Vrishakapi, 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 can be transliterated into English as Vrsakapi or Vrishakapi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: The Agni Purana痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�):鈥擮ne of the Eleven Rudras (别办腻诲补艣补-谤耻诲谤补), according to the Agni-pur膩峁嘺. The Agni Pur膩峁嘺 is a religious text containing details on Vi峁ａ箛u鈥檚 different incarnations (avatar), but also deals with various cultural subjects such as Cosmology, Grammar and Astrology.
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥擮ne of the eleven Rudras. The eleven Rudras are Hara, Bahur奴pa, Tryambaka, Apar膩jita, 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈, 艢ambhu, Kapard墨, Raivata, M峁沢avy膩dha, Sarpa and Kap膩l墨. (Agni Pur膩峁嘺, Chapter 18). (See under Ek膩da艣a rudras).
2) 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥擜nother name of Mah膩vi峁ａ箛u. (Mah膩bh膩rata 艢膩nti Parva, Chapter 342).
3) 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥擜 hermit. Mention is made in Mah膩bh膩rata, Anu艣膩sana Parva, Chapter 66, Stanza 23, that with so many other hermits, he also attended the sacrifice performed by the gods.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥擜 Rudra, and a son of Bh奴ta and Sar奴p膩: Fought with Jambha in the Dev膩sura war.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VI. 6. 17; VIII. 10. 32; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 I. 15. 122.
1b) A name of Indra.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VI. 13. 10.
1c) A name of Hari.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 X. 1. 20.
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Manblunder: Vishnu Sahasranama痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈岣� 啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶苦:鈥擳he dictionary meaning of 惫峁涐梗腻kapi is semi divine being or very capable. 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 finds a place in Rig Veda (X.86.3) in a an entirely different context. The verse says, 鈥淲hat has this vigorous sportive restless mind done to you that you like a liberal benefactor bestow upon him wealth and nourishment. The Self is supreme over all.鈥� This verse is in praise of Indra. In this context, this n膩ma possibly refers to His Supreme stature.
V峁涐梗a means a male of any animal. Possibly this refers to one of the incarnations of Vi峁ａ箛u, Var膩ha avatar. In this incarnation, He lifted the earth (dharma) from waters (ignorance).
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) 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 (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�) is the name of a Mantra discussed in chapter 28 (Cary膩p膩da) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it膩 covering the entire range of concerns of P膩帽car膩tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擠escription of the chapter [测补箩帽补尘奴谤迟测腻诲颈-尘补苍迟谤辞诲诲丑腻谤补]: Bhagav膩n continues to give instructions regarding the composition, the japa-repetitions and the respective potencies of other mantras: [e.g., 惫峁涐梗腻办补辫颈-尘补苍迟谤补 (158b-160)] [...] Also with those mantras addressed to Sa峁僰ar峁峁嘺, Aniruddha, Pradyumna and the 补惫补迟腻谤补-forms (169b-194).
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥�
1) An epithet of the sun.
2) Of Vi峁ａ箛u; 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶椸い啷嵿さ啶� 啶溹啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶ム 啶︵啶掂う啷囙さ啶� 啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶苦ぎ啷� (tatra gatv膩 jagann膩tha峁� devadeva峁� 惫峁涐梗腻kapim) Bh膩gavata 1.1.2; Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 12.43. 1.
3) Of 艢iva.
4) Of Indra.
5) Of Agni.
Derivable forms: 惫峁涐梗腻办补辫颈岣� (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶苦).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥攎.
(-辫颈岣�) 1. Krishna or Vishnu. 2. Siva. 3. Agni, or fire. 4. Indra. E. 惫峁涐梗补 virtue, a not, kapi to shake or agitate, i aff., and the radical augment rejected; or 惫峁涐梗腻 Indra, akapi untrembling, as before; or 惫峁涐梗补 virtue, or 惫峁涐梗腻 Indra, and kapi an ape, being the ape as it were of the greater gods: other etymologies occur.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥� (probably v峁�- 峁n-kapi), I. m. 1. Vi峁ａ箛u. 2. 艢iva. 3. Agni. Ii. f. 辫腻测墨. 1. Lak- 峁墨. 2. Gaur墨. 3. Sw膩h膩, the wife of Agni. 4. 艢aci, the wife of Indra.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�).鈥擺masculine] strong ape or man-ape, a [mythological] being; [Epithet] of the sun, of Indra, etc.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�):鈥擺=惫峁涐梗腻-kapi] [from 惫峁涐梗腻 > v峁涐梗] m. (惫峁涐梗腻-) 鈥榤an-ape鈥�, Name of a semi-divine being standing in a [particular] relation to Indra and Indr膩峁嚹�, [峁歡-veda x, 86] (by the [commentator or commentary] identified with the Sun; also supposed to be the son of Indra and the author of the above hymn; cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 222 n. 1])
2) [v.s. ...] the sun, [Mah膩bh膩rata]
3) [v.s. ...] fire, [Hariva峁兣沘]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of 艢iva, [Mah膩bh膩rata; Kath膩sarits膩gara]
5) [v.s. ...] of Indra, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
6) [v.s. ...] of Vi峁ａ箛u, [Mah膩bh膩rata]
7) [v.s. ...] of one of the 11 Rudras, [ib.]
8) [v.s. ...] of the hymn attributed to V峁涐梗膩-kapi, [Aitareya-br膩hma峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (啶掂啶粪ぞ啶曕お啶�):鈥擺惫峁涐梗腻+kapi] (辫颈岣�) 2. m. Krishna or Vishnu; Shiva; Agni.
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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痴峁涐梗腻办补辫颈 (嗖掂硟嗖粪簿嗖曕勃嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] Vi峁ａ箛u.
2) [noun] 艢iva.
3) [noun] Agni, the Fire-God.
4) [noun] Indra, the lord of gods.
5) [noun] the Sun-God.
6) [noun] a branch of a tree.
7) [noun] a sword.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vrisha, Kapi.
Starts with: Vrishakapimantra, Vrishakapishastra.
Full-text: Vrishakapishastra, Varshakapa, Vrishakapayi, Vrishadarbha, Vrishakapimantra, Kapardin, Nyunkhay, Jambha, Bahurupa, Parshu, Ajaikapat, Aparajita, Vrishotsarga, Gopuja, Yajnamurtyadimantroddhara, Shambhu, Nanadharmapratishthapana.
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