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Shrigarbha, Śī, Shri-garbha: 9 definitions

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Shrigarbha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Śī can be transliterated into English as Srigarbha or Shrigarbha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Shrigarbha in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Śī (श्रीगर्भ) is the name of a merchant from Vārāṇasī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 37. Accordingly, as Somasvāmin narrated to Niścayadatta: �... when I was at this stage of my life the youthful Bandhudattā, the daughter of the merchant Śī, an inhabitant of that city, and the wife of the great merchant of Mathurā, Varāhadatta, who was dwelling in her father’s house, beheld me one day as she was looking out of the window�.

The story of Śī was narrated by Gomukha in order to demonstrate that “it is true that chaste women are few and far between, but unchaste women are never to be trusted�.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story�), mentioning Śī, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 󲹰 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्�, 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 ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Shrigarbha in Mahayana glossary
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Śī (श्रीगर्भ) refers to a type of jewel or precious stone, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then the Bodhisattva Ratnavyūha said to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, please pour down rain of all kinds of jewels from the sky�. Immediately after his words, the great rain of immeasurable, incalculable amount of jewels, equal to Mount Sumeru in size, with various kinds of names and colors, poured down from ten directions. To wit, gold, silver, crystal, lapis lazuli, emerald, ruby, white coral (ܲ), Śī gem, stainless jewel, red coral gem, moonstone, sunstone, illuminating gem, brightening gem, Jambū-light gem, fire-light gem, [...]�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Shrigarbha in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śī (श्रीगर्भ).�

1) an epithet of Viṣṇu.

2) a sword.

Derivable forms: śī� (श्रीगर्भ�).

Śī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śī and garbha (गर्भ).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śī (श्रीगर्भ).�m. (or semi-MIndic śirig°), (1) a kind of gem, reddish in color: śirigarbhapiñjalehi (padumehi) Ѳ屹ٳ ii.301.4; in 302.3 read, śirigarbha-piñjarehi (Senart with mss. -pañjarehi; so one ms., v.l. śiriṣa-g°, Senart em. wrongly śirīṣa-g°); śīgarbha-ratnam Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 5961 = Tibetan rin po che (= ratna) dpal gyi (= śī) sñin po (= heart, essence); śirigarbhehi maṇiratnehi Ѳ屹ٳ ii.311.6; similarly 318.4; śīgarbha-siṃhāsane Lalitavistara 51.4 (here of a throne occupied by the Bodhisattva in the Tuṣita heaven); id. ṣṭ貹ṛc 2.7 (here on earth, on Gṛdhrakūṭa, near Rājagṛha); (2) name of one or more Bodhisattvas: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 666; ٲśū첹ūٰ 2.6; Ҳṇḍū 442.9; one that is predicted for Buddhahood under the name Vimalanetra, 󲹰ṇḍī첹 21.11, 13; 26.5.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śī (श्रीगर्भ).—m.

(-�) 1. Vishnu. 2. A sword. E. śī fortune, and garbha womb or origin.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śī (श्रीगर्भ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Maṇḍana and Śrīkaṇṭha, contemporary of Maṅkha. Śrīkaṇṭhacarita 25, 50.

2) Śī (श्रीगर्भ):—Śūdrāhnikācāra.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śī (श्रीगर्भ):—[=śī-garbha] [from śī] mfn. having welfare for its inner nature (applied to the sword and punishment), [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [Harivaṃśa]

3) [v.s. ...] of a Bodhi-sattva, [Buddhist literature]

4) [v.s. ...] of a merchant, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

5) [v.s. ...] of a contemporary of Maṅkha, [Catalogue(s)]

6) [v.s. ...] (with 첹īԻ) of a poet, [ib.]

7) Śī (श्रीगर्भ�):—[=śī-garbhā] [from śī-garbha > śī] f. Name of a Rādhā, [Pañcarātra]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śī (श्रीगर्भ):—[śī-garbha] (�) 1. m. Vishnu.

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