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Ramacandra, 峾Ի, Rama-candra: 19 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Purana glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�).—Son of Puramjaya; and father of Dharmavarmā.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 24. 56.
: WikiPedia: Puranas

峾Ի (Ramachandra) or Candramsha refers to one of the Naga-kings who ruled Vaidisha (the kingdom of Vidisha).—The Naga dynasty of Vidisha in central India is known from the Puranas, and probably ruled in the first century BCE. [...] According to the Puranas, the following Naga kings ruled Vaidisha (kingdom of Vidisha): [...] (2). Sada-chandra alias Chandramsha (Candrāṃśa) or Vama-chandra (Rama-chandra in the Vishnu Purana)—He is described as the second Nakhavant (according to one theory, this word is a variation of "Nakhapana", and refers to the Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana). [...] After mentioning these kings of Vidisha, the Puranas refer to the king Shishu-nandi (Śiśunandi) and his descendants, who ruled after the decline of the Shunga dynasty.

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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Vyakarana glossary
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

1) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�).�रामचन्द्राचार्� (峾Ի峦ⲹ) (son of कृष्णाचार्� (ṛṣṇācⲹ)) the well-known author of the Prakriyakaumudi. He belonged to the Sesa family and the latter half of the fifteenth century is assigned as his date. He is believed to have been a resident of Andhra. His work, the Prakriyakaumudi, was a popular grammar treatise for some time before Bhattoji's Siddhanta-Kaumudi got its hold, and it had a number of commentaries written upon it especially by his descendants and members of his family which became well-known as the Sesa family of grammarians. The Prakriyakaumudi is named कृष्णर्क�-करप्राक्रिया (ṛṣṇa쾱-첹) also.

2) 峾Ի.—There was a grammarian named Ramacandra who wrote a small treatise on grammar named विदग्धबो� (vidagdhabodha).

3) 峾Ի.—There was another grammarian of the same name who was a pupil of Nagesabhatta of the eighteenth century and who wrote a small commentary called वृतिसंग्रह (ṛtṃg) on Panini's Astadhyayi.

4) 峾Ի.—There was also another Ramacandra who was a scholar of Vedic grammar and who wrote the commentary named ज्योत्स्ना (dzٲ) on the Vajasaneyi-Pratisakhya.

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Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Chandas glossary
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

1) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) is one of the authors of Sanskrit prosody that have enriched the Sanskrit literature through their various interpretations.—峾Ի� also advocates the necessity of the prosodic knowledge by the knower of the 屹ⲹ as he says: ‘If a 屹ⲹ does not possess proper metrical application, it becomes the subject of criticism. Hence the ṣaṇa of the metres should always be acquired�.

2) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�), son of Arjuna, is the father of Ჹś (C. 1574 C.E.): the composer of the text Vṛttamuktāvalī. Harivyāsa belongs to Ṣanāḍhya family and he was the son of 峾Ի, grandson of Arjuna and great grandson of Keśava. His grandfather is described as a mine of good qualities, a great devotee of Viṣṇu and well adorned among scholars.

3) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) or 峾Ի Paṇḍita (19th century) alias Rāma Śarman was the son of Siddheśvara Yogin. He belonged to Ātreyagotra and Kṛṣṇayajurveda. He mentions about this at the end of Vṛttābhi峾. 峾Ի composed a commentary named Jyotsnā on Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya in 1817 C.E. and Vṛttābhi峾 in 1824 C.E.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Shilpashastra (iconography)

: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (ś貹)

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) or Rāmacandrāvatāra (also known as Raghu峾) refers to one the “ten incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu�, as defined according to texts dealing with ś貹 (arts and crafs), known as ś貹śāstras.—The hand gestures for the 岹ś屹 in dancing and iconography are similar in some cases and dissimilar in most of the cases. For depicting the 峾candra-avatāra hasta, the right hand assumes kapittha-hasta and the left hand is held upwards as ś󲹰-󲹲ٲ. This pose is the same in the images also where Rāma is found with the right hand holding the arrow in 첹ṭa첹-󲹲ٲ and the left hand holding the bow in ś󲹰-󲹲ٲ.

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, ś貹śāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Vaishnavism glossary
: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) refers to:—Incarnation of the Supreme lord and the establisher of pure dharma, or religious principles. ٰ–night. (cf. Glossary page from Arcana-dīpikā).

: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) refers to:�(or Rāma) A līlā-avatāra, or pastime avatāra, of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; also known as 峾Ի, Raghunātha, Dāśarathi-Rāma, and Rāghava-Rāma. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) 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 (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).

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Yoga (school of philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Yoga glossary
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) is the author of the Tattvabinduyoga, a 17th-century text dealing with Yoga.�(Birch 2014, 415, 434 note 71.)

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Jainism glossary
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) or 峾Իkathā refers to one of the 157 stories embedded in the ٳ峾ǻ岹 by Somacandra (narrating stories from Jain literature, based on the Karpūraprakara), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The ٳ峾ǻ岹 represents a repository of 157 stories [e.g., 峾Ի-kathā] written in prose Sanskrit, although each of them is preceded by a verse. Together, they stage a large number of Jain characters (including early teachers). [...]

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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, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

峾candra (रामचंद्र).—m (S) Ramachandra, the seventh incarnation of Viṣṇu.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ramacandra in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�).—Name of Rāma, son of Daśaratha.

Derivable forms: 峾Ի� (रामचन्द्रः).

峾Ի is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and candra (चन्द्र). See also (synonyms): 峾bhadra.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�).—m.

(-Ի�) The hero Ramachandra, the son of Dasaratha. E. and candra the moon, the moon-like Rama.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�).—m. the second of the three renowned Rāmas, the son of Daśaratha, and hero of the Rāmāyaṇa. ŚԻ, i. e.

峾Ի is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and candra (चन्द्र).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�).—[masculine] Rāma-moon, [Epithet] of Rāma & [Name] of [several] men.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—king of Ratnapura, patron of 峾Ի Naimishastha (Kuṇḍākṛti 1450).

2) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—nephew of Mahādeva, king of Devagiri (1271 -1309), had Hemādri as his minister. See Rāmanātha.

3) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—father of Gaṅgādhara and Nārāyaṇa (Karkānugapadārthadīpikā). L. 1901.

4) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Jaya峾, grandson of Gaṅgā峾, father of Maṇi峾 (Bhāminīvilāsaṭīkā 1802). Oxf. 130^b.

5) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—of the Tatsat family, father of Vaidyanātha (Śāstradīpikāprabhā 1710). W. p. 331. Hall. p. 174. 183.

6) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—and āyodhyaka 峾candra quoted in Padyāmṛtataraṅgiṇ�.

7) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Quoted by Maheśvara in
—[commentary] on Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāra.

8) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Aghavivecana.

9) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Arjunārcanakalpalatā. Arjunārcāpārijāta. Chinnamastāpārijāta. Tantracūḍāmaṇi. Tantrāmṛta. Puraścaraṇadīpikā. Subhagārcāratna.

10) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Avirodhaprakāśaṭīkā Mitabhāṣiṇ� jy.

11) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Ānandalaharīṭīkā.

12) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Āryāvijñapti 屹ⲹ. Compare Rāmāryā.

13) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Īśāvāsyopaniṣadrahasyavivṛti.

14) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Kārtavīryadipadānavidhi.

15) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Kāvyaprakāśasāra.

16) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Kuṇḍodadhi.

17) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Kṛṣṇavijaya alaṃk.

18) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Grahaṇaprakāśikā jy.

19) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—of the Guha family: Cakradattanāmakagrantha. Rasapradīpa. Rasendracintāmaṇi.

20) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—pupil of Lakṣmīpati: Chandonāmavicāraṇ�.

21) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Tithicūḍāmaṇikāmadhenu jy.

22) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Dharmādhvabodha.

23) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—pupil of Hemacandra: Nirbhayabhīma vyāyoga.

24) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—pupil of Ānandatīrtha: Paramapuruṣaprārthanāmañjarī.

25) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Praṇayāmṛtapañcāśaka.

26) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Pratiṣṭhāsāra.

27) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Bhaṭṭi屹ⲹṭīkā Vyākhyānanda.

28) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Bhartṛhariśatakaṭīkā.

29) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Bhojacampūvyākhyā.

30) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Mantramuktāvalī.

31) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Mārtaṇḍaśataka.

32) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—a Jaina: Raghuvilāpa nāṭaka.

33) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—峾Իcatuḥsūtrī.

34) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Rāmāryā.

35) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Rukmiṇīpariṇaya nāṭaka. Sarasakavikulānanda bhāṇa.

36) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Vasantikā nāṭikā.

37) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—a pupil of Nāgojī: Vṛttisaṃgraha, a
—[commentary] on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī. Io. 616.

38) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Veṅkaṭeśvaracāturbhadrika.

39) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Vaidyacintāmaṇi.

40) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Śabdārṇava, [grammatical]

41) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):�
—[commentary] on Śṛṅgāratilakabhāṇa.

42) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Sāṃkhyasūtravṛtti.

43) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):�(?): Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśat.

44) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):�(?): Hanumadaṣṭaka.

45) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Kṛṣṇa, son of Nṛhari, son of Anant峦ⲹ, pupil of Gopāla, father of Nṛsiṃha, father of Viṭṭhala, father of Lakṣmīdhara, father of Ananta: Tithinirṇayasaṃgraha or Anantaṭṭdīpikā, an epitome of Anantopādhyāya’s Tithinirṇaya. Prakriyākaumudī. Vaiṣṇavasiddhāntadīpikā.

46) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Janārdana, grandson of Puruṣottama: Rādhāvinoda屹ⲹ and—[commentary].

47) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Nārāyaṇa: Smṛtisārasaṃgraharatnavyākhyā.

48) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Murāri Pāṭhaka: Rapratyāhāramaṇḍana [grammatical]

49) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—of Kolāhapura, son of Veṅkaṭa: Saṃkhyāmuṣṭyadhikaraṇākṣepa from his Adhikaraṇamālā.

50) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Siddheśvara Yogivara, composed in 1818: Jyotsnā, a
—[commentary] on the Vājasaneyiprātiśākhya. Pratijñāsūtraṭīkā, composed in 1817.

51) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Haṃsarāja: Kheṭabhūṣaṇa jy. Pāṭīlīlavatībhūṣaṇa. Yantrādhyāyavivṛti. Strījātaka.

52) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—guru of Mukunda Muni (Advaitajñānasarvasva etc.). Hall. p. 100. 111.

峾Ի has the following synonyms: Rāmanātha.

53) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Kṛṣṇa. add Ծṇaⲹī辱.

54) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Viṭṭhala. delete ‘Kālanirṇayadīpikā or�.

55) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Sūryadāsa. Kuṇḍākṛti. read 1449.

56) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—father of Nārāyaṇa, father of Rāyaṭṭ (Rāmaṭṭ), father of Lakṣmīnātha (Piṅgalārthapradīpa 1600).

57) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—father of Meṅganātha (Nṛsiṃhārādhanamālā).

58) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—author of the Rukmiṇīpariṇaya. See Rāmavarman.

59) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Vṛttābhi峾.

60) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—of the Svabhūvaṃśa, continued the Svadharmāvabodha of Nimbārka. Io. 556.

61) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Nāgojī Bhaṭṭa: Siddhāntakaumudīsvaraprakriyāvyākhyā.

62) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Pāṇḍuraṅga: Śivapūjāsūtravyākhyāna.

63) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Mahādeva: Cāturmāsyapaddhati.

64) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Prabhākara, wrote by order of Indrasiṃha, king of Gauḍa: Rājendrakośa or Indrakośa med.

65) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Kṛṣṇa, grandson of 峾Ի: Ramalaśāstra.

峾Ի has the following synonyms: Rāma.

66) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—king of Orissa: Durgotsavacandrikā.

67) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Nāṭyadarpaṇa.

68) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Nirṇayāmṛta.

69) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Bhairavadīpadānavidhi.

70) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—pupil of Hemacandra: Raghuvilāsa nāṭaka. The same wrote: Dravyālaṃkāra, and the plays Rāghavābhyudaya, Yādavābhyudaya, Nalavilāsa. Peters. 5 p. 145.

71) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—wrote by behest of Vīrasiṃha: Rādhācarita.

72) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Śāradārcāprayoga.

73) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—Śrīsūktabhāṣya.

74) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Viśvanātha: Āryāvijñapti.

75) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Viśvanātha: Kriyākośa [grammatical]

76) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—son of Harihara, of the Kāñji family: Kalāpatattvabodhinī.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—[=峾-candra] [from ] m. ‘R°-ǴDz�, Name of the principal Rāma called Dāśarathi, as son of Daśa-ratha, and Rāghava, as descended from Raghu (although the affix candra seems to connect him with the moon, he is not, like Kṛṣṇa and Bala-峾, of the lunar but of the solar race of kings; he forms the 7th Avatāra of Viṣṇu and is the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa, who, to recover his faithful wife Sītā, advanced southwards, killed the demon Rāvaṇa and subjugated his followers the Rākṣasas, the poetical representatives of the barbarous aborigines of the south), [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad] ([Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 330; Religious Thought and Life in India 110])

2) [v.s. ...] Name of various kings and authors etc. (also with 峦ⲹ, kavi, ṣiپ-貹پ, cakra-vartin, 岹ṇḍ, īṣīt, Բṣa-ٳ or Ჹ⾱, Բⲹ-岵-īś, 貹-ṃs, ṻ첹, ṭṭ, bhaṭṭ峦ⲹ, , ṣa, ś, yajvan, ⲹīś, 峦-貹پ, śٰ, ī, siddha etc.), [Catalogue(s)]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

峾Ի (रामचन्द्�):—[峾-candra] (Ի�) 1. m. Rāṃchandra the second incarnation of Vishnu.

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