Jimutavahana, 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补, Jimuta-vahana: 16 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Wisdom Library: Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�).鈥擮ne of the three sons of Jyoti峁膩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ya峁嘺, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�).鈥擜 Vidy膩dhara. (demi-god). He was the son of J墨m奴taketu, who was the ruler of a city named K膩帽canapura in a valley of the Him膩layas. Being childless he had been sad for a long time. At last he approached the divine tree Kalpaka (a heavenly tree that yields every wish) that stood in his garden and requested it to bless him with a child. Thus a son was born to him. The famous 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 was that son. When 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 came to know of the divine powers of the Kalpaka tree, from the ministers, with the permission of his father he went to the Kalpaka tree, bowed before it and said to it, "Oh noble tree! You have granted all the wishes of my forefathers. But I have one wish. No body should be miserable in the world. So I wish to give you to the world with that purpose in view". Instantly an ethereal voice said from the tree. "If you are forsaking me I am going away. But I will fulfil your wish." Thus according to the wish of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 the Kalpaka tree shed gold everywhere in the world and then went to heaven and disappeared. The earth became wealthy and prosperous. The fame of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 spread throughout the three worlds, and all the Vidy膩dharas grew jealous of him. As the heavenly tree Kalpaka, which yielded all the wishes, had returned to heaven, they thought it the most propitious time and arrayed their army against 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补. His father J墨m奴taketu had completed all preparations to meet the enemy. But 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 approached his father and said, "Father ! I am perfectly sure that no body could defeat you in battle. But see how mean it is to destroy so many lives and win the country merely for the pleasures of this fragile body. So let us go away from here. Leave the kingdom to them." (See full article at Story of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: archive.org: History Of Dharmashastra闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�) gives very little Information about himself. In the colophons of his works he is described as P膩ribhadr墨ya Mah膩mahop膩dhy膩ya and at the end of the Vyavah膩ram膩t峁沰膩 he tells us that he was born of the P膩ribhadra family (kula). It is said that this name of the family still survives in the Parihal or P膩ri Gai, a section of R膩岣峢墨ya Br膩hma峁嘺s. It is also said that Edumi艣ra in his Kulak膩rik膩 tells us that 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 was chief judge in the reign of Vi峁aksena of Bengal and that he was 9th in descent from N膩r膩ya峁嘺bha峁弓a, one of the five Br膩hma峁嘺s brought by 膧di艣奴ra.
The fact that 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 was a native of R膩岣峢膩 is testified by his statement in the K膩laviveka that Agastya (Canopus) rose in Ujjayin墨 when four days of the month of Bh膩drapada remained, but that in R膩岣峢膩 Agastya rose when seven days of the month were yet to run. Extremely divergent views have been held as to the date of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补. He has been assigned to various dates from the 11th to the 16th century.
: Wikipedia: Dharma-shastra闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�) (c. 12th century) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar and writer of legal and religious treatises of early medieval period. He was the earliest writer on smriti (law) from Bengal whose texts are extant. 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 is known for his three major works. These three works are probably the parts of a bigger comprehensive digest, the Dharma Ratna.
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�) is the son of King J墨m奴taketu (lord of the Vidy膩dharas) and was, at one time, cursed by 艢iva in a former birth, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 22. Accordingly, the curse was set in motion as follows: 鈥淭hus it is; formerly I (闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补) was a sky-roaming Vidy膩dhara, and once on a time I was passing over a peak of the Him膩laya. And then 艢iva, who was below, sporting with Gaur墨, being angry at my passing above him, cursed me, saying: 鈥楧escend into a mortal womb, and after obtaining a Vidy膩dhar墨 for your wife, and appointing your son in your place, you shall remember your former birth, and again be born as a Vidy膩dhara.鈥� Having pronounced when this curse should end, 艢iva ceased and disappeared; and soon after I was born upon earth in a family of merchants. And I grew up as the son of a rich merchant in a city named Vallabh墨, and my name was Vasudatta.鈥�
闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 is mentioned as the son of king J墨m奴taketu and is an incarnation of a portion of a Bodhisattva, according to sixteenth story of the Vet膩lapa帽cavi峁兣沘ti in the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 90: 鈥�... the king [J墨m奴taketu] supplicated that divine tree, and obtained by its favour a son [闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补], who remembered his former birth, and was the incarnation of a portion of a Bodhisattva. He was a hero in munificence, of great courage, compassionate to all creatures, attentive to the instructions of his spiritual adviser, and his name was 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补. And when he grew up to manhood, his father, the king, made him crown prince, being impelled thereto by his excellent qualities, and the advice of the ministers鈥�.
闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 fell from his high position by revealing his own virtuous deeds according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 113. Accordingly, as Ka艣yapa said to Nara惫腻丑补苍补datta: 鈥�... there were in former days 峁氠梗abha, and other emperors, and they, being seized with various faults, were ruined, and fell from their high state. [...] And the Vidy膩dhara prince, 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补, when the sage N膩rada came and asked him the reason of his obtaining the rank of emperor, told him how he gave away the wishing-tree and his own body, and thus he fell from his high position by revealing his own virtuous deeds鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Nara惫腻丑补苍补datta 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�.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Buddhist legend of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�).鈥擳he Buddhist legend of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 is related twice in the course of the Kath膩sarits膩gara, in the 22nd and 90th chapters, and is dramatised in a play called the N膩g膩nanda. The first of these works, the title of which means the 鈥淥cean-river of Story鈥�, is a production of the 10th or 11th century a.d. It is entirely in verse, founded by its author, Somadeva, on an earlier collection of existing legends related in a work called Vrihat Kath膩, which goes back to the 2nd century a.d. The drama, the N膩g膩nanda, follows the line of the legend very closely, as given in the 22nd chapter of the Kath膩sarits膩gara. N膩g膩nanda signifies 鈥淭he joy of the world of serpents鈥�, and refers to the hero 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补, who is the centre of the drama. The authorship is uncertain, though all duly qualified judges assign the 7th century a.d. as the date of its composition.
闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 has a human side, as well as a divine side, and the divine side is eventually victorious. The position of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 at the beginning of the drama is that which Buddhists call a 鈥淏odhisat鈥�, one who has passed through all the births necessary to attain perfection but one, and the next birth is to place him on a level with the Supreme Buddha, and he will attain to Nirvana. In the case of 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 this is not what happens, as we might have expected. His self-sacrifice ought to have brought him to Nirvana, but it does not. After his death he returns to earth in his former position, only much more glorious and magnificent, raised to life again by the famous Gaur墨, the 鈥淏rilliant鈥� goddess, the wife of 艢iva, who stands at the head of the Hindu Pantheon. And here it seems as if we had an example of the compromise between Buddhism and Hinduism, and which, as I have already suggested, seems to be formulated by this drama.
India history and geography
: What is India: Inscriptions of the 艢il膩h膩ras1) 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�) of the 艢il膩ra (i.e., 艢il膩h膩ra) line of kings is mentioned in the Pa峁弓a峁嘺ku岣峣 plates of Avasara II.鈥斺�淭here was the meritorious son of J墨m奴taketu, 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 by name, who was the illustrious lord of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉, and was always devoted to the service of other people... Who, thinking his life as no better than a blade of grass, courageously offered himself to Garu岣峚, for the protection of the N膩gas (serpents). From him was born the (royal) family known as 艢il膩ra (i.e. 艢il膩h膩ra)鈥�.
These copper plates (mentioning 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补) were obtained from Tonappa Parisa Upadhye, the priest of the Jain basti of Pa峁弓a峁嘺kudi, who claims that they have been preserved as heirloom in his family. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the 艢il膩ra (i.e. 艢il膩h膩ra) king Avasara II, ruling from Balinagara. The inscription is dated in the expired 艢aka year 910 (expressed in words), the cyclic year being Sarvadh膩rin, on Monday, the fifth tithi of the bright fortnight of K膩rttika.
2) 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�) of the 艢il膩ra line of kings is mentioned in the Pa峁弓a峁嘺ku岣峣 plates of Avasara II.鈥斺�淲hile the illustrious Saty膩艣raya of the flourishing family of the C膩lukyas is thus governing the Ra峁弓ap膩峁� (i.e. the kingdom of the R膩峁ａ弓rak奴峁璦s)聴... There was the lord of the Vidy膩dharas, 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 by name, a good son of J墨m奴tak膿tu, who sacrificed his life to Garu岣峚... From him was descended the 艢il膩ra family, the best among the royal families of Si峁僪ala鈥攚hich became extremely powerful as it had the good fortune of the blessings of abundant beings鈥�.
These copper plates (mentioning 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补) were found by a Br膩hma峁嘺 of Kh膩rep膩峁璦n, a town in the Devaga岣� t膩luk膩 of the Ratn膩giri District. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the 艢il膩ra king, M膩峁囜笉alika Ra峁弓ar膩ja. As his predecessors were loyal feudatories of the R膩峁ａ弓rak奴峁璦s, it gives first the genealogy of that family from Dantidurga to Kakkala. The inscription is dated, in lines 41-42, on the full-moon tithi of Jye峁ａ弓ha in the 艣补办补 year 930, the cyclic year being K墨laka.
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闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�).鈥�
1) Name of Indra.
2) Name of a king of the Vidy膩dharas, hero of the play called N膩g膩nanda; (mentioned also in 办补迟丑腻蝉补谤颈迟蝉腻驳补谤补). [He was the son of J墨m奴taketu and renowned for his benevolent and charitable disposition. When his father's kingdom was invaded by his kinsmen, he scorned the idea of fighting with them and induced his father to leave it to those who sought for it and to repair with him to the Malaya mountain to lead a holy life. It is related that there he one day took the place of a young serpent who was, by virtue of an agreement, to be offered to Garu岣峚 as his daily meal, and induced, by his generous and touching behaviour, the enemy of serpents to give up his practice of devouring them. The story is very pathetically told in the play].
Derivable forms: 箩墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补岣� (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶ㄠ).
闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 箩墨尘奴迟补 and 惫腻丑补苍补 (啶掂ぞ啶灌え).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�).鈥攎.
(-苍补岣�) 1. Indra. 2. The author of 鈥淒ayabhaga鈥� a celebrated work on inheritance. E. 箩墨尘奴迟补 a cloud, and 惫腻丑补苍补 vehicle. 箩墨尘奴迟补岣� megha岣� 惫腻丑补苍补m asya .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�).鈥擺masculine] a man鈥檚 name.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擭y膩yaratnam膩lik膩 [dharma]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�):鈥擺=箩墨尘奴迟补-惫腻丑补苍补] [from 箩墨尘奴迟补] m. (= megha-v) Indra, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a son (of S膩li-惫腻丑补苍补, [Horace H. Wilson]; of J墨m奴ta-ketu, [Inscriptions] (A.D 1095), [Kath膩sarits膩gara xxii 23])
3) [v.s. ...] of a Vidy膩-dhara, [B膩lar膩m膩ya峁嘺 iv, 7]
4) [v.s. ...] of the author of D膩yabh膩ga.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (啶溹啶啶むさ啶距す啶�):鈥擺箩墨尘奴迟补-惫腻丑补苍补] (苍补岣�) 1. m. Indra; a celebrated writer on law.
[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闯墨尘奴迟补惫腻丑补苍补 (嗖溹硛嗖硞嗖む驳嗖距补嗖�):鈥擺noun] Indra, who moves on the clouds.
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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