Revanta, Revamta: 12 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Revanta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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 Encyclopedia

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い).鈥擜 son of the sun. Birth. The sun married the daughter of Vi艣vakarm膩 named Sa峁僯帽膩. She gave birth to three children named Manu, Yama and Yam墨. Once, being unable to bear the radiance of her husband, Sa峁僯帽膩 went to the forest to do penance. During this period Ch膩y膩 the maid of Sa峁僯帽膩 attended on the sun. Three children, 艢anai艣cara, Manu and Tapat墨 were born to the Sun of Ch膩y膩. Once Ch膩y膩 cursed Yama. Then only did the Sun remember about Sa峁僯帽膩. At that time Sa峁僯帽膩 had been doing penance in the forest in the form of a mare. The Sun took the form of a horse and lived with her in the forest. From this union A艣vin墨kum膩ras and also the last son Revanta were born. (Vi峁ａ箛u Pur膩峁嘺, A峁兣沘 3, Chapter 2). Lak峁墨 astounded at the sight of Revanta. For the story of how Lak峁墨 was astounded at the sight of Revanta鈥檚 handsome figure and how Mah膩vi峁ａ箛u cursed Lak峁墨 consequently, see under Ekav墨ra. (See full article at Story of Revanta from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い).鈥擝orn of Samj帽a as a mare of the Sun god.^*

* Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 III. 2. 7.

: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い) is the son of 搁腻箩帽墨 and Bh膩skara (sun-god): the son of Aditi and 碍补艣测补辫补 according to the 痴补峁兣浤乶耻肠补谤颈迟补 section of the 10th century 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺: one of the various Upapur膩峁嘺s depicting 艢aivism.鈥擜ccordingly, the 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 30.27-73 and chapter 31 descibes the 惫补峁兣浤乶耻肠补谤颈迟补 in an abridged form. It is stated that Aditi got from 碍补艣测补辫补, Bh膩skara, the Sun-god. The Sun-god had four wives鈥擲a峁僯帽膩, 搁腻箩帽墨, Prabh膩 and Ch膩y膩. Sa峁僯帽膩 gave birth to Manu from the Sun-god in whose race were born the kings. 搁腻箩帽墨 gave birth to Yama, Yamun膩 and Revanta.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い) was the son of M膩rta峁囜笉a when he and his wife had the form of horses. He was born, 鈥渉olding a sword and bow, clad in armour, riding on horseback, and carrying arrows and a quiver鈥�.鈥�(cf. M膩rka峁囜笉eya Pur膩峁嘺, 108.7-12, Pargiter鈥檚 translation).

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

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い).鈥擺rive岣� j帽ac U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra 3.126] The son of the sun and chief of the 啶椸啶灌啶 (guhyaka)s.

Derivable forms: 谤别惫补苍迟补岣� (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い啶�).

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

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い).鈥攎.

(-苍迟补岣�) The fifth Manu of the present Kalpa; also called Raivata. E. reva, jhac aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い).鈥擺revant + a], m. The fifth Manu of the present Kalpa or period.

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

1) Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い):鈥擺from rai] m. Name of a son of S奴rya and chief of the Guhyakas, [Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it膩; Pur膩峁嘺]

2) [v.s. ...] the 5th Manu of the present Kalpa (cf. next and raivata).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Revanta (啶班啶掂え啷嵿い):鈥�(苍迟补岣�) 1. n. The fifth Manu.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

R膿va峁僼a (嗖班硣嗖掂矀嗖�):鈥擺noun] name of one of the Manus, the forefathers of human generations.

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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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