Vajramushti, 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈, Vajra-mushti, 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓墨: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 and 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓墨 can be transliterated into English as Vajramusti or Vajramushti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara1) 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た) is the name of a K峁triya from the country Avanti, who later became friends with 艢r墨datta, a Br膩hman whose story is told in the 鈥渟tory of 艢r墨datta and M峁沢膩峁卥avat墨鈥�, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 10. 艢r墨datta was the son of K膩lanemi, who was the son of Yaj帽asoma, a Br膩hman from the country of M膩lava
2) 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た) is the name of a king allied to Devam膩ya who marched in war against Narav膩hanadatta, as mentioned in the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 109. Accordingly, 鈥�... and Devam膩ya too, when he heard it, marched out towards him to give battle, accompanied by numerous kings, Var膩ha, 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈, and others, and followed by his army. Then there took place on Kail膩sa a battle between those two armies, and while it was going on the sky was obscured by the chariots of the gods, who came to look on.鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈, 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�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た).鈥擜 giant. 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 was the son born to M膩lyav膩n of his wife Sundar墨. 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 had six brothers named Vir奴p膩k峁, Durmukha, Suptaghna, Yaj帽ako艣a, Matta and Unmatta and a sister named Nal膩. (Uttara R膩m膩ya峁嘺).
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 Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Wisdom Library: Ma帽ju艣r墨n膩masa峁僩墨ti痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た) is one of the sixteen 蝉补尘腻诲丑颈 deities appearing in the 痴补箩谤补诲丑腻迟耻-尘补丑腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补, according to the N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 v5.32-35. The N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 (literally, 鈥榓n explanation of the 苍腻尘补-尘补苍迟谤补蝉鈥�) is a commentary (峁玨腻) on the 8th century Ma帽ju艣r墨n膩masa峁僩墨ti.
痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 is a name of Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the embodiement of non-dual knowledge) and, together with other names, forms the core essence of the Ma帽ju艣r墨n膩masa峁僩墨ti. The N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 provides the practitioner a 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 (鈥榤editative practice鈥�) to turn these names into mantras. These mantras are chanted for the benefit of all beings, and then placed and contemplated in the 痴补箩谤补诲丑腻迟耻-尘补丑腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补, which is an extended version of the Vajradh膩tu-ma峁囜笉ala.
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓墨 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰) is the name of D奴t墨 (i.e., messengers of Lord Vajrap膩峁噄) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓墨).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvajra尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た).鈥攎 S A weapon of the athlet忙. 2 f m An iron or a hard fist. Used in both senses attributively. 3 f also 惫补箩谤补尘奴峁环补 f Wild and bitter 蝉耻谤补峁嘺 q. v.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvajra尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た).鈥�m A weapon of the athlete. f m An iron or a hard fist.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た).鈥�
1) an epithet of Indra.
2) an adamantine clenched fist.
3) a kind of weapon.
Derivable forms: 惫补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈岣� (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た啶�).
痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and 尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶啶粪啶熰た).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た).鈥攏ame of a ki峁僴ara maid: 碍腻谤补峁囜笉补惫惫奴丑补 6.4.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た).鈥擺adjective] holding a thunderbolt in the fist, [Epithet] of Indra, [Name] of a R膩k峁sa & [several] warriors.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪啶熰た):鈥擺=vajra-尘耻峁ａ弓颈] [from vajra > vaj] m. 鈥榞rasping a th掳鈥�, or 鈥榦ne whose clenched fist is like adamant鈥�, Name of Indra, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] of a R膩k峁sa, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] of a K峁triya or warrior, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
4) [v.s. ...] mf. an adamantine clenched fist or a kind of weapon, [Hariva峁兣沘]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a Ga峁嘺 of 艢iva, [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] f. a [particular] position of the hand in shooting an arrow, [艢膩r峁単adhara-paddhati]
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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痴补箩谤补尘耻峁ａ弓颈 (嗖掂矞喑嵿舶嗖硜嗖粪硩嗖熰部):鈥�
1) [noun] a kind of hand-weapon.
2) [noun] Indra, the chief of gods, who uses thunderbolt as his weapon.
3) [noun] (fig.) a very firm hold, control.
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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Partial matches: Mushti, Vajra.
Full-text: Samarpinem, Sundari, Jyesthimalla, Matta, Mahabahu, Tikshnadamshtra, Unmatta, Varaha, Shridatta, Virupaksha, Durmukha.
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