Nandikeshvara, 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补, Nandika-ishvara, Namdikeshvara: 23 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 can be transliterated into English as Nandikesvara or Nandikeshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Wisdom Library: Elements of Hindu Iconograpy1) 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (or Adhik膩ranandin): At the entrance into many an important temple of 艢iva in Southern India one meets with a pair of images, of which one is a male figure and the other a female one, the consort of the former. The male figure is shaped exactly like that of 艢iva in the aspect of Chandra艣ekharam奴rti. It is seen standing upon a 辫补诲尘腻蝉补苍补 and carrying in its back hands the 辫补谤补艣耻 and the 尘峁沢补; but, unlike the figure of Chandra艣ekharam奴rti, which keeps its front hands in the varada and the abhaya poses, that of Adhik膩ranandin has them folded on the chest in the 补帽箩补濒颈 pose. The figure of Adhik膩ranandin is sometimes mistaken by the less informed person for that of 艢iva.
2) The name 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补, 鈥榯he tawny coloured dwarf鈥� and a follower of 艢iva occurs in the 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺 (V. 17, Sec. 16 of the Uttara-k膩峁囜笉a). There he is stated to be another manifestation of 艢iva (apara tanuh) and that when he was keeping guard over the Kail膩sa, R膩va峁嘺, the lord of La峁卥膩 and of the R膩k峁sas, came driving in his 忙rial car and wanted to cross the abode of 艢iva. But he was promptly stopped by 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补. Upon this R膩va峁嘺 made contemptuous remarks concerning the mokey-face of 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补. Incensed at the insult offered to him, he cursed R膩va峁嘺 that beings possessing the same shape as himself and of similar energy (that is, monkeys) would destroy the race of R膩va峁嘺.
3) 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 is mentioned also in the 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补-辫耻谤腻峁嘺. During the 测腻驳补 that Dak峁/praj膩pati was performing, he spoke tauntigly of 艢iva. Nandi grew angry at the insult offered to his lord 艢iva and pronounced maledictions against Dak峁 and the other revilers of 艢iva.
4) The 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补 gives the following description of 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补. He should have three eyes and four arms and a red complexion. His garments should be made of tiger鈥檚 skin; in one of his hands there should be the 迟谤颈艣奴濒补 and in another the bhindi; a third hand should be held over his head and the fourth held as though he is commanding a host of people. His gaze should suggest that he is seeing objects at a great distance and regulating the large crowd of devotees resorting to offer worship to 艢iva.
狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 is more often represented as a bull than as a bull-faced human being or as a duplicate of 艢iva. The former is kept lying in front of the central shrine of all 艢iva temples.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢aivism狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) is the name of a 尝颈峁単补 (symbolical manifestation of 艢iva) that is associated with the 狈补苍诲墨-迟墨谤迟丑补 (a sacred bathing place). It represents the twenty-first of the sixty-four 蝉颈诲诲丑补濒颈峁単补蝉 mentioned in the Nepalese Tyasaphu (a folding book or leporello). At each of these spots 艢iva is manifest as a 尝颈峁単补. Each of these 濒颈峁単补蝉 (e.g., Nandika-墨艣惫补谤补) has its own specific name, mantra, set of rituals and observances, auspicious time etc.
The auspiscious time for bathing near the 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补-li峁単a at the 狈补苍诲墨-迟墨谤迟丑补 is mentioned as 鈥渃aitra-k峁涐梗峁嘺-a峁ａ弓am墨 / vai艣膩kha-p奴r峁噄m膩鈥� (latin: caitra-krishna-ashtami / vaishakha-purnima). This basically represents the recommended day for bathing there (蝉苍腻苍补诲颈苍补).
: DSpace at Pondicherry: Siddha Cult in Tamilnadu (shaivism)狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�).鈥敱凡共曰寰卑毂鹋洷共拱�, popularly known as Nand墨sar or Nandi is considered as the chief attendant of Lord 艢iva. In the northern tradition, he is known as R峁bha. According to 艢iva Mah膩pur膩峁嘺, 峁氠梗abha and Bh峁沢u were the first who initiated into the great 艢ivayoga.
Tirum奴lar in his Tirumandiram paid homage to Nandi in more than ten verses claiming that he belongs to the spiritual lineage of Nandi. Due to the grace of the Nandi, he entered into the body of the M奴lan. By his grace, he became the Sad膩艣iva. By his grace, he attained all kinds of physical knowledge and because of his grace Tirum奴lar remained in the world.
: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of 艢iva狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) or Nandike艣var膩gama refers to one of 耻辫腻驳补尘补蝉 (supplementary scriptures) of the 颁补苍诲谤补箩帽腻苍腻驳补尘补 which is one of the twenty-eight 厂颈诲诲丑腻苍迟腻驳补尘补: a classification of the 艢aiva division of 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补蝉. The 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补蝉 represent the wisdom that has come down from lord 艢iva, received by P膩rvat墨 and accepted by Vi峁ａ箛u. The purpose of revealing 耻辫腻驳补尘补蝉 (e.g., 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 膧gama) is to explain more elaborately than that of 尘奴濒腻驳补尘补蝉 (e.g., Candraj帽膩na-膩gama) and to include any new idea if not dealt in 尘奴濒腻驳补尘补蝉.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣膩stra狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasa艣膩stra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., 苍补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补-谤补蝉补): 鈥渢he minerals (uparasa), poisons (惫颈峁), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.鈥� (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Kavya (poetry)
: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) is the name of an important person (viz., an 膧c膩rya or Kavi) mentioned in 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 10th-century K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩.鈥�(or Nandi) One of the eighteen disciples of K膩vya-puru峁. In the K膩mas奴tra of V膩ts膩ya峁嘺 refer him as the first propounded of K膩mas奴tra (1.1.8).
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�.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�).鈥擜n ancient grammarian who has written a short work in verses on grammar in general, which is named 啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶曕啶多啶掂ぐ啶曕ぞ啶班た啶曕ぞ啶膏啶む啶� (苍补苍诲补办别艣惫补谤补办腻谤颈办腻蝉奴迟谤补). There is a scholarly commentary upon it written by 啶夃お啶え啷嵿く啷� (upamanyu).
Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy膩kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) is one of the attendants of 艢iva.
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) explained the method of 艢iva-worship to Sanatkum膩ra, according to 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, in chapter forty-two there is the description of the method of 艢iva-worship as it was narrated by 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 to Sanatkum膩ra.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the VisnudharmottarapuranaNand墨ke艣vara (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啷�啶曕啶多啶掂ぐ) or Nand墨ke艣varapur膩峁嘺 refers to one of the eighteen Minor Puranas (i.e., Upapur膩峁嘺) according to the Dev墨bh膩gavatapur膩峁嘺 and other traditional lists of Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.鈥擳he Upapur膩峁嘺s (e.g., 苍补苍诲墨办别艣惫补谤补-辫耻谤腻峁嘺) can be considered as the supplements of the Mah膩pur膩峁嘺s as those are mostly based on the Mah膩pur膩峁嘺s. The 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 considers the Upapur膩峁嘺s as khilas i.e., supplements. [...] Though the numbers of Upapur膩峁嘺s are specified as eighteen, there are many important Upapur膩峁嘺s which are excluded from the lists of Upapur膩峁嘺s given by different sources.
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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (ns)狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) is the name of an authority on N膩峁瓂a (ancient Indian art of performance and theater), as mentioned in the Bharata艣膩stram, one of the works ascribed to Kohala (=Kohal膩c膩rya-Kavi)鈥攁 celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Y膩峁ａ弓ika, 艢膩rd奴la, K膩艣yapa etc.鈥擳he possibility of connecting Kohala as the author of a portion of this codex exists only in the unknown section. Therefore, it seems more than likely that Kohala was not the author of this section. [...] The 苍腻苍诲墨-艣濒辞办补 is followed by verses of veneration of earlier authorities on 苍腻峁瓂补 [e.g., 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补] in chronological order. This entire passage with the exception of the final two lines, is an interpolation from Sa峁単墨taratn膩kara.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣膩stra) 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).
General definition (in Hinduism)
: Exotic India: Nandikeshvara ShivaThe bull of Shiva is hence also called the joyful (Nandi), correspondingly Shiva himself is known as the lord of joy (Nandikeshvara).
: Kamal Kapoor: Parad IdolsNandi is well known as the "Vahana" (vehicle) of Lord Shiva. In ancient times, the bull was called "Nandikeshvara" (Lord of Joy) and head of bulls symbolizes a strong man. For a time the Nandikeshvara were known as "Rishi" (Wise Man) who defended the doors of Shiva's residence and so became divine. In the opinion of some Shaivite scholars, Nandi was connected to Lord Shiva because both represent masculine power and control power of them. The Nandi symbolizes internal strength which can be obtained by controlling physical strength and aggression.
狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补: 啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶� 鈥淟ord of Nandi.鈥� A name of 艢iva. Also another name for Nandinatha, the first historically known guru of the Nandin膩tha Samprad膩ya. See: Kail膩sa Parampar膩, N膩tha Samprad膩ya.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) is the name of a deity commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Ni峁annayog膩val墨 of Mah膩pa峁囜笉ita Abhay膩kara.鈥擧is colour is blue; his Symbol and Vehicle is the muraja; he has two arms.
狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 is described in the Ni峁annayog膩val墨 (诲丑补谤尘补诲丑腻迟耻惫腻驳墨艣惫补谤补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补) as follows:鈥�
鈥湵凡共曰寰卑毂鹋洷共拱� is blue in colour and sits on a muraja drum and is engaged in playing on the muraja鈥�.
[Two statuettes of this deity occur in the Chinese collection under the title Nand墨艣惫补谤补 (Nand墨艣惫补谤补deva) which is the same as 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补]
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�).鈥�
1) Name of one of 艢iva's chief attendants.
2) Name of 艢iva.
Derivable forms: 苍补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补岣� (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班).
狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nandika and 墨艣惫补谤补 (啶堗ざ啷嵿さ啶�). See also (synonyms): 苍补苍诲颈办别艣补.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�).鈥攎.
(-谤补岣�) 1. One of Siva'S chief attendants. 2. An inferior Purana. E. nandika Indra'S garden, and 墨艣惫补谤补 master.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攕on of Ved膩峁単ar膩ya or M膩lajit (1643), son of Tigal膩bha峁弓a, son of Ratnabha峁弓a: Ga峁嘺kama峁囜笉ana. Jyoti岣a峁僩rahas膩ra. L. 1113.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�):鈥擺from nandika > nand] m. Name of one of 艢iva鈥檚 attendants, [Hariva峁兣沘] (= nandi, ndin)
2) [v.s. ...] of an author, [Catalogue(s)]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶苦啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶�):鈥擺苍补苍诲颈办别+艣惫补谤补] (谤补岣�) 1. m. One of Shiva's chief attendants; a little 笔耻谤腻峁�.
[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 corpusNa峁僤ik膿艣vara (嗖ㄠ矀嗖︵部嗖曕硣嗖多硩嗖掂舶):鈥擺noun] = 嗖ㄠ矀嗖︵部嗖曕硣嗖� [namdikesha].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Ishvara, Nandika.
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Chapter 8.2 - The Brihan-nandikeshvara-purana (study)
Chapter 8.4 - The Nandikeshvara-purana (study)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 94 - The Greatness of 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 (nandika-墨艣惫补谤补-t墨rtha) < [Section 3 - Rev膩-kha峁囜笉a]
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Chapter 3 - M膩rka峁囜笉eya鈥檚 Further Query < [Section 3b - Arun膩cala-kha峁囜笉a (Uttar膩rdha)]
Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)
Part 4.3 - Bharata艣膩stram and Kohala < [Chapter 4 - Works attributed to Kohala]
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Kohala and G墨t膩 (4): The concept of M奴rcchan膩 < [Chapter 2 - Kohala as seen in citations]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (10): Nandikeshvara rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Hastalaksanadipika a critical edition and study (by E. K. Sudha)
2. Authorship and Antiquity of the Abhinaya-darpana < [Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques]
4. Nandikesvara and Balarama-varma鈥攖heir views in relation to the Hastalaksanadipika < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
3. Relevance of the Abhinaya-darpana < [Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques]
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)