Vamadevya, 痴腻尘补诲别惫测补: 5 definitions
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Vamadevya 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)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index痴腻尘补诲别惫测补 (啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く).鈥擜 蝉奴办迟补 of the s膩ma sa峁僪ita recited in tank ritual;1 to be uttered in installing a new image.2
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 Sriharsa痴腻尘补诲别惫测补 (啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く) is the name of a S膩ma or Vedic (the cult of which involved promiscuous relations with women), and is mentioned in the Nai峁dha-carita 17.194. The cult or Vrata of the V膩madeva S膩ma is described in Ch膩ndogya-upani峁d 2.13, which says 鈥�na k膩帽cana pariharet tad[??]tam鈥�. Both 艢a峁僰ara and 膧nandagiri take this literally and defend the rite as being prescribed by 艢ruti. The V膩madeva cult is personified by 膧nandar膩yamakhin in his allegorical play Vidy膩pari峁嘺yana [惫颈诲测腻辫补谤颈峁嘺测补苍补尘], act 5.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴腻尘补诲别惫测补 (啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く).鈥�(惫腻尘补devena d峁涐梗峁璦峁� s膩ma iti 惫腻尘补dev膩岣嶀笉ya岣嶀笉yau P.IV. 2.9) The name of a S膩ma or Vedic chant, the cult of which involved promiscuous relations with women; 啶忇い啶︵啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く啶� 啶た啶ム啶ㄠ 啶啶班啶むぎ啷� (etad惫腻尘补devya峁� mithune protam) Ch. Up.2.13.1-2; 啶曕ぎ啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ啷嬥お啶ㄠぎ啷嵿ぐ啶距く啶� 啶掂た啶多啶掂じ啷嵿く啶� 啶掂啶曕啶粪啶� 啶む啶粪啶熰さ啶距え啷� 啷� 啶� 啶ぎ啷嵿げ啷� 啶む 啶掂た啶ぞ啶掂啶ぞ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く啶距き啷嵿く啷佮お啶距じ啶曕ぎ啷� (kamra峁� tatropanamr膩y膩 vi艣vasy膩 v墨k峁a tu峁ａ弓av膩n | sa mamlau ta峁� vibh膩vy膩tha 惫腻尘补devy膩bhyup膩sakam) || N.17.194. The V膩madeva cult is personified by 膧nandar膩yamakhin in his allegorical play Vidy膩pari峁嘺yam Act 5-"啶囙し啷嵿啶距啷嵿啶侧啷嵿し啶苦い啶班い啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶ざ啷嬥き啶苦い啷堗し啶�, 啶多啶權啶椸ぞ啶班た啶｀ 啶掂た啶溹く啶む 啶о啶班た 啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く啶� 啷� 啶灌啶︵啶ぞ啶� 啶� 啶曕啶班啶むた啶た啶ぎ啶距い啶ㄠ啶む 啶灌た 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ (i峁ａ弓膩峁単alak峁taratikrama艣obhitai峁Ｄ�, 艣峁涐箙g膩ri峁嚹� vijayate dhuri 惫腻尘补devy膩 | h峁沝y膩峁� ca k墨rtimiyam膩tanute hi vidy膩) |".
Derivable forms: 惫腻尘补诲别惫测补尘 (啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴腻尘补诲别惫测补 (啶掂ぞ啶う啷囙さ啷嵿く):鈥擺=惫腻尘补-诲别惫测补] [from 惫腻尘补] mfn. coming or descended from the 峁氠梗i V膩ma-deva, [艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] m. [patronymic] of A峁僪o-muc (author of [峁歡-veda x, 127]), [Anukrama峁噄k膩]
3) [v.s. ...] of B峁沨ad-uktha and M奴rdhanvat, [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] n. Name of various S膩mans, [膧r峁ya-br膩hma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.
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