Gramadevata, 骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻, Grama-devata: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 (啶椸啶班ぞ啶う啷囙さ啶むぞ).鈥擨ndia is predominantly a rural country with a number of villages, and the rural folk depend mainly upon agriculture for living. Agricultural land, rain and epidemics which affect them as well as their cattle鈥攖hese are the main concern of the villagers. Indians, from very ancient days, used to believe that each of the above has its own presiding 诲别惫补迟腻s. Such 诲别惫补迟腻s are the 驳谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻s.
Dev墨 is the chief 驳谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 of South India. Dev墨 is called Durg膩 and K膩l墨 also. But, Dev墨 is worshipped in sixtyfour different forms or aspects. The gentle Dev墨, viz. in her gentle aspect or attitude has three forms, Kany膩, K膩m膩k峁Ｄ�, and M奴k膩mbik膩. In Kerala Dev墨 is called Bhagavat墨 also. Valiya峁単膩岣峣 Bhagavat墨 of Calicut is Lak峁墨dev墨. K膩l墨 temples in Kar峁嚹佱弓aka are called 'Ko峁弓膩pura峁� Lak峁墨 K峁tras'. There are such temples in Andhra also. Most of them are Jokul膩mbik膩 temples. In Tamil Nadu there are 驳谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻s called Mariyamma, K膩l墨yamma, and Draupad墨yamma. Not the Draupad墨 mentioned in the Mah膩bh膩rata; but the Ka峁囜箛ak墨 of Cilappadik膩ra is the Dev墨 worshipped in Tamil Nadu. (See full article at Story of 骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: eScholarship: The descent of scripture: a history of the Kamikagama (vastu)骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 (啶椸啶班ぞ啶う啷囙さ啶むぞ) refers to the 鈥渄ivinities in villages (and other settlements)鈥�, according to the 碍腻尘颈办腻驳补尘补: an ancient 艢aiva 膧gama scripture in 12,000 Sanskrit verses dating to at least the 5th century and represented as an encyclopedic account of ritual instructions (办谤颈测腻辫腻诲补).鈥擨n modern print editions, the K膩mika-膩gama is structured in two major parts. The P奴rvabh膩ga consists of 75 chapters (辫补峁璦濒补蝉) [...] Chapters 9 to 34 present a general account of the principles and preliminary rites for the construction of temples, houses, buildings, and settlements. [...] In Chapter 24, layouts are presented of different constructions and settlements. Chapter 25 outlines the dimensions of streets and doors. In Chapter 26, the placement of various divinities in villages and other settlements (驳谤腻尘腻诲颈诲别惫补迟腻蝉迟丑腻苍补) is explained.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: Google Books: Genealogy of the South Indian Deities骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 are such gods and goddesses who guard the fields, cities, hamlets and villages in such a way that demons and dangerous giants cannot injure human beings. The South Indians worship them not for any other reason, but only to be protected from evil. Their temples are everywhere and annual festivals are celebrated in their honor. Living animals such as pigs, goats and cocks are offered to them. They are believed to have previously been in great bliss; because of their pride they are supposed to have been cursed by 艢iva and are banished to this earth to be with the demons, over whom they rule over as kings and queens.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryGr膩ma-诲别惫补迟腻.鈥�(EI 3; SII 2), a village divinity; cf. 驳谤腻尘补- deva. Note: 驳谤腻尘补-诲别惫补迟腻 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
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 (啶椸啶班ぞ啶う啷囙さ啶むぞ).鈥攖he tutelary deity of a village.
骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 驳谤腻尘补 and 诲别惫补迟腻 (啶︵啶掂い啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 (啶椸啶班ぞ啶う啷囙さ啶むぞ):鈥擺=驳谤腻尘补-诲别惫补迟腻] [from 驳谤腻尘补] f. the tutelar deity of a village, [C膩峁嘺kya]
2) [v.s. ...] ([Religious Thought and Life in India p.209.])
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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.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary骋谤腻尘补诲别惫补迟腻 (啶椸啶班ぞ啶う啷囙さ啶むぞ):鈥攏. village deity; local god;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Devata, Grama.
Full-text: Gramdewataa, Gramadeva, Deva, Kshetra, Bhairava, Ravalanatha.
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