Krishnapaksha, 碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁, Krishna-paksha: 19 definitions
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Krishnapaksha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 term 碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 can be transliterated into English as Krsnapaksa or Krishnapaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Jyoti峁碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渄ark fortnight鈥�. It is a lunar phase counting 15 tithis and starting on the day after 辫耻谤峁噄尘腻 (full-moon) and ending on 补尘腻惫腻蝉测补 (new moon day), after which the 艣耻办濒补辫补办峁 (bright fortnight) starts again. The term is used throughout Jyoti峁 literature.
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渨aning period鈥� (of the moon), according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f the disc of the moon that regularly waxes and wanes should appear white resembling the colour of the Kumuda flower or that of the stem of the lotus or if the moon鈥檚 course or disc or rays should suffer no irregular change there will be prosperity in the land. During the waxing moon, the Br膩hmins, the K峁triyas and mankind at large will prosper; and during the waning moon [i.e., 办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁鈥�pak峁 ... k峁涐梗峁噀], they will suffer miseries. The increase of prosperity will commence after the new-moon and of adversity after the full moon鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥擳he day for the Pit峁泂.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 52. 37; 57. 9; 83. 80.
1b) A 艣补办迟颈.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 32. 15.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渄ark lunar fortnight鈥�, according to 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. Accordingly, 鈥淚n the beginning of the dark lunar fortnight [i.e., 办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁-膩dik膩la] during the Age of Strife, there in the beginning was K膩mar奴pa, the principle of the Yoni whose nature is the Void. That divine (place), endowed with the energy of passion, is attended (by many beings). The Atharvaveda is loudly sung (there) composed with the best of musical sounds. I salute that Lord (of this seat)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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: ACHC: Smarta Puja碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�) or Vadya辫补办峁 refers to the dark half of a month.鈥擜 month is divided into a bright half (艣耻办濒补-辫补办峁) when the moon waxes and a dark half (办峁涐梗峁嘺/惫补诲测补-辫补办峁) when the moon wanes. Either half consists of fifteen lunar days (tithi) of which the full moon day (辫补耻谤峁噄尘腻) and the new moon day (补尘补惫腻蝉测补) are very important.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�) refers to one of the male Vidy膩-beings 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 碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥攎 (S) The dark half of the month; the fortnight of the waning moon. 2 fig. Decline, decrease, diminution, wane. 3 The faulty side or party. See under 艣耻办濒补辫补办峁.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥�m The dark half of the month. The faulty side. Decline, wane.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥�
1) the dark half of a lunar month; 啶班ぞ啶掂ぃ啷囙え 啶灌啶むぞ 啶膏啶むぞ 啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶粪啶�- 啶膏た啶むぞ啶粪啶熰ぎ啷� (r膩va峁噀na h峁泃膩 s墨t膩 办峁涐梗峁嘺pak峁'- sit膩峁ａ弓am墨) 惭补丑腻苍.
2) an epithet of Arjuna;
Derivable forms: 办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁岣� (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶粪).
碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 办峁涐梗峁嘺 and 辫补办峁 (啶啷嵿し).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥攕ee s.v. 艣耻办濒补-辫补办峁.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥攎.
(-办峁岣�) The dark half of a month, the fifteen days during which the moon is in the wane. E. 办峁涐梗峁嘺 dark, and 辫补办峁 fortnight or half month.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥攎. the dark half of the month, the fifteen days during which the moon is in the wane, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 3, 276.
碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 办峁涐梗峁嘺 and 辫补办峁 (啶啷嵿し).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�).鈥擺masculine] = 办峁涐梗峁嘺 (卤辫补办峁).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�):鈥擺=办峁涐梗峁嘺-辫补办峁] [from 办峁涐梗峁嘺] m. the dark half of a month (fifteen days during which the moon is on the wane, time from full to new moon), [K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra xv; 膧艣val膩yana-g峁沨ya-s奴tra iv, 5; Manu-sm峁泃i; Y膩j帽avalkya] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] 鈥榮tanding on the side of K峁涐梗峁嘺鈥�, Name of Arjuna, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶｀お啶曕啶�):鈥擺办峁涐梗峁嘺-辫补办峁] (办峁岣�) 1. m. The dark half of the moon, the wane.
[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 corpus碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (嗖曕硟嗖粪硩嗖｀勃嗖曕硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] the second fortnight of any lunar month, during which the visible face of the moon gradually gets reduced to a thin crescent; the period of fifteen days from the day next to the full moon day to the new moon day.
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 DictionaryK峁涐梗峁嘺-辫补办峁 (啶曕啶粪啶�-啶啷嵿し):鈥攏. the `dark half` of lunar month; period of waning moon;
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: Paksha, Krishna.
Starts with: Krishnapakshashuklapaksha.
Full-text (+14): Paksha, Shuklapaksha, Candramandala, Tithi, Pakshiya, Krishna-paksh, Bahvika, Gokulashtami, Avidhavanavami, Somada, Svadhamrita, Dhumaka, Khataka, Pakshin, Divakirtya, Aparapaksha, Ahoratra, Lunar Month, Vadyapaksha, Krishna.
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