Candravarta, 颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟腻, 颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟补, Camdravarta: 8 definitions
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Candravarta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chandravarta.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Wisdom Library: Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟腻 (啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶班啶むぞ).鈥擭ame of a river situated between two waterfalls (Candrak膩nta and S奴ryak膩nta) in Candra诲惫墨辫补, according to the 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 chapter 84. Candra诲惫墨辫补 is the name of a celestial region (诲惫墨辫补) covering one thousand yojanas.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟腻 (啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶班啶むぞ).鈥擜 river of the Candra诲惫墨辫补, the sth膩na of the moon God.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 45. 56.
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) 颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟补 (啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶班啶�) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) (according to Pi峁単ala) to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of 艢a艣ikal膩 in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the 颁丑补苍诲辞苍耻艣腻蝉补苍补. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of 驳补峁嘺蝉 or letters do not differ.
2) 颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟补 (啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶班啶�) refers to one of the seventy-two 蝉补尘补-惫补谤峁嘺惫峁泃迟补 (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the 础驳苍颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺. The 础驳苍颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺 deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the 肠补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟补 metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟补 (啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶班啶�) or 颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟补pura is the name of an ancient city, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.2 [R膩va峁嘺鈥檚 expedition of conquest] 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, as Nirv膩峁嘺sa峁単ama said to Indra (son of Sahasr膩ra): 鈥淚n the past there was a Vidy膩dhara-chief in the beautiful Ari帽jayapura, named Jvalanasi峁僪a. His wife was named Vegavat墨. They had a beautiful daughter, Ahily膩, and all the Vidy膩dhara-lords came to her svaya峁僾ara. 膧nandam膩lin, lord of 颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟补pura, came there and Ta岣峣tprabha, lord of S奴ry膩vartapura, who was you. Ignoring you, though you had come together, Ahily膩 chose 膧nandam膩lin of her own accord and you were humiliated. From that time you were jealous of 膧nandam膩lin, thinking, 鈥楬e married Ahily膩, though I was present鈥�. [...]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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary颁补苍诲谤腻惫补谤迟腻 (啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶班啶むぞ):鈥擺from candra > cand] f. a metre of 4 x 15 syllables.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCa峁僤r膩varta (嗖氞矀嗖︵硩嗖班簿嗖掂舶喑嵿菠):鈥擺noun] a kind of delirium.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Varta, Candra.
Starts with: Candravartapura.
Full-text: Candradvipa, Cantiravarttam, Candravartapura, Shashikala, Atishakvari.
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