वेदजननी

ā-móda-jananī

manda-jananī

veda-jananī

N. of the Gāyatrī KūrmaP.

skandá-jananī

manda

weak, slight, slack (as a bow), dull, faint (as light), low (as a voice), gentle (as rain orﾠ wind), feeble (as the digestive faculty) ib. ;
weak i.e. tolerant, indulgent to (loc.) MBh. ;
dull-witted, silly, stupid, foolish KaṭhUp. MBh. etc.;
unhappy, miserable ( L. = kṛipaṇa) MBh. Hariv. ;
languid, ill, sick Mālav. ;
bad, wicked MārkP. ;
drunken, addicted to intoxication L. ;
= - mandra L. ;
m. the planet Saturn Var. ;
the (upper) apsis of a planet's course orﾠ (according to some) its anomalistic motion Sūryas. ;
N. of Yama L. ;
a stupid orﾠ slow elephant L. (cf. mandra, bhadra-manda, mṛiga-manda);
the end of the world (= pralaya) L. ;
(ā) f. a pot, vessel, inkstand L. ;
N. of Dākshāyaṇī Cat. ;
(scil. saṉkrānti) a partic. astron. conjunction L. ;
(in music) N. of a Ṡruti Saṃgīt. ;
n. the second change which takes place in warm milk when mixed with Takra L. ;
(am) ind. slowly, tardily, gradually, slightly, faintly, softly ( alsoﾠ manda ibc., andﾠ mandammandam) MBh. Kāv. etc.
- मन्दकर्ण
- मन्दकर्णि
- मन्दकर्मन्
- मन्दकान्त
- मन्दकान्ति
- मन्दकारिन्
- मन्दकिरण
- मन्दग
- मन्दगति
- मन्दगमन
- मन्दगामिन्
- मन्दचारिन्
- मन्दचेतस्
- मन्दच्छाय
- मन्दजननी
- मन्दजरस्
- मन्दजात
- मन्दतर
- मन्दता
- मन्दत्व
- मन्दधार
- मन्दधी
- मन्दनाग
- मन्दपरिधि
- मन्दपाल
- मन्दपीठ
- मन्दपुण्य
- मन्दप्रज्ञ
- मन्दप्रबोध
- मन्दप्राण
- मन्दप्रेमन्
- मन्दफल
- मन्दबल
- मन्दबुद्धि
- मन्दभागिन्
- मन्दभाग्य
- मन्दभाज्
- मन्दभाषिणी
- मन्दमति
- मन्दमन्दम्
- मन्दमन्दातप
- मन्दमेधस्
- मन्दरश्मि
- मन्दवाहिनी
- मन्दविचेष्टित
- मन्दविभ्रंश
- मन्दविरिक्त
- मन्दविवेक
- मन्दविष
- मन्दविसर्प
- मन्दविसर्पिन्
- मन्दवीर्य
- मन्दवृष्टि
- मन्दवेदन
- मन्दशिसिर
- मन्दसमीरण
- मन्दसुबोधिनी
- मन्दस्मित
- मन्दहास
- मन्दहास्य

veda

N. of certain celebrated works which constitute the basis of the first period of the Hindū religion (these works were primarily three, viz.
1. the Ṛig-veda,
2. the Yajur-veda
<of which there are, however, two divisions seeﾠ taittirīya-saṉhitā, vājasaneyi-saṉhitā>,
3. the Sāma-veda;
these three works are sometimes called collectively trayī,
« the triple Vidyā» orﾠ « threefold knowledge», but the Ṛig-veda is really the only original work of the three, andﾠ much the most ancient
<the oldest of its hymns being assigned by some who rely on certain astronomical calculations to a period between 4000 andﾠ 2500 B.C., before the settlement of the Āryans in India;
andﾠ by others who adopt a different reckoning to a period between 1400 andﾠ 1000 B.C., when the Āryans had settled down in the Panjāb>;
subsequently a fourth Veda was added, called the Atharva-veda, which was probably not completely accepted till after Manu, as his law-book often speaks of the three Vedas-calling them trayambrahmasanātanam, « the triple eternal Veda»,
but only once XI, 33 mentions the revelation made to Atharvan andﾠ Aṇgiras, without, however, calling it by the later name of Atharva-veda;
each of the four Vedas has two distinct parts,
viz. 1. Mantra, i.e. words of prayer andﾠ adoration often addressed either to fire orﾠ to some form of the sun orﾠ to some form of the air, sky, wind etc.,
andﾠ praying for health, wealth, long life, cattle, offspring, victory, andﾠ even forgiveness of sins, andﾠ 2. Brāhmaṇa, consisting of Vidhi andﾠ Artha-vāda,
i.e. directions for the detail of the ceremonies at which the Mantras were to be used andﾠ explanations of the legends etc. connected with the Mantras
< seeﾠ brāhmaṇa, vidhi>, both these portions being termed ṡruti, revelation orally communicated by the Deity, andﾠ heard but not composed orﾠ written down by men <cf. I. W. 24 etc.. >,
although it is certain that both Mantras andﾠ Brāhmaṇas were compositions spread over a considerable period, much of the latter being comparatively modern;
as the Vedas are properly three, so the Mantras are properly of three forms,
1. Ṛic, which are verses of praise in metre, andﾠ intended for loud recitation;
2. Yajus, which are in prose, andﾠ intended for recitation in a lower tone at sacrifices;
3. Sāman., which are in metre, andﾠ intended for chanting at the Soma orﾠ Moon-plant ceremonies, the Mantras of the fourth orﾠ Atharva-veda having no special name;
but it must be borne in mind that the Yajur andﾠ Sāma-veda hymns, especially the latter, besides their own Mantras, borrow largely from the Ṛig-veda;
the Yajur-veda andﾠ Sāma-veda being in fact not so much collections of prayers andﾠ hymns as special prayer- andﾠ hymn-books intended as manuals for the Adhvaryu andﾠ Udgātṛi priests respectively < seeﾠ yajur-veda, sāma-veda>;
the Atharva-veda, on the other hand, is, like the Ṛig-veda, a real collection of original hymns mixed up with incantations, borrowing little from the Ṛig andﾠ having no direct relation to sacrifices, but supposed by mere recitation to produce long life, to cure diseases, to effect the ruin of enemies etc.;
each of the four Vedas seems to have passed through numerous Ṡākhās orﾠ schools, giving rise to various recensions of the text, though the Ṛig-veda is only preserved in the Ṡākala recension, while a second recension, that of the Bhāshkalas, is only known by name;
a tradition makes Vyāsa the compiler andﾠ arranger of the Vedas in their present form:
they each have an Index orﾠ Anukramaṇī <q.v.>, the principal work of this kind being the general Index orﾠ Sarvânukramaṇī <q.v.>;
out of the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda grew two other departments of Vedic literature, sometimes included under the general name Veda,
viz. the strings of aphoristic rules, called Sūtras <q.v.>,
andﾠ the mystical treatises on the nature of God andﾠ the relation of soul andﾠ matter, called Upanishad. <q.v.>, which were appended to the Āraṇyakas <q.v.>, andﾠ became the real Veda of thinking Hindūs, leading to the Darṡanas orﾠ systems of philosophy;
in the later literature the name of « fifth Veda» is accorded to the Itihāsas orﾠ legendary epic poems andﾠ to the Purāṇas, andﾠ certain secondary Vedas orﾠ Upa-vedas <q.v.> are enumerated;
the Vedâṇgas orﾠ works serving as limbs < for preserving the integrity> of the Veda are explained under vedâ̱ṅga below:
the only other works included under the head of Veda being the Pariṡishṭas, which supply rules for the ritual omitted in the Sūtras;
in the Bṛihad-āraṇyaka Upanishad. the Vedas are represented as the breathings of Brahmā., while in some of the Purāṇas the four Vedas are said to have issued out of the four mouths of the four-faced Brahmā. andﾠ in the Vishṇu-Purāṇa the Veda andﾠ Vishṇu are identified) RTL. 7 etc.. IW. 5; 24 etc.. ;
N. of the number « four» VarBṛS. ; Srutabh.;
2) m. (fr. 3. vid) finding, obtaining, acquisition ( seeﾠ su-v-);
property, goods ĀṡvGṛ. ;
vedá

4) m. N. of a pupil of Āyoda MBh. ;
(ā) f. N. of a river VP. ;
5) feeling, perception ṠBr. ;
= vṛitta (v.l. vitta) L. (cf. 2. veda)
- वेदकर्तृ
- वेदकविस्वामिन्
- वेदकार
- वेदकारणकारण
- वेदकुम्भ
- वेदकुशल
- वेदकौलेयक
- वेदगत
- वेदगर्भ
- वेदगर्व
- वेदगाथ
- वेदगाम्भीर्य
- वेदग्न्प्त
- वेदगुप्ति
- वेदगुह्य
- वेदघोष
- वेदचक्षुस्
- वेदजननी
- वेदज्ञ
- वेदतत्त्व
- वेदतत्त्वार्थ
- वेदतात्पर्य
- वेदतैजस
- वेदत्रय
- वेदत्रयी
- वेदत्व
- वेददक्षिणा
- वेददर्शन
- वेददर्शिन्
- वेददल
- वेददान
- वेददीप
- वेददीपिका
- वेददृष्ट
- वेदधर
- वेदधर्म
- वेदधारण
- वेदध्वनि
- वेदनाद
- वेदनिघण्टु
- वेदनिधि
- वेदनिन्दक
- वेदनिन्दा
- वेदनिन्दिन्
- वेदनिर्घोष
- वेदपठितृ
- वेदपथ
- वेदपथिन्
- वेदपददर्पण
- वेदपदस्तव
- वेदपाठ
- वेदपाठक
- वेदपाठिन्
- वेदपादरामायण
- वेदपादशिवस्तोत्र
- वेदपादस्तव
- वेदपादस्तोत्र
- वेदपारग
- वेदपारायणविधि
- वेदपुण्य
- वेदपुरुष
- वेदप्रकाश
- वेदप्रदान
- वेदप्रपद्
- वेदप्रवाद
- वेदप्लाविन्
- वेदफल
- वेदबाहु
- वेदबाह्य
- वेदबीज
- वेदब्रह्मचर्य
- वेदब्राह्मण
- वेदभाग
- वेदभाष्य
- वेदमन्त्र
- वेदमय
- वेदमातृ
- वेदमातृका
- वेदमालि
- वेदमाहात्म्य
- वेदमित्र
- वेदमुख
- वेदमुण्ड
- वेदमूर्ति
- वेदमूल
- वेदयज्ञ
- वेदरक्षण
- वेदरहस्य
- वेदरात
- वेदराशि
- वेदलक्षण
- वेदलक्षणसूत्रवृत्ति
- वेदवचन
- वेदवत्
- वेदवदन
- वेदवाक्य
- वेदवाद
- वेदवादिन्
- वेदवास
- वेदवाह
- वेदवाहन
- वेदवाह्य
- वेदविक्रयिन्
- वेदविचार
- वेदवित्त्व
- वेदविद्
- वेदविद्या
- वेदविद्वस्
- वेदविप्लावक
- वेदविलासिनी
- वेदविहित
- वेदवृत्त
- वेदवृद्ध
- वेदवेदाङ्ग
- वेदवैनाशिका
- वेदव्यास
- वेदव्रत
- वेदव्रतिन्
- वेदशब्द
- वेदशाखा
- वेदशास्त्र
- वेदशिर
- वेदशिरस्
- वेदशीर्ष
- वेदश्रवस्
- वेदश्री
- वेदश्रुत
- वेदश्रुति
- वेदसंस्थित
- वेदसंहिता
- वेदसंन्यास
- वेदसंन्यासिक
- वेदसंन्यासिन्
- वेदसमर्थन
- वेदसमाप्ति
- वेदसम्मत
- वेदसम्मित
- वेदसार
- वेदसूक्तभाष्य
- वेदसूत्र
- वेदस्तुति
- वेदस्पर्श
- वेदस्मृता
- वेदस्मृति
- वेदस्मृती
- वेदस्वामिन्
- वेदहीन

skandá

N. of a man) RV. ;
spurting, effusing, effusion, spilling, shedding (cf. á andﾠ ghraṇa-sk-);
perishing, destruction Gīt. ;
quick-silver L. ;
« Attacker»
N. of Kārttikeya (q.v., son of Ṡiva orﾠ of Agni;
he is called god of war as leader of Ṡiva's hosts against the enemies of the gods;
he is alsoﾠ leader of the demons of illness that attack children <cf. - graha>, alsoﾠ god of burglars andﾠ thieves;
cf. - putra andﾠ IW. 427 n. 1) MaitrS. MBh. etc.;
N. of Ṡiva MBh. ;
a king prince L. ;
a clever orﾠ learned man (cf. skandha) L. ;
the body L. ;
the jâ̱di (pl. Saṃskārak.)
- स्कन्दकवच
- स्कन्दगुप्त
- स्कन्दगुरु
- स्कन्दग्रह
- स्कन्दजननी
- स्कन्दजित्
- स्कन्दता
- स्कन्दत्व
- स्कन्ददास
- स्कन्दपुत्र
- स्कन्दपुर
- स्कन्दपुराण
- स्कन्दभट
- स्कन्दभट्ट
- स्कन्दमातृ
- स्कन्दयाग
- स्कन्दयामलतन्त्र
- स्कन्दराज
- स्कन्दवर्मन्
- स्कन्दविशाख
- स्कन्दषष्ठी
- स्कन्दसहस्रनामन्
- स्कन्दस्कारशंकर
- स्कन्दस्तोत्र
- स्कन्दस्वामिन्