सरस्वतीरहस्योपनिषद्

sárasvatī-rahasyôpanishad

sarasvatī


N. of a river (celebrated in RV. andﾠ held to be a goddess whose identity is much disputed;
most authorities hold that the name Sárasvatī is identical with the Avestan Haraquaiti river in Afghanistan, but that it usually means the Indus in the RV., andﾠ only occasionally the small sacred rivers in Madhya-deṡa < seeﾠ below>;
the river-goddess has seven sisters andﾠ is herself sevenfold, she is called the mother of streams, the best of mothers, of rivers, andﾠ of goddesses;
the Ṛishis always recognize the connection of the goddess with the river, andﾠ invoke her to descend from the sky, to bestow vitality, renown, andﾠ riches;
elsewhere she is described as moving along a golden path andﾠ as destroying Vṛitra etc.;
as a goddess she is often connected with other deities e.g.. with Pūshan, Indra, the Maruts andﾠ the Aṡvins;
in the Āpri hymns she forms a triad with the sacrificial goddesses Iḍā andﾠ Bhātrati;
accord. toﾠ a myth told in the VS. XIX, 12, Sárasvatī through speech < vācā> communicated vigour to Indra;
in the BrShmaṇas she is identified with vāc, « Speech», andﾠ in later times becomes goddess of eloquence seeﾠ below) RV. etc. etc.;
N. of a well-known small river (held very sacred by the Hindūs;
identified with the modern Sursooty, at, d formerly marking with the Dṛishadvatī one of the boundaries of the region Ārya-deṡa andﾠ of the sacred district called Brahmâvarta < seeﾠ Mn. II, 17 > in RV. VII, 95, 2,
this river is represented as flowing into the sea, although later legends make it disappear underground andﾠ join the Ganges andﾠ Jumnā at Allahibād;
seeﾠ tri-veṇī, prayāga) ib. ;
N. of various rivers (esp. of rivers which in sacredness are equal to Sárasvatī andﾠ which are three accord. toﾠ AV. VI, 101,
andﾠ seven accord. toﾠ MBh. IX, 2188);
any river Naigh. I, 13 ;
N. of the goddess of eloquence andﾠ learning (cf. above;
she is opposed to Ṡri orﾠ Lakshmī <cf. Vikr. V, 24 >, andﾠ sometimes considered as the daughter andﾠ alsoﾠ wife of Beahmā, the proper wife of that god being rather Sāvitri orﾠ Gāyatri;
she is alsoﾠ identified with Durgā, orﾠ even with the wife of Vishṇu andﾠ of Manu, andﾠ held to be the daughter of Daksha) Mn. MBh. etc.;
speech orﾠ the power of speech, eloquence, learning wisdom MBh. Kāv. etc.;
a celestial orﾠ oracular voice Kālid. Kathās. Rājat. ;
a cow VS. VIII, 43 ;
an excellent woman (= strī-ratna) L. ;
N. of various plants (Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Egle Marmelos, Ruta Graveolens etc.) L. ;
N. of a twoyear-old girl representing Durgā at her festival L. ;
of a poetess Cat. ;
of various other women (esp. of the wives of Dadhica, Ṡaṃkarâcārya, Maṇḍaṇamiṡra etc.) ib. ;
of one of the ten mendicant orders traced back to Ṡarnkaracārya (whose members add the word sarasvatī to their names)
- सरस्वतीकण्ठाभरण
- सरस्वतीकुटुम्ब
- सरस्वतीकृत
- सरस्वतीतन्त्र
- सरस्वतीतीर्थ
- सरस्वतीदण्डक
- सरस्वतीदशश्लोकी
- सरस्वतीदानविधि
- सरस्वतीद्वादशनामस्तोत्र
- सरस्वतीनिवास
- सरस्वतीपुराण
- सरस्वतीपूजन
- सरस्वतीपूजा
- सरस्वतीप्रक्रिया
- सरस्वतीप्रयेग
- सरस्वतीबालवाणी
- सरस्वतीमन्त्र
- सरस्वतीमाहात्म्य
- सरस्वतीरहस्योपनिषद्
- सरस्वतीवत्
- सरस्वतीविनशन
- सरस्वतीविलास
- सरस्वतीव्रत
- सरस्वतीषट्श्लोकी
- सरस्वतीसरस्
- सरस्वतीसूक्त
- सरस्वतीसूत्र
- सरस्वतीस्तव
- सरस्वतीस्तोत्र
- सरस्वतीस्वामिन्

víshṇu

although Vishṇu comes second in the triad he is identified with the supreme deity by his worshippers;
in the Vedic period, however, he is not placed in the foremost rank, although he is frequently invoked with other gods <esp. with Indra whom he assists in killing Vṛitra andﾠ with whom he drinks the Soma juice;
cf. his later names Indrânuja andﾠ Upêndra>;
as distinguished from the other Vedic deities, he is a personification of the light andﾠ of the sun, esp. in his striding over the heavens, which he is said to do in three paces
< seeﾠ tri-vikrama andﾠ cf. bali, vāmana>, explained as denoting the threefold manifestations of light in the form of fire, lightning, andﾠ the sun, orﾠ as designating the three daily stations of the sun in his rising, culminating, andﾠ setting;
Vishṇu does not appear to have been included at first among the Ādityas <q.v.>, although in later times he is accorded the foremost place among them;
in the Brāhmaṇas he is identified with sacrifice, andﾠ in one described as a dwarf;
in the Mahā-bhārata andﾠ Rāmayaṇa he rises to the supremacy which in some places he now enjoys as the most popular deity of modern Hindū worship;
the great rivalry between him andﾠ Ṡiva <cf. vaishṇava andﾠ ṡaiva> is not fully developed till the period of the Purāṇas:
the distinguishing feature in the character of the Post-vedic Vishṇu is his condescending to become incarnate in a portion of his essence on ten principal occasions, to deliver mankind from certain great dangers <cf. avatāra andﾠ IW. 327 >;
some of the Purāṇas make 22 incarnations, orﾠ even 24, instead of 10;
the Vaishṇavas regard Vishṇu as the supreme being, andﾠ often identify him with Nārāyaṇa, the personified Purusha orﾠ primeval living spirit <described as moving on the waters, reclining on Ṡesha, the serpent of infinity, while the god Brahmā. emerges from a lotus growing from his navel;
cf. Manu I, 10 >;
the wives of Vishṇu are Aditi andﾠ Sinīvālī, later Lakshmī orﾠ Ṡrī andﾠ even Sarasvatī;
his son is Kāma-deva, god of love, andﾠ his paradise is called Vaikuṇṭha;
he is usually represented with a peculiar mark on his breast called Ṡrī-vatsa, andﾠ as holding a ṡaṅkha, orﾠ conch-shell called Pāñcajanya, a cakra orﾠ quoit-like missile-weapon called Su-darṡana, a gadā orﾠ club called Kaumodakī andﾠ a padma orﾠ lotus;
he has alsoﾠ a bow called Ṡārṇga, andﾠ a sword called Nandaka;
his vāhana orﾠ vehicle is Garuḍa q.v.;
he has a jewel on his wrist called Syamantaka, another on his breast called Kaustubha, andﾠ the river Ganges is said to issue from his foot;
the demons slain by him in his character of « preserver from evil»,
orﾠ by Kṛishṇa as identified with him, are Madhu, Dhenuka, Cāṇūra, Yamala, andﾠ Arjuna < seeﾠ yamalâ̱rjuna>, Kāla-nemi, Haya-grīva, Ṡakaṭa, Arishṭa, Kaiṭabha, Kaṇsa, Keṡin, Mura, Ṡālva, Mainda, Dvi-vida, Rāhu, Hiraṇya-kaṡipu, Bāṇa, Kāliya, Naraka, Bali;
he is worshipped under a thousand names, which are all enumerated in MBh. XIII, 6950-7056 ;
he is sometimes regarded as the divinity of the lunar mansion called Ṡravaṇa) RV. etc. etc. (cf. RTL. 44 IW. 324);
N. of the month Caitra VarBṛS. ;
(with prājāpatya) of the author of RV. X, 84 ;
of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa andﾠ Bhautya MārkP. ;
of the writer of a law-book Yājñ. ;
of the father of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇi L. ;
( alsoﾠ with gaṇaka, kavi, daivajña, paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, miṡra, yatî ̱ndra, vājapeyin, ṡāstrin etc.) of various authors andﾠ others Inscr. Cat. ;
= agni L. ;
= vasu-devatā L. ;
= ṡuddha L. ;
f. N. of the mother of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇi L. ;
n. pl. (in a formula) ĀpṠr. ;
( vishṇor with apamarṇam, ājya-doham, vratam;
<oḥ> sāma, svarīyaḥ N. of Sāmans;
with shoḍaṡa-nāma-stotram, anusmṛitiḥ, ashṭāviṉṡati-nāma-stotram, andﾠ mahā-stutiḥ N. of wks.)
- विष्णुऋक्ष
- विष्णुकन्द
- विष्णुकरण
- विष्णुकवच
- विष्णुकाञ्ची
- विष्णुकान्ती
- विष्णुकान्तीतीर्थ
- विष्णुकुतूहल
- विष्णुकोशल
- विष्णुक्रम
- विष्णुक्रमीय
- विष्णुक्रान्त
- विष्णुक्रान्ति
- विष्णुक्षेत्र
- विष्णुगङ्गा
- विष्णुगाथा
- विष्णुगायत्री
- विष्णुगुप्त
- विष्णुगुप्तक
- विष्णुगूढ
- विष्णुगृह
- विष्णुगोपवर्मन्
- विष्णुगोल
- विष्णुग्रन्थि
- विष्णुचक्र
- विष्णुचन्द्र
- विष्णुचित्त
- विष्णुज
- विष्णुजामल
- विष्णुजामातृ
- विष्णुतत्त्व
- विष्णुतन्त्र
- विष्णुतर्पण
- विष्णुतर्पणविधि
- विष्णुतिथि
- विष्णुतीर्थ
- विष्णुतीर्थीयव्याख्यान
- विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रम
- विष्णुतैल
- विष्णुतोषिणी
- विष्णुत्रिशती
- विष्णुत्व
- विष्णुदत्त
- विष्णुदत्तक
- विष्णुदास
- विष्णुदेव
- विष्णुदेवत्य
- विष्णुदैवत
- विष्णुदैवत्य
- विष्णुद्वादशनामस्तोत्र
- विष्णुद्विष्
- विष्णुद्वीप
- विष्णुधर्म
- विष्णुधर्मन्
- विष्णुधारा
- विष्णुध्यानस्तोत्रादि
- विष्णुनदी
- विष्णुनाममाहात्म्यसंग्रह
- विष्णुनाममाहात्मरत्नस्तोत्र
- विष्णुनीराजन
- विष्णुन्यङ्ग
- विष्णुपञ्चक
- विष्णुपञ्चकव्रतकथा
- विष्णुपञ्जर
- विष्णुपति
- विष्णुपत्नी
- विष्णुपद
- विष्णुपद्धति
- विष्णुपरायण
- विष्णुपर्णिका
- विष्णुपादादिकेशान्तस्तुति
- विष्णुपुत्र
- विष्णुपुर्
- विष्णुपुर
- विष्णुपुराण
- विष्णुपुराणक
- विष्णुपूजन
- विष्णुपूजा
- विष्णुप्रतिमासम्प्रोक्षणविधि
- विष्णुप्रतिष्ठा
- विष्णुप्रतिष्ठापद्धति
- विष्णुप्रिया
- विष्णुप्रीति
- विष्णुब्रह्ममहेश्वरदानप्रयोग
- विष्णुभ
- विष्णुभक्त
- विष्णुभक्ति
- विष्णुभगवतपुराण
- विष्णुभुजंग
- विष्णुभुजंगस्तोत्र
- विष्णुभुजंगी
- विष्णुमत्
- विष्णुमन्त्र
- विष्णुमन्दिर
- विष्णुमय
- विष्णुमहिमन्
- विष्णुमानस
- विष्णुमाया
- विष्णुमाहात्म्य
- विष्णुमाहात्म्यपद्धति
- विष्णुमित्र
- विष्णुमुख
- विष्णुयन्त्रप्रकरण
- विष्णुयशस्
- विष्णुयाग
- विष्णुयागप्रयोग
- विष्णुयामल
- विष्णुयामलतन्त्र
- विष्णुयामिल
- विष्णुरथ
- विष्णुरहस्य
- विष्णुराज
- विष्णुरात
- विष्णुराम
- विष्णुरामसिद्धान्तवागीश
- विष्णुलहरी
- विष्णुलिङ्गी
- विष्णुलोक
- विष्णुवत्
- विष्णुवर्णनध्यानादि
- विष्णुवर्धन
- विष्णुवर्मन्
- विष्णुवल्लभ
- विष्णुवाहन
- विष्णुवाह्य
- विष्णुविग्रहशंसनस्तोत्र
- विष्णुविजय
- विष्णुवृद्ध
- विष्णुव्रतकल्प
- विष्णुशक्ति
- विष्णुशतनामस्तोत्र
- विष्णुशयनबोधदिन
- विष्णुशर्मन्
- विष्णुशिला
- विष्णुशृङ्खल
- विष्णुश्राद्ध
- विष्णुश्राद्धपद्धति
- विष्णुश्रुत
- विष्णुषट्पदी
- विष्णुसंहिता
- विष्णुसमुच्चय
- विष्णुसरस्
- विष्णुसरस्तीर्थ
- विष्णुसर्वजन
- विष्णुसर्वज्ञ
- विष्णुसहस्रनामन्
- विष्णुसिंह
- विष्णुसिद्धान्त
- विष्णुसिद्धान्तलीलावती
- विष्णुसूक्त
- विष्णुसूत्र
- विष्णुस्तव
- विष्णुस्तवराज
- विष्णुस्तुति
- विष्णुस्तोत्र
- विष्णुस्मृति
- विष्णुस्वरूपध्यानादिवर्णन
- विष्णुस्वामिन्
- विष्णुहरि
- विष्णुहारदेव
- विष्णुहिता
- विष्णुहृदय
- विष्णुहृदयस्तोत्र

agní

the number three Sūryas. ;
the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid;
bile L. ;
gold L. ;
N. of various plants Semicarpus Anacardium Suṡr., Plumbago Zeylanica andﾠ Rosea, Citrus Acida;
mystical substitute for the letter r;
in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i andﾠ u
+ cf. Lat. igni-s;
Lith. ugni-s;
Slav. ognj
- अग्निकण
- अग्निकर्मन्
- अग्निकल्प
- अग्निकारिका
- अग्निकार्य
- अग्निकाष्ठ
- अग्निकुक्कुट
- अग्निकुण्ड
- अग्निकुमार
- अग्निकृत
- अग्निकेतु
- अग्निकोण
- अग्निक्रिडा
- अग्निखदा
- अग्निगर्भ
- अग्निगृह
- अग्निग्रन्थ
- अग्निघट
- अग्निचय
- अग्निचयन
- अग्निचिति
- अग्निचित्या
- अग्निचित्
- अग्निचित्वत्
- अग्निज
- अग्निजन्मन्
- अग्निजार
- अग्निजाल
- अग्निजिह्व
- अग्निज्वलिततेजन
- अग्निज्वाल
- अग्नितप्
- अग्नितपस्
- अग्नितप्त
- अग्निता
- अग्नितेजस्
- अग्नित्रय
- अग्नित्रेता
- अग्नित्रा
- अग्निद
- अग्निदग्ध
- अग्निदत्त
- अग्निदमनी
- अग्निदायक
- अग्निदाह
- अग्निदिश्
- अग्निदीपन
- अग्निदीप्त
- अग्निदीप्ति
- अग्निदूत
- अग्निदूषित
- अग्निदेव
- अग्निदेवत
- अग्निदैवत
- अग्निध्
- अग्निधान
- अग्निनक्षत्र
- अग्निनयन
- अग्निनिर्यास
- अग्निनुन्न
- अग्निनेत्र
- अग्निपक्व
- अग्निपद
- अग्निपरिक्रिया
- अग्निपरिच्छद
- अग्निपरिधान
- अग्निपरिक्षा
- अग्निपर्वत
- अग्निपुच्छ
- अग्निपुरा
- अग्निपुराण
- अग्निपुरोगम
- अग्निप्रणयन
- अग्निप्रणयनीय
- अग्निप्रतिष्ठा
- अग्निप्रभा
- अग्निप्रवेश
- अग्निप्रवेशन
- अग्निप्रस्तर
- अग्निप्रायश्चित्त
- अग्निप्रायश्चित्ति
- अग्निबाहु
- अग्निबीज
- अग्निभ
- अग्निभु
- अग्निभू
- अग्निभूति
- अग्निभ्राजस्
- अग्निमणि
- अग्निमत्
- अग्निमन्थ
- अग्निमन्थन
- अग्निमन्थनीय
- अग्निमय
- अग्निमाठर
- अग्निमान्द्य
- अग्निमारुति
- अग्निमित्र
- अग्निमिन्ध
- अग्निमुख
- अग्निमूढ
- अग्नियुत
- अग्नियोजन
- अग्निरक्षण
- अग्निरज
- अग्निरजस्
- अग्निरहस्य
- अग्निराजन्
- अग्निराशि
- अग्निरुहा
- अग्निरूप
- अग्निरेतस
- अग्निरोहिणी
- अग्निलोक
- अग्निवत्
- अग्निवर्चस्
- अग्निवर्ण
- अग्निवर्धक
- अग्निवर्धन
- अग्निवल्लभ
- अग्निवाण
- अग्निवादिन्
- अग्निवार्त्त
- अग्निवासस्
- अग्निवाह
- अग्निविधा
- अग्निविमोचन
- अग्निविसर्प
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