Andhra, 膧苍诲丑谤补, Amdhra: 24 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Wisdom Library: Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擮ne of the seven sons of Dyutim膩n, who was a son of Priyavrata, according to the 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 chapter 74. Priyavrata was a son of Sv膩yambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahm膩, who was in turn created by N膩r膩y补峁嘺, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥�(膧NDHRA). This is the Andhra Pradesh in modern India. It has to be surmised that this place was very famous during the period of the composition of the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, Bh墨峁a Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 49).

2) Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擶arriors from Andhra were called Andhras. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, Dro峁嘺 Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 8).

3) 膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擳he present 膧苍诲丑谤补 Prade艣a. It was famous even from pur膩峁噄c times and it was annexed by Sahadeva by defeating its ruler in a game of dice.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擝orn of D墨rghatamas and Bali's wife. (Burnouf's reading鈥擮岣峳a).^*

* Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺, IX. 23. 5.

1b) The son of D峁涐梗ada艣va (V峁涐梗ada艣va, V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺).^*

* Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 63. 27; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 88. 26.

1c) 鈥�(c)鈥攁 Janapada under the Devarak峁tas.^*

* V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 99. 385; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 24. 64.

1d) A people of the southern country ruled for 300 years;¹ a sinful tribe got purified by praying to Hari;² defeated by Bharata.³ See 腻峁嘾丑谤补蝉.⁴

1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺, XII. 1. 22; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 45. 127; 47. 44; 78. 69; 99. 268, 361.
2) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 II. 4. 18.
3) Ib. IX. 20. 30.
4) Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 50. 76.

2a) 膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擳he kings of Andhra dynasty, thirty in number, ruled the earth for 456 years. Seven of them were contemporaries of seven Kau艣alas, chiefs of Vid奴ra and Ni峁dhas;¹ According to matsya pur膩峁嘺, 19 members of the dynasty ruled for 460 years. Kingdoms of 腻谤测补 and Mleccha existed side by side鈥斈€bh墨ras, Gardabhilas, 艢akas, Yavanas, Tu峁Ｄ乺as, Guru峁囜笉as, and H奴峁嘺s.²

1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 XII. 1. 22-28 and 35.
2) Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 272. 37; 273. 16-19, 25.

2b) A tribe purified by the worship of Hari.¹ Enlisted by Jar膩sandha against the Yadus;² a southern country unfit for performing 艣谤腻诲诲丑补.³

1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 II. 4. 18.
2) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 X. [50 (V) 3].
3) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 16. 59; III. 14. 80; IV. 29. 131.

: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

膧峁僤hra (啶嗋啶о啶�) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. II.28.48, V.158.20, VI.10.48) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 膧峁僤hra) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) refers to an ancient country which should be shunned, 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.鈥擨t looks upon Kuruk峁tra, Matsya, P膩帽c膩la and Surasena as holy countries where Dharma is practiced. It advises people to shun A峁単a, Va峁単a, Kali峁単a, Sur膩峁ａ弓ra, Gurjara, 膧bhira, Kau峁卥补峁嘺, Dravi岣峚, Dak峁峁嚹乸atha, 膧苍诲丑谤补 and Magadha.鈥�(cf. verses 17.54-59) Thus it appears that this Pur膩峁嘺 was written somewhere about the north-western part of northern India.

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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.

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) is the name of a country situated within the D膩k峁峁嚹乸atha (Deccan) region. Countries within this region pertain to the D膩k峁n膩ty膩 local usage (辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈) according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 14. These 辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈s provide information regarding costumes, languages, and manners in different countries of the world. It is mentioned this region lies between the Southern Ocean and the Vindhya mountains.

The Andhras are usually to be represented by a brown (asita) color when painting the limbs (补峁単补谤补肠补苍腻), according to N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 23. The painting is a component of nepathya (costumes and make-up) and is to be done in accordance with the science of 腻丑腻谤测腻产丑颈苍补测补 (extraneous representation).

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Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) 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).

Kavya (poetry)

: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) is the name a locality 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.鈥擳he country Andhra lying between the river God膩vari in the north side and the K峁涐梗峁嘺 in the south side. Its capital name was Prati峁hanapura.

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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�.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) or Andhran膩tha is the name of the Siddha associated with the sacred seat of K膩mar奴pa, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.

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Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) [=膧峁囜笉hra] refers to a country belonging to 鈥溎€gney墨 (south-eastern division)鈥� classified under the constellations of 膧艣le峁Ｄ�, Magh膩 and P奴rvaph膩lguni, according to the system of 碍奴谤尘补惫颈产丑腻驳补, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he countries of the Earth beginning from the centre of Bh膩ratavar峁 and going round the east, south-east, south, etc., are divided into 9 divisions corresponding to the 27 lunar asterisms at the rate of 3 for each division and beginning from K峁泃tik膩. The constellations of 膧艣le峁Ｄ�, Magh膩 and P奴rvaph膩lguni represent the south-eastern division consisting of [i.e., Andhra] [...]鈥�.

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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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) or Andhrade艣a is the name of a territority mentioned as one of the 鈥渓ow places of birth鈥�, which represents one of the five dreadful things mentioned in the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra chapter XL.1.4. Accordingly, 鈥渋n regard to Buddha鈥檚 mundane qualities (濒补耻办颈办补驳耻峁嘺), no one is able to attain them because he has rooted out dreadful things at their very roots. These dreadful things are: (2) a low place of birth (苍墨肠补箩腻迟颈-蝉迟丑腻苍补), for example: 狈驳补苍-迟鈥檕-濒辞 (础苍诲丑谤补)鈥�.

The (Andhra) territory included between the God膩vari basin and the Kistna basin, occupied by people of Dravidian race and of Telugu language and called Andhrade艣a nowadays. According to the sources mentioned above (Preface to vol. I, p. xii seq.), N膩g膩rjuna, the presumed author of the 罢谤补颈迟茅, lived part of his life in Andhra at 艢r墨parvata, and had friendly relations with the 艢atav膩hana or even the Ik峁膩kus who reigned over the region in the 2^nd and 3^rd century C.E. In that case, it is hard to see why the writer of the 罢谤补颈迟茅 shows so much scorn for Andhrade艣a by putting it at the top of the list of bad places to be born.

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Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) 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 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩蝉奴迟谤补蝉.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) is the name of an ancient country, according to chapter 2.4 [补箩颈迟补苍腻迟丑补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly:鈥斺€�'Then the King set out following the path of the cakra-jewel to the west, obscuring the sun by the dust of the army. [...]; blinding the Andhras by his own splendor like the sun blinding owls; [...] the King gradually arrived at the shore of the western ocean. After he had established camp, concentrating on Prabh膩sa, observing a three days鈥� fast, he began 辫补耻峁诲丑补 in the 辫补耻峁诲丑补-house. [...]鈥�.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri鈥檚 Kuvalayamala-katha (history)

膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) is classified as one of the eighteen dialects (De艣墨) of ancient India, as described in the Kath膩s (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanas奴ri in his 8th-century Kuvalayam膩l膩 (a Prakrit Camp奴, similar to K膩vya poetry).鈥擯age 152.24 ff.: Here we have a specimen of eighteen De艣墨 dialects spoken in: [e.g., 膧苍诲丑谤补] [...] These different idioms of speech were spoken by the shop-keepers in the market place of Vijay膩pur墨. [...]

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥�(pl.)

1) Name of a people and the country inhabited by them. [The country of the 膧苍诲丑谤补s is said to be the modern Telingana. But the limits were probably confined to the Ghats on the West and the rivers God膩var墨 and Krisn膩 on the North and South. It bordered on Kalinga (See Dk. 7th Ull膩sa), and its capital Andhranagara is probably the old town of Vengi or Vegi. According to D补峁囜笉in, there was near it a lake 'like the ocean and crested with cranes' which description can only refer to the lake Colair which has an area of over 15 miles; 啶溹啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶ムぞ啶熰啶班啶о啶掂き啶距啶距う- 啶班啶掂ぞ啶曕 啶多啶班啶啶班ぎ啶班ぞ啶む啶啶距い啷� 啷� 啶むぞ啶掂う啶ㄠ啶о啶班ぞ啶た啶о 啶︵啶多 (jagann膩th膩峁玶dhvabh膩g膩da- rv膩k 艣r墨bhramar膩tmak膩t | t膩vadandhr膩bhidho de艣a岣�)].

2) Name of a dynasty of kings.

3) A man of a mixed (low) caste, being born of a Vaideha father and K膩r膩vara mother, who lives by killing game; 啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶掂ぐ啷� 啶ㄠた啶粪ぞ啶︵ぞ啶む啶む 啶氞ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶曕ぞ啶班 啶啶班じ啷傕く啶む 啷� 啶掂啶︵啶灌啶距う啶ㄠ啶о啶班ぎ啷囙う啷� 啶す啶苦ぐ啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ啶啶班い啶苦ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 (k膩r膩varo ni峁Ｄ乨膩ttu carmak膩ra岣� pras奴yate | vaidehak膩dandhramedau bahirgr膩maprati艣rayau) || Manusm峁泃i 1.36.

4) A kind of fowler.

Derivable forms: 补苍诲丑谤补岣� (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ啶�).

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膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥�a. Belonging to 膧苍诲丑谤补 (as language).

-诲丑谤补岣� (pl.) The Telagu country, modern Telangana; see 啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ (andhra).

-苍诲丑谤墨 An 膧苍诲丑谤补 wife.

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

膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥攎.

(-苍诲丑谤补岣�) A native of Telengana. E. andhra country, 补峁� aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥攎. 1. The name of a people. 2. A man of a low caste, son of a Vaidca by a K膩r膩vara woman, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 10, 36.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of a people and of a caste.

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

1) Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�m. Name of a people (probably modern Telingana)

2) of a dynasty

3) a man of a low caste (the offspring of a Vaideha father and K膩r膩vara mother, who lives by killing game), [Manu-sm峁泃i x, 36.]

4) 膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ):鈥攎f(墨)n. ([from] andhra), belonging to the Andhra people

5) m. the Andhra country

6) a king of that country

7) m. [plural] the inhabitants of that country, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�1. m. pl.

(-苍诲丑谤腻岣�) 1) The name of a people or country in the Dekhan, probably the northern part of the modern Telingana. Comp. 腻苍诲丑谤补.

2) The name of a dynasty; see 补苍诲丑谤补产丑峁泃测补. 2. m.

(-苍诲丑谤补岣�) A man of low caste: the offspring of a Vaideha father and a K膩r膩vara mother; he lives by killing game and is not allowed to reside within a village or town, but must live under Chaitya-trees, in cemeteries, on mountains or in forests; (according to Manu, who embodies in this manner the Andhra-aborigines into the Brahmanical system). Compare also 腻苍诲丑谤补. E. unknown.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Andhra (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�(苍诲丑谤补岣�) 1. m. A hunter.

2) 膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ):鈥�(苍诲丑补岣�) 1. m. A Telinga man.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

膧苍诲丑谤补 (啶嗋え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿ぐ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 础峁僤丑补.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

膧峁僤hra (啶嗋啶о啶�):鈥�(nm) the Telugu-speaking Southern state of the Indian Union —also known as [膩峁僤hra prade艣a]; (a) an inhabitant of the Andhra Pradesh.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

膧峁僤hra (嗖嗋矀嗖о硩嗖�):鈥�

1) [noun] one of the Dravidian language chiefly spoken in, and the official language of, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

2) [noun] one of the southern states of Republic India (earlier including the present Telengana.

3) [noun] a male member of a people living in that state or whose mother tongue is Telugu.

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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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