Vishvedeva, 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 can be transliterated into English as Visvedeva or Vishvedeva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) refers to a group of deities that was once worshipped in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) according to the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺.鈥擵arious groups of the deities like 膧dityas, Vasus, S膩dhyas, 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补s and Maruts have their place in the pantheon of the N墨lamata but nothing significant is said about them.
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) or Vi艣va refers to one of the various classifications of 骋补峁嘺蝉: a group of deities attached to Lord 艢iva.鈥敵也贯箛a蝉 are troops who generally appear in classes. Nine such classes are mentioned in the Pur膩峁嘺s: They are (1) 膧dityas (2) Vi艣vas or 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补s (3) Vasus (4) Tu峁tas (5) 膧bh膩svaras (6) Anilas (7) Mah膩r膩jikas (8) S膩dhyas (9) Rudras. These are attached to Lord 艢iva and serve under the command of Ga峁噀艣a, dwelling on Ga峁嘺parvata identified with Kail膩sa鈥攁 peak of the Him膩laya mountain.
2) 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) is the name of a deity corresponding to a 鈥淩udraksha with thirteen faces鈥� (Trayoda艣amukha), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 1.25, while explaining the greatness of Rudr膩k峁:鈥斺�淸...] a Rudr膩k峁 with thirteen faces (迟谤补测辞诲补艣补尘耻办丑补) is 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补. By wearing it, a man will attain the realisation of all desires. He will derive good fortune and auspiciousness鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�).鈥擠harmaputras: (see 痴颈艣惫腻ndevas). Ten sons of 痴颈艣惫腻 and Dharma: these are childless gods: wait on Indra; worshipped for gain of a kingdom.1 Fought with Paulomas in Dev膩sura war: gods of Vaivasvata epoch.2 Formed the sadas of Marutta's yaj帽as: blessed Jy膩magha with a son: 蝉奴办迟补蝉 sacred to;3 came with other gods to Dv膩rak膩 to ask K峁涐梗峁嘺 to go back to Vaiku峁囜弓ha;4 Kratu, 顿补办峁, 艢rava, Satya, K膩la, K膩ma, Muni, Pur奴ravas, 膧rdravasa, and Rocam膩na are their names, live in Bhuvarloka;5 see Vi艣vas, ten in number, were Camas膩dhvaryavas for Soma's r膩jas奴ya;6 performed austerities in the Him膩layas, and Pit峁泂 pleased with them blessed them; Brahm膩 gave them the first place of honour in the 艢r膩ddha and the second to devas.7
- 1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VI. 6. 7; 7. 3; 10. 17; II. 3. 4; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 171. 48; 217. 48; 246. 54; 247. 10; 5. 17; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 21. 23; 66. 31, 32; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 I. 15. 105; Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 38. 2-3; III. 3. 30; 8. 4; 10. 109; 15. 35.
- 2) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VIII. 10. 34; 13. 4; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 9. 29.
- 3) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 2. 28; 23. 39. 4. 4.
- 4) Ib. XI. 6. 2.
- 5) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 2. 28; 20. 46.
- 6) Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 17. 14 and 52; 23. 22; 203. 12.
- 7) V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 76. 3, 12-14; 106. 59.
痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) refers to the sons of 痴颈艣惫腻: one of the daughters of 顿补办峁 given to Dharma in marriage, according to one account of 痴补峁兣沘 (鈥榞enealogical description鈥�) of 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, 顿补办峁 gets married to Asikni, the daughter of Praj膩pati Vira峁嘺 and begot sixty daughters. [He gave ten daughters to Dharma in marriage] [...] The ten wives of Dharma are S膩dhy膩, 痴颈艣惫腻, Sa峁僰alp膩, Muh奴rt膩, Arundhat墨, Marutvat墨, Vasu, Bh奴nu, Lamb膩 and J膩m墨. 痴颈艣惫腻 gave birth to the 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补s.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) or Vai艣vadaivata is associated with the constellation Uttar膩峁Ｄ佱笉ha, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 6), 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 Mars (bhauma) should re-appear in the constellation of P奴rvaph膩lguni (sacred to Bh膩ga) or in that of Uttaraph膩lguni (sacred to 膧ryama), retrograde in the constellation of Uttar膩峁Ｄ佱笉ha (sacred to 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补) and disappear in the constellation of Rohi峁嚹� (sacred to Bhauma), he will afflict the three worlds with miseries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.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) [惫颈艣惫别诲别惫腻岣�] represents the number 13 (thirteen) in the 鈥渨ord-numeral system鈥� (产丑奴迟补蝉补峁僰丑测腻), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.鈥擜 system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 13鈥�惫颈艣惫别诲别惫补] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the 艢膩stras, connote numbers.
Ganita (啶椸ぃ啶苦い) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (shilpa)痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) refers to one of the Pariv膩ra-Devat膩s (鈥渁ttendant deities鈥�) according to chapter 22 (Kriy膩p膩da) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it膩 covering the entire range of concerns of P膩帽car膩tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擠escription of the chapter [辫补谤颈惫腻谤补-惫颈诲丑颈]: Iconometry continues, this chapter being given over to rules for the attendant deities [辫补谤颈惫腻谤补-诲别惫补迟腻]: [e.g., 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补] [...]. Then the discussion turns to the vehicles of the gods, namely Brahm膩鈥檚 Swan and Rudra鈥檚 Ox, etc. (61b-64).
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhita痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�) refers to鈥擜 class of demigods. The names of the ten 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补s are given in the 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈-补产丑颈诲丑腻苍补 as follows: 峁歵u, 顿补办峁, Vasu, Satya, K膩ma, K膩la, Dhuri, Rocana, Um膩drav膩 and Pur奴rav膩.
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 Dictionaryvi艣v膿d膿va (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�).鈥攎 pl A class of deities or demigods residing in svarga. See under 惫颈艣惫补.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶�):鈥擺=惫颈艣惫别-诲别惫补] [from 惫颈艣惫补] m. [plural] the Vi艣ve Dev膩岣� (See under 惫颈艣惫补), [Pur膩峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] sg. Name of the number 鈥榯hirteen鈥� (at the end of the Sa峁僤eha-vi峁u峁dhi)
3) [v.s. ...] of Mah膩puru峁, [Hariva峁兣沘]
4) [v.s. ...] of an Asura, [ib.]
5) [v.s. ...] or another divine being, [K膩峁環aka]
6) 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫腻 (啶掂た啶多啶掂啶︵啶掂ぞ):鈥擺=惫颈艣惫别-诲别惫腻] [from 惫颈艣惫别-诲别惫补 > 惫颈艣惫补] f. Uraria Lagopodioides, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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 corpusVi艣v膿d膿va (嗖掂部嗖多硩嗖掂硣嗖︵硣嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖掂部嗖多硩嗖掂拨喑囙驳嗖む硢 [vishvadevate].
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: Vishve, The, The, Deva, Te, Vishvedeva.
Starts with: Vishvedeva-muhurta, Vishvedevah, Vishvedevar, Vishvedevate.
Full-text (+115): Camuhara, Jitatman, Divyasanu, Anukarman, Vishva, Dhiroshnin, Nabhoda, Paramakrodhin, Vishvedevah, Diptaroman, Munivirya, Dattatman, Pratita, Dipti, Vishvedeva-muhurta, Dhvani, Mahirana, Drava, Punyakrit, Uktha.
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