Ekadanta, Eka-danta, Ekadamta, Ekadant膩: 10 definitions
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Ekadanta means something in 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.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Red Zambala: Hindu Icons and Symbols | Inner Circle IVOne tusk (别办补-诲补苍迟腻) of Ga峁噀艣a 鈥� Ganapati acted as the scribe for the Mah膩bh膩rata, on the condition that he would on no account interrupt the recitation by Vy膩sa who was dictating the Mah膩bh膩rata for the welfare of the world. When the pen broke, Ganapati broke off his own tusk in order not to interrupt the work. Thus out of great compassion for beings the Lord was prepared to mutilate himself! This is the symbolism contained in the iconographical representation.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Skanda-puranaEkadanta (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い, 鈥渙ne-tusked鈥�) refers to one of the fifty-six 惫颈苍腻测补办补蝉 located at K膩艣墨 (V膩r膩峁嘺s墨), and forms part of a sacred pilgrimage (测腻迟谤腻), described in the K膩艣墨kha峁囜笉a (Skanda-pur膩峁嘺 4.2.57). He is also known as Ekadant膩vin膩yaka, Ekadant膩ga峁噀艣a and Ekadant膩vighne艣a. These fifty-six 惫颈苍腻测补办补蝉 are positioned at the eight cardinal points in seven concentric circles (8x7). They center around a deity named 岣宧u峁囜笉hir膩ja (or 岣宧u峁囜笉hi-vin膩yaka) positioned near the Vi艣van膩tha temple, which lies at the heart of K膩艣墨, near the Ga峁単es. This arrangement symbolises the interconnecting relationship of the macrocosmos, the mesocosmos and the microcosmos.
Ekadant膩 is positioned in the Southern corner of the third circle of the 办腻艣墨-尘补峁囜笉补濒补. According to Rana Singh , his shrine is located at 鈥淏engali Tola, Puspadanteshvara, D 32/ 102鈥�. Worshippers of Ekadant膩 will benefit from his quality, which is defined as 鈥渢he giver of place in Anandakanana鈥�. His coordinates are: Lat. 25.18310, Lon. 83.00497 (or, 25掳10'59.2"N, 83掳00'17.9"E) (Google maps)
Ekadant膩, and the other 惫颈苍腻测补办补蝉, are described in the Skandapur膩峁嘺 (the largest of the eighteen 尘补丑腻辫耻谤腻峁嘺蝉). This book narrates the details and legends surrounding numerous holy pilgrimages (迟墨谤迟丑补-尘腻丑腻迟尘测补) throughout India. It is composed of over 81,000 metrical verses with the core text dating from the before the 4th-century CE.
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationEkadanta (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い) or Ekadantaka refers to a 鈥渟ingle-tusked elephant鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.17 (鈥淭he Resuscitation of Ga峁噀艣a鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after 艢iva spoke to the Gods: 鈥淭hen they carried out 艢iva鈥檚 behests and acted accordingly. They brought the headless body of Ga峁噀艣a and washed it well. They paid homage to it and started towards the north. It was a single-tusked elephant (ekadantaka) that they met. They took the head and fitted it to the body. After joining it, the gods bowed to 艢iva, Vi峁ａ箛u and Brahm膩 and spoke鈥斺�榃hat has been ordered by you has been carried out by us. Let the task left incomplete be performed now鈥欌��.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexEkadanta (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い).鈥擜n attribute of Vighne艣a.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 42. 8, 39; IV. 44. 66.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusEkadanta (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い) refers to 鈥�(those elephants) having a missing tusk鈥�, according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 7, 鈥渙n details of price鈥漖: 鈥�2. But one shall take at full price a noble elephant that is endowed with all the desirable qualities; at half price, one that has one eye, foot, or tusk missing (ekadanta), or that is deaf, or diseased; at three-quarters of the (full) price the wise man shall take one that has half an ear or the tail or the like cut off ; one that has lost both tusks or the like, even though (otherwise) a fine elephant, he shall take for a quarter of the price鈥�.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkadanta (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い).鈥�"one-tusked", epithets of Ga峁噀艣a (别办补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补岣�) A kind of fever.
Derivable forms: 别办补诲补苍迟补岣� (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い啶�).
Ekadanta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and danta (啶︵え啷嵿い). See also (synonyms): 别办补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkadanta (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い).鈥攎.
(-苍迟补岣�) A name of Ganesa: see the preceding. E. eka and danta a tooth.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkadanta (啶忇啶︵え啷嵿い):鈥擺=eka-danta] [from eka] m. 鈥榦苍别-迟辞辞迟丑别诲鈥�, Name of Ga峁噀艣a, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
[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 corpus膾kada峁僼a (嗖忇矔嗖︵矀嗖�):鈥擺noun] Ga峁嚹撆沘, who has only one (full) tusk (the other one being broken).
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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