Mihira: 17 definitions
Introduction:
Mihira means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Mihir.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�) participated in the war between Gods and Demons, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.7 (鈥淐ommencement of the War鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淸...] Duels were fought by the gods and the Asuras crushing each other, on seeing which heroes were delighted and cowards were terrified. [...] 艢ambhu fought with 莫艣膩na. 艢umbha an expert in battle fought with 艢e峁. Kumbha the Asura fought with the Moon. Ku帽jara of great strength and exploit, an expert in different kinds of battles, fought with Mihira, using great weapons. [...]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.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)Mihira (啶た啶灌た啶�) or Mihirasa峁僪it膩 is the name of an ancient P膩帽car膩tra Sa峁僪it膩 mentioned in the 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, 辫奴箩腻 (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and 辫谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补 (expiatory measures).The opening chapter contains a list of canonical titles, although it is marred by repetitions and, by its own admission, does not contain all the 鈥�108鈥� names supposedly constituting the corpus.
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
India history and geography
Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and SagesMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�) or Var膩hamihira is another name for Varahimigi鈥攐ne of the Siddhars (Siddhas) and Rishis mentioned by Rangarasa Desiga Swamigal in his Siddhargal Potri Thoguppu. Each name in the list starts with prefix 鈥�Om鈥� followed by the Siddhar鈥檚 names and ends with refrain 鈥�Thiruvadigal Potri鈥�. For example for Var膩ha-mihira: 喈撪喁� 喈掂喈距畷喈苦喈苦畷喈� 喈む喈班瘉喈掂疅喈苦畷喈赤瘝 喈瘚喈编瘝喈编 [艒m var膩kimiki tiruva峁璱ka岣� p艒峁熱篃i].鈥擳hese Siddhas experienced union with the ultimate reality and witnessed a spiritual transformation of their intellectual, mental, vital and ultimately, physical bodies.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�).鈥擺mih-kirac U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra 1.51]
1) The sun; 啶く啶� 啶むぞ啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啶苦す啶苦ぐ啷嬥そ啶た 啶ㄠた啶班啶︵く啷嬥そ啶啶む (mayi t膩vanmihiro'pi nirdayo'bh奴t) Bv.2.34; 啶ぞ啶む 啶く啷嵿く啶氞た啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶︵ぞ啶樴ぎ啶苦す啶苦ぐ- 啶溹啶掂ぞ啶侧ぞ啶多い啷堗 啶多啶粪啶曕い啶距ぎ啷� (y膩te mayyacir膩nnid膩ghamihira- jv膩l膩艣atai岣� 艣u峁at膩m) 1.16; N.2.36;13.54.
2) A cloud.
3) The moon.
4) Wind, air.
5) An old man.
6) The Arka plant.
7) An epithet of Buddha; L. D. B.
Derivable forms: 尘颈丑颈谤补岣� (啶た啶灌た啶班).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�).鈥攎.
(-谤补岣�) 1. The sun. 2. A sage. 3. A cloud. 4. Air, wind. 5. The moon. 6. An old man. E. mih to sprinkle or scatter, (radiance, &c.) Unadi aff. kirac .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�).鈥攎. 1. i. e. mih + ira, A cloud. 2. (borrowed from the Persian language), The sun. 3. The moon. 4. Wind. 5. A proper name.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�).鈥擺masculine] the sun.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擲ee Var膩hamihira. V峁沝dhamihira astr. quoted twice in K膩lam膩dhav墨ya.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mihira (啶た啶灌た啶�):鈥�m. ([according to] to [U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra i, 52 fr.] 鈭�1. mih, but [probably] the Persian 賲賴乇) the sun, [Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature] etc. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.] also 鈥榓 cloud; wind; the moon; a sage鈥�)
2) Name of an author (= 惫补谤腻丑补-尘), [Catalogue(s)]
3) of a family, [Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�):鈥�(谤补岣�) 1. m. The sun; a sage; the wind; a cloud; the moon.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Mihira (啶た啶灌た啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mihira.
[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 dictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�) [Also spelled mihir]:鈥�(nm) the sun; the moon; a cloud.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Mihira.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMihira (嗖部嗖灌部嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the sun.
2) [noun] the moon.
3) [noun] a cloud.
4) [noun] air in motion; wind.
5) [noun] a man in his advanced age; an old man.
6) [noun] the plant Calotropis gigantea ( = C. procera) of Asclepiadaceae family.
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 DictionaryMihira (啶た啶灌た啶�):鈥攏. 1. the sun; 2. cloud; 3. the moon; 4. wind; air; 5. an old man;
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)
Starts with: Mihirabu, Mihiradatta, Mihirakula, Mihiralakshmi, Mihirana, Mihiranabibbila, Mihirapad, Mihirapura, Mihirarati, Mihirasamhita.
Full-text (+4526): Varahamihira, Mihirakula, Padmamihira, Mihirapad, Mihiradatta, Mihirapura, Mihirarati, Mahira, Avantimihira, Pancasiddhantika, Mihireshvara, Mihirana, Mihir, Channa, Yavanacarya, Tatkala, Bhattotpala, Mihiralakshmi, Kangu, Candrasuta.
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Search found 52 books and stories containing Mihira; (plurals include: Mihiras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Sun-Worshipping Sakadvipiya Brahmanas (by Martina Palladino)
Appendix A - Ritual Objects in N膿ry艒sangh鈥檚 Sanskrit Translation of the Yasna
5. King Bhoja and the Sun cult < [Chapter 2 - Some Reflections on Topics Presented in the Pur膩峁嘺s]
2. 艢膩kdv墨p墨ya Br膩hma峁嘺s鈥� Puras < [Chapter 3 - Late Poems]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Atmosphere, space, direction, etc. < [Chapter 5 - Aspects of Nature]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Appendix 1 - Calculations regarding 艢aka and Jupiter (B峁沨aspati)
Appendix 7 - The five elementary principles that compose the physical man
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 14 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Shambhu < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Part 17 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Nagarjuna < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Part 21 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Govinda or Bhikshu Govinda < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
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