Gajapati, Gaja-pati: 14 definitions
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Gajapati means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩garaGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�) was a friend of Vikram膩ditya: an ancient king from P膩峁璦liputra, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 38. Accordingly, 鈥渢here was in P膩峁璦liputra a king named Vikram膩ditya; he had two cherished friends, the King Hayapati, and the King Gajapati, who had large armies of horses and elephants. And that proud sovereign had a mighty enemy named Narasi峁僪a, the lord of Prati峁ａ弓h膩na, a king who had a large force of infantry鈥�.
The story of Gajapati and Vikram膩ditya was narrated by Marubh奴ti in order to demonstrate that 鈥渨omen are generally fickle, but not always, for even courtesans are seen to be rich in good qualities, much more others鈥�, in other words, that 鈥渆ven courtesans are occasionally of noble character and as faithful to kings as their own wives, much more than matrons of high birth鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Gajapati, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
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�.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�) refers to an 鈥渆lephant lord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 9, 鈥渙n kinds of must鈥漖: 鈥�17. In the 鈥榮urpassed鈥� (sixth) stage an elephant lord (gajapati), mad with rage, lusts to destroy this whole universe of stationary and moving creatures ; not abiding in one place (with other elephants?), he will not endure the (sound of the) bell of other (or enemy) elephants; he cannot abide his own shadow (? as if it were a rival), and is constantly bent on galloping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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: Wisdom Library: Lokottarav膩daGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�, 鈥渒eeper of elephants鈥�) refers to a type of gemstone described in the 鈥渢he second Avalokita-s奴tra鈥� of the 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻. Accordingly, when the Buddha (as a Bodhisattva) visited the bodhi-tree, several hunderd thousands of devas, in their place in the sky, adorned the Bodhisattva with several celestial substances. Then some of them envisioned the bodhi-tree as sparkling with gajapati gems.
The stories found in this part of the 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 correspond to the stories from the 补惫颈诲奴谤别-苍颈诲腻苍补 section of the Nid膩na-kath膩. The 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 is an important text of the Lokottarav膩da school of buddhism, dating from the 2nd century BCE.
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)
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�) or 鈥淕ajapati S膩ha鈥� is the name of a businessman from Mewar, according to the 鈥�Sumatis膩dhus奴ri nau v墨v膩halau鈥� (dealing with individual religious teachers in Jain literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥擺...] The scene takes place in Mewar, in the village of J膩ur (mod. J膩var) about six miles north to 峁笉墨, [...]. There lived the businessman Gajapati S膩ha and his wife Sa峁僷奴r墨 dev墨 (15). One night the lady saw dreams which, her husband explained, announced the future birth of a great man. A son was born, Napar膩ja kumara (31). At the early age of 5, he was already an expert in all kinds of arts (31). One day, while playing, he went to the up膩艣raya and paid homage to the monk Ratana艣ekharas奴ri (33) whom he started visiting regularly. Detachment grew in his mind. His mother thought the time had come for him to marry: [...]
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryGajapati.鈥�(IE 8-2; EI 9, 30; CII 4; HD), 鈥榯he lord of elephants鈥�; officer in charge of the elephant arm in an army; title of certain rulers; dynastic name of the S奴ryava峁兣浤玸 of Orissa. Cf. Ind. Ant., Vol. XV, p. 7. See Mah膩gajapati, etc. Note: gajapati is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygajapati (啶椸啶い啶�).鈥攎 (S) Possessor of elephants or an elephant. 2 Provided with the elephant-branch of an army. 3 Jocosely. Having but a 驳补箩腻 (narrow slip) by way of 诲丑艒迟补谤补.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�).鈥�
1) the lord or keeper of elephants.
2) a very tall and stately elephant; 艢i艣up膩lavadha 6.55.
3) an excellent elephant.
Derivable forms: 驳补箩补辫补迟颈岣� (啶椸啶い啶苦).
Gajapati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and pati (啶い啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�).鈥�m. or nt., name of some unknown gem: 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 ii.311.2 anye gajapat墨hi ma峁噄ratanehi samalamkrtam (sc. bodhiv峁沰峁峁� sa峁僯膩nanti).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�).鈥攎.
(-迟颈岣�) 1. A large state elephant. 2. A king. E. gaja, and pati a master.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gajapati (啶椸啶い啶�):鈥擺=gaja-pati] [from gaja > gaj] m. a lord or keeper of elephants, [Si峁僪膩sana-dv膩tri峁兣沬k膩 or vikram膩ditya-caritra, jaina recension]
2) [v.s. ...] a title given to kings (e.g. to an old king in the south of Jambu-dv墨pa), [Rasikarama峁嘺 vii, 3]
3) [v.s. ...] a stately elephant, [艢i艣up膩la-vadha vi, 55.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGajapati (啶椸啶い啶�):鈥擺gaja-pati] (迟颈岣�) 2. m. A large state elephant; a king.
[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 corpusGajapati (嗖椸矞嗖菠嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a king of elephants; an excellent elephant.
2) [noun] the royal elephant of a king.
3) [noun] a man who owns an elephant or elephants.
4) [noun] a monetary coin used during the period of Vijayanagara empire.
5) [noun] a man who domesticates and tends elephants.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Gaja, Pati, Patti.
Starts with: Gajapativiranarayanadeva.
Full-text (+3): Ashvapati-Gajapati-Narapati-muvaru-rayara-ganda, Ashvapati-Gajapati-Narapati-raja-tray-adhipati, Prataparudradeva gajapati, Abhinavagitagovinda, Durgotsavacandrika, Mahagajapati, Vishvanathasena, Shaivacintamani, Narapati, Gajadhisha, Trividha-kshitisha-cudamani, Shaivakalpadruma, Gopinatha, Sampuri, Naparaja, Purushottamadeva, Ashvapati, Sarasvativilasa, Ratanashekharasuri, Ratanashekhara.
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Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
The history of Andhra country (1000 AD - 1500 AD) (by Yashoda Devi)
Part 56 - The Later Gajapatis < [Chapter XIII - The Dynasties in South Kalinga]
Part 8 - Pratapavallabharaja (A.D. 1427-1467) < [Chapter XIII - The Dynasties in South Kalinga]
Part 32 - End of the Jantarnadu Ganga dynasty < [Chapter XIII - The Dynasties in South Kalinga]
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
Buddhism under the Gajapati dynasty < [Chapter 2]
Buddhism under Bhoi Dynasty < [Chapter 2]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Reviews < [January-February 1933]
The Reddis and the Rayas - A Page from Deccan History < [November-December 1933]
"Wanted A Bridegroom" < [January-February 1931]