Pancatirtha, 笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补, Panca-tirtha: 4 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 (啶啷嵿啶む啶班啶�).鈥擜 holy place. There is a pond at this place. Once a nymph called Varg膩 with her four companions lived in this pond as crocodiles as a result of a curse. Arjuna came to that pond and rescued them from their curse. From that day onwards the pond came to be known as 笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 or Saubhadraka迟墨谤迟丑补 (For details see under Varg膩 and Saubhadraka 迟墨谤迟丑补).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 (啶啷嵿啶む啶班啶�).鈥擳he name of a 迟墨谤迟丑补 in K膩帽c墨.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 40. 60; 71, 115.
1b) In Gay膩.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 111. 1, 21.
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Wisdom Library: Vaishnavism笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 (啶啷嵿啶む啶班啶�) refers to five 艢iva temples at Pa帽ca-艣iv膩laya-驳丑腻峁璦 according to 艢r墨 Navadv墨pa-dh膩ma-m膩h膩tmya, 辫补谤颈办谤补尘腻-办丑补峁囜笉补 5.106: 鈥淥 J墨va, see here, at this 驳丑腻峁璦 are five 艢iva temples (pa帽ca迟墨谤迟丑补) where five gleaming 艣颈惫补-濒颈峁単补蝉 are splendidly situated鈥�.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 (啶啷嵿啶む啶班啶�) or Pa帽cat墨rth墨 is the name of a sacred bathing-place mentioned in a story narrated by Agni艣arman, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 33. Accordingly, as Agni艣arman narrated to king 艢rutasena, 鈥�... having gone on a pilgrimage to all the sacred bathing-places, I reached that 笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 [Pa帽cat墨rth墨], in which five Apsarases were reduced to the condition of crocodiles by the curse of a holy sage, and were rescued from it by Arjuna, who had come there while going round the holy spots. There I bathed in the blessed water, which possesses the power of enabling those men who bathe in it, and fast for five nights, to become followers of N膩r膩ya峁嘺鈥�.
The story of 笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 and Agni艣arman was narrated to Udayana (king of Vatsa) by Yaugandhar膩ya峁嘺 in order to demonstrate that 鈥渕atrons cannot endure the interruption of a deep affection鈥� demonstrated by the anecdote that 鈥渃haste women, when their beloved is attached to another, or has gone to heaven, become careless about all enjoyments and determined to die, though their intentions are inscrutable on account of the haughtiness of their character鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补, 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�.
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Partial matches: Tirtha, Panca.
Full-text: Pauloma, Agastyatirtha, Karandhamana, Pancavavi, Pancatirttam, Lata, Pancatirthi.
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