Viratpurusha, 痴颈谤腻峁璸耻谤耻峁, Virat-purusha: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Vaishnavism
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Kannada
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Viratpurusha means something in 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 痴颈谤腻峁璸耻谤耻峁 can be transliterated into English as Viratpurusa or Viratpurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

痴颈谤腻峁璸耻谤耻峁 (啶掂た啶班ぞ啶熰啶啶班啶�).鈥擵ir膩ja created by Brahm膩; Vair膩ja Manu, his son by 艢atar奴p膩.^*

* V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 10. 15; Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 9. 39.

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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.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhita

痴颈谤腻峁璸耻谤耻峁 (啶掂た啶班ぞ啶熰啶啶班啶�) refers to鈥擴niversal form.

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Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

惫颈谤腻峁璸uru峁 (啶掂た啶班ぞ啶熰啶啶班啶�).鈥攎 S The Universe-male; the Demiurge and Pervading Spirit of the Universal system. See 惫颈谤腻峁�.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

惫颈谤腻峁璸uru峁 (啶掂た啶班ぞ啶熰啶啶班啶�).鈥�m The pervading spirit of the universal system.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

痴颈谤腻峁璸耻谤耻峁 (嗖掂部嗖班簿嗖熰硩嗖硜嗖班硜嗖�):鈥擺noun] the Supreme Being who is incomprehensibly gigantic and who encompasses the entire universe and is beyond that.

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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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