Mandeha, Mamdeha: 7 definitions
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Mandeha 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMandeha (啶え啷嵿う啷囙す).鈥擲ee the 2nd para under Pakal.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Mandeha (啶え啷嵿う啷囙す).鈥擳hree crores of R膩k峁sas who attack the rising sun and who are disarmed by the sandhya worship of gods and by the chanting of the 驳腻测补迟谤墨 by the Brahmanas.1
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 21. 110; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 50. 163.
1b) The 艢奴dra caste of Ku艣adv墨pa.*
- * Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 II. 4. 38.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaMandeha (啶え啷嵿う啷囙す) refers to a class of demons, and is mentioned in the Nai峁dha-carita 19.41. The Mandeha demons are supposed to attack the rising Sun who overcomes them with the help of the palmfuls of water offered by worshippers and consecrated with the G膩yatr墨 formula. Cf. 17.94. The story of the Mandehas is given in Taittir墨ya-膩ra峁噛aka 2.2. Cf. K膩艣墨kha峁囜笉a (P奴rv膩rdha) 35.152-3.
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�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mandeha (啶え啷嵿う啷囙す):鈥�m. [plural] ([from] man = manas + deha ?) a kind of R膩k峁sa, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺]
2) Name of the 艢奴dras in Ku艣a-dv墨pa, [Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺]
[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 corpusMa峁僤膿ha (嗖矀嗖︵硣嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] (myth.) a class of demons who are believed to attack the sun at dawn.
2) [noun] a demon belonging to this class.
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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Starts with: Mamdeharika.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 5.62.1 < [Sukta 62]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 51 - The Vidy膩 of Vajre艣var墨 < [Section 2 - P奴rvabh膩ga]
Chapter 19 - The mode of 艢iva's worship < [Section 2 - P奴rvabh膩ga]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Seventy names of the Sun God < [Section 1 - P奴rv膩rdha]
Chapter 5 - Good Conduct (sad膩c膩ra) < [Section 2 - Dharm膩ra峁噛a-kha峁囜笉a]
Chapter 13 - Origin of Arkasthala < [Section 1 - Prabh膩sa-k峁tra-m膩h膩tmya]
Ramayana of Valmiki (Griffith) (by Ralph T. H. Griffith)
Chapter XL: The Army of The East < [Book IV]