va-M膩ndh膩t膩-Purukutsa-Trasadasyu-Anara峁噛a-Harya艣va-Vasumanas-Sudhanv膩-Traiyy膩ru峁嘺-Satyavrata or Tri艣a峁卥u-Hari艣candra-Rohit膩艣va-Harita-Cu帽cu-Sudeva-Bharuka-B膩huka-Sagara-Asama帽jas-础峁兣泆尘腻苍*-叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补. (See full article at Story of 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ).鈥擳he son of Dil墨pa and father of 艢ruta (Suhotra Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺); by penance on the banks of the Bindusaras he succeeded in bringing the Ganges; was asked how she was to dispose of the sins of men discharged into her waters; 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 said that S膩dhus and others among whom was Hari would take off the sins from her: was asked to pray to 艢iva to check her course; so he prayed to 艢iva and it was heard; by this he was able to shake off the sins of his ancestors;1 a R膩ja峁涐梗i; went to the forest of the Gaura hills in search of Gang膩;2 his lust after more territory;3 after him Gang膩 became the Bh膩g墨rath墨; so-called after the seventh branch of the Ganges.4
- 1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 9. 2-13 and 16; Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 18. 25; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 12. 44; 15. 19; 121. 26; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 88. 167; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 4. 35-6.
- 2) V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 47. 24.
- 3) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 XII. 3. 10.
- 4) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 54. 48-51; 63. 166-8; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 47. 40.
叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ) is the great-grandson of Sagara, who, after his education at the 腻艣谤补尘补 of the sage Cyavana, with the might of his own arm conquers back the lost kingdom of his ancestors and becomes the king of Ayodhy膩. He prays to 艢iva to bless him with children. According to the blessings of 艢iva, the king begot one son named A峁兣泆mat from his first wife and sixty thousand from the other. From A峁兣泆mat was born Dil墨pa whose son is 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补, worthy son of a worthy father.
: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. I.177.19) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补) 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 studyBhagiratha (啶啶苦ぐ啶�) (叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补?) is the son of Dilipa (Dil墨pa?)and grandson of 础峁兣泆尘腻苍, according to the 痴补峁兣浤乶耻肠补谤颈迟补 section of 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.鈥擜ccordingly, [...] The illustrious king Sagara was the son of B膩hu and 础峁兣泆尘腻苍 was born from Sagara. Dilipa was the Son of 础峁兣泆尘腻苍 and Bhagiratha (叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补?) was born from Dilipa. Bhagiratha propitiated 艢iva by his penance and received the best of boons. Lord 艢iva for the protection of the world held Ga峁単膩 in his head.
By the grace of Lord 艢iva, Bhagiratha reigned for a long time and thinking the world to be like 颈苍诲谤补箩腻濒补 he desisted from enjoying the kingdom and approached the celebrated sage J膩b膩la. By the grace of the sage the king got the supreme knowledge and highest perfection. 艢ruta was the son of Bhagiratha.
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.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Archaeological Survey of India: 艢aiva monuments at Pa峁弓adakal (艣ilpa)叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ) is depicted as a sculpture on the fourth pillar (middle panel) of the southern half of the ma峁囜笉apa of the temple of Loke艣vara.鈥擜t the extreme left end of the panel is again 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补, in penance, standing in between the trees. Below one of the trees is sitting a monkey. Its hand is on some animal like thing. Also, one more head is shown, hiding in the leaves of that same tree which is to the right side of the goddess. It is difficult to say whether it is a tiger or a cat? This picture reminds us that of descent of Ga峁単膩 cut on a rock at Mah膩balipuram. A chameleon is climbing upon a tree which is at the extreme left of the panel.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: Hinduism叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ): Son of Dilipa, king of Kosala who worshipped Shiva and brought down Ganges.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ) refers to one of the various 峁氠梗is (sages) and Mah膩r峁s (great sages) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补).
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ) is the grandson of Cakrin Sagara and lead the Ga峁単膩 river to the Eastern Ocean, according to chapter 2.6 [补箩颈迟补苍腻迟丑补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly: 鈥淸...] 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补, having a cruel arm-staff, drew the roaring river by the staff, like a wreath by a hook. 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 made the Ga峁単膩 cross through the middle of the Kurus to the south of the city Hastin膩pura, but to the west of the Kosala-realm, to the north of Pray膩ga, and to the south of the K膩艣is, through the Vindhyas to the south of the A峁単as, to the north of Magadha to the Eastern Ocean, drawing rivers that were on the way like the wind bunches of grass. From that time the 迟墨谤迟丑补 was called Ga峁単膩s膩gara, and because she had been led by 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 the Ga峁単膩 was called Bh膩g墨rath墨鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ).鈥擭ame of an ancient king of the solar dynasty, the great-grandson of Sagara, who brought down, by practising the most austere penance, the celestial river Ga峁単膩 from heaven to the earth and from earth to the lower regions to purify the ashes of his 6, ancestors, the sons of Sagara.
Derivable forms: 产丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补岣� (啶啷赌啶班ぅ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary叠丑腻驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶椸啶班ぅ).鈥攏ame of one or two former Buddha(s): 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 iii.239.5; 础惫补诲腻苍补-艣补迟补办补 i.65.11.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ).鈥攎.
(-迟丑补岣�) A king of the solar dynasty, whose austerities brought down Ganga, the river, from heaven to the earth.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ).鈥攎. A king whose austerities brought Ga峁単膩, the river, from heaven; called her father, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 1, 44, 8 sqq. Gorr.; [Uttara R膩macarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 167, 10;
叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of an ancient king.
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叠丑腻驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶椸啶班ぅ).鈥擺feminine] 墨 relating to 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补; [feminine] 墨 [Epithet] of Ga峁単膩.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攑oet. [S奴ktikar峁嚹乵峁泃a by 艢r墨dharad膩sa]
2) 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ):鈥攕on of Harshadeva, of the P墨tamu峁囜笉墨 family, lived under Jagaccandra of K奴rm膩cala: K膩vy膩dar艣a峁玨膩. Kir膩t膩rjun墨ya峁玨膩. Vijay膩 Dev墨m膩h膩tmya峁玨膩. Nai峁dh墨ya峁玨膩. Mahimna岣tava峁玨膩. Tattvad墨pik膩 Meghad奴ta峁玨膩. Jagaccandrik膩 Raghuva峁兣沘峁玨膩. 艢i艣up膩lavadha峁玨膩.
3) 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ):鈥擵aidyaj墨vana峁玨膩 Jagaccandrik膩.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ):鈥擺from bhaj] m. ([probably] [from] bhagin + ratha, 鈥榟aving a glorious chariot鈥�), Name of an ancient king (son of Dil墨pa and great-grandfather of Sagara, king of Ayodhy膩 ; he brought down the sacred Ga峁単膩 from heaven to earth and then conducted this river to the ocean in order to purify the ashes of his ancestors, the 60,000 sons of Sagara; cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 322]), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺; Pur膩峁嘺] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce authors (also with 峁环补办办耻谤补 and megha; cf. bhagin), [Catalogue(s)]
3) [v.s. ...] of an architect of recent date, [Inscriptions]
4) [v.s. ...] of a mountain, [艢atru峁僯aya-m膩h膩tmya]
5) 叠丑腻驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶ぞ啶椸啶班ぅ):鈥擺from 产丑腻驳补] a mf(墨)n. ([from] 产丑补驳墨谤) relating to 叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补
6) b See p. 751, col. 3.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ):鈥�(迟丑补岣�) 1. m. Name of a king.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (啶啷�啶班ぅ) [Also spelled bhagirath]:鈥�(nm) an ancient Indian king of the solar dynasty who is supposed to have caused the river Ganga: to descend on earth through his unprecedented penance; —[prayatna] a Herculean effort, tremendous effort.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus叠丑补驳墨谤补迟丑补 (嗖矖喑�嗖班播):鈥擺noun] a mythological king, who by his austerities pleased 艢iva and got the celestial Ga峁僩膩 released and brought to earth, which is supposed to the present Ga峁僩膩 river; 嗖矖喑�嗖班播 嗖硩嗖班帛嗖む硩嗖� [bhagiratha prayatna] 产丑补驳墨谤ata prayatna undetered, rigorous effort that leads to success despite severe odds.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) 产丑补驳墨谤atha (醼樶�傖��涐��) [(pu) (醼曖��)]鈥�
产丑补驳墨谤atha锛巄h膩g墨rath墨-锛�
醼樶�傖��涐�戓�欋�勧�横�羔亱 醼樶��傖��涐�戓��-醼�醼坚�娽�丰�横亱
2) bh膩g墨ratha (醼樶��傖��涐��) [(ti) (醼愥��)]鈥�
摆产丑腻驳墨谤补迟丑补+峁嘺闭
摆醼樶赌赌傖赌赌涐赌�+醼庐
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)1) 产丑补驳墨谤atha鈥�
(Burmese text):
醼樶�傖��涐�戓�欋�勧�横�羔亱 醼樶��傖��涐�戓��-醼�醼坚�娽�丰�横亱
(Auto-Translation):
Bagiya rice. Bagiya curry - look.
2) bh膩g墨ratha鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼樶��傖��涐�� 醼♂�斸�结�氠�横亴醼栣�坚�呩�横�炨�贬�亰 醼炨�搬亱 (醼炨���醼�濁�勧�横�欋�会���)
(Auto-Translation): He is from the family of Baghirat. (Thakwin members)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhagiratha, Na.
Starts with: Bhagiratha megha, Bhagiratha mishra, Bhagirathadatta, Bhagirathakanya, Bhagirathapatha, Bhagirathaprayatna, Bhagirathasuta, Bhagirathatirtha, Bhagirathayashas, Bhagirathi.
Full-text (+76): Bhagirathi, Bhagirathaprayatna, Bhagirathayashas, Bhagirathasuta, Bhagirathadatta, Bhagirathakanya, Bhagirathatirtha, Dilipa, Bhagirathapatha, Shruta, Bhagiratha mishra, Sindhudvipa, Jahnu, Bhagiratha megha, Nabhaga, Meghabhagiratha thakkura, Hamsi, Kakutstha, Gangavatarana, Sagara.
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