Vikeshi, 痴颈办别艣墨: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 痴颈办别艣墨 can be transliterated into English as Vikesi or Vikeshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Wisdom Library: Elements of Hindu Iconograpy痴颈办别艣墨 (啶掂た啶曕啶多):鈥擳he consort of 莫艣膩na (aspect of 艢iva, as in, one of the eight names of Rudra) according to the 笔腻诲尘补-辫耻谤腻峁嘺. (according to the Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 she is called 痴颈办别蝉墨)
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) 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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index痴颈办别艣墨 (啶掂た啶曕啶多).鈥擳he mother of the planet A峁単膩raka and the wife of Agni (艢arva, V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺).*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 10. 78; 24. 91; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 27. 51; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 I. 8. 8.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴颈办别艣墨 (啶掂た啶曕啶多):鈥擺=惫颈-办别艣墨] [from vi-ke艣a > vi] f. Name of a class of demoniacal beings, [Atharva-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] (with 迟腻谤补办腻) 鈥榓 hair-like star鈥�, comet, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] lint, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a small braid or tress of hair (first tied up separately and then collected into the Ve峁嚹� or larger braid), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a woman without hair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of the wife of 艢iva (manifested in the form of Mah墨 or 鈥榯he Earth鈥�, one of his eight Tanus or visible forms), [Pur膩峁嘺]
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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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 3.37 < [Chapter 3 - One鈥檚 Own Form of the Drekk膩峁嘺s]
Verse 2.40 < [Chapter 2 - One鈥檚 Own Form of the Hor膩s]
Verse 3.24 < [Chapter 3 - One鈥檚 Own Form of the Drekk膩峁嘺s]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 61 - The situation of the planets (graha-sa峁僰hy膩) < [Section 1 - Uttarabh膩ga]
Chapter 13 - The Eight Bodies of 艢iva < [Section 2 - P奴rvabh膩ga]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
1. Birth of 艢iva < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-艢iva in the Pur膩峁噄c Literature]
Hiranyakesi-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)