brahma-carya

brahma-cárya

cf. - cārin);
- tva n. the unmarried state, continence, chastity Hariv. ;
- vat mfn. leading the life of an unmarried religious student, practising chastity Āpast. MBh. ;
- vrata n. a vow of chastity, BeahmaP.;
- skhalana n. deviating from chastity MW. ;
-ryâ̱ṡrama m. the period of unmarried religious studentship MBh.

bráhman

the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text orﾠ Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛicas, sāmāni andﾠ yajūṉshi;
cf. brahma-veda) RV. AV. Br. Mn. Pur. ;
the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda Mn. IV, 100 ;
the sacred syllable Om Prab. Sch., (cf. Mn. II, 83);
religious orﾠ spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances andﾠ bodily mortification such as tapas etc.) AV. Br. Mn. R. ;
holy life (esp. continence, chastity;
cf. brahma-carya) Ṡak. I, 24/25 Ṡaṃk. Sarvad. ;
(exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmǎ orﾠ one selfexistent impersonal Spirit., the one universal Soul
( orﾠ one divine essence andﾠ source from which all created things emanate orﾠ with which they are identified andﾠ to which they return),
the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation andﾠ-knowledge;
alsoﾠ with jyéshṭha, prathama-já, svayóm-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, ṡāṡvata;
andﾠ = paramâ̱tman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kshetra-jña, tattva) AV. ṠBr. Mn. MBh. etc.. (IW. 9, 83 etc..) ;
n. the class of men who are the repositories andﾠ communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman) AV. TS. VS. ṠBr. Mn. BhP. ;
food Naigh. II, 7 ;
wealth ib. 10 ;
final emancipation L. ;
m. ( brahmán), one who Prays, a devot orﾠ religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts orﾠ spells, one versed in sacred knowledge RV. etc. etc.
<cf. Lat., flāmen>;
N. of Bṛihas-pati (as the priest of the gods) RV. X, 141, 3 ;
one of the 4 principal priests orﾠ Ṛitvijas (the other three being the Hotṛi, Adhvaryu andﾠ Udgātṛi;
the Brahman was the most learned of them andﾠ was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the, sacrifice andﾠ to set right mistakes;
at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda) RV. etc. etc.;
Brahmā. orﾠ the one impersonal universal Spirit. manifested as a personal Creator andﾠ as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati q.v.;
he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India seeﾠ RTL. 555 etc.. ;
his wife is Sarasvatī ib. 48) TBr. etc. etc.;
= brahmaṇaāyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā. Pañcar. ;
an inhabitant of Brahmā. 's heaven Jātakam. ;
the sun L. ;
N. of Ṡiva Prab. Sch. ;
the Veda (?) PārGṛ. ;
the intellect (= buddhi) Tattvas. ;
N. of a star, δ Aurigae, Sūryat.;
a partic. astron. Yoga L. ;
N. of the 9th Muhūrta L. ;
(with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa Dharmaṡ. ;
N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇi L. ;
of a magician Rājat.

gāyatrá

n. a hymn composed in the Gāyatrī metre RV. ;
the Gāyatrī metre VP. I, 5, 52 ;
N. of a Sāman. ṠBr. IX KātyṠr ;
mf (ī)n. consisting in orﾠ connected with the Gāyatrī (e.g.. in accordance with the number of syllables of a Gāyatrī verse) VS. TS. etc.;
with vrata = brahma-carya BhP. X, 45, 29 ;
(ī) f. an ancient metre of twentyfour syllables (variously arranged, but generally as a triplet of eight syllables each), any hymn composed in the Gāyatrī metre RV. X, 14; 16 and 130, 4 VS. AV. etc.. ;
the Gāyatrī (i.e. RV. III, 62, 10 ;
tátsavitúrváreṇyambhárgodevásyadhīmahidhíyoyónaḥpracodáyâ̱t ṠBr. XIV ṠāṇkhGṛ. MBh. etc.. ;
this is a very sacred verse repeated by every Brāhman at his morning andﾠ evening devotions;
from being addressed to Savitṛi orﾠ the Sun as generator, it is alsoﾠ called Sāvitrī;
cf. RTL. pp. 19; 342; 361; 403 ;
the Gāyatrī verse is personified as a goddess, the wife of Brahmā. andﾠ mother of the four Vedas Hariv. 11666 ff. ;
it is often mentioned in connection with the Amṛita, both together constituting as it were the essence andﾠ type of sacred hymns in general AV. ;
the Gāyatrī personified is alsoﾠ considered as the mother of the first three classes in their capacity of twice-born W. ;
cf. RTL. pp. 200 f.;
some other verse <perhaps RV. X, 9, 1 > is denoted by Gāyatrī Suṡr. VI, 28, 7 ;
with Tāntrikas a number of mystical verses are called Gāyatrīs, andﾠ each deity has one in particular);
N. of Durgā MatsyaP. Kathās. lIII, 172;
Acacia Catechu L. ;
- गायत्रकाकुभ
- गायत्रच्छन्दस्
- गायत्रपार्श्व
- गायत्रबार्हत
- गायत्रवर्तनि
- गायत्रवेपस्

carya

m. (= cara) the small shell Cypraea moneta L. ;
n. ifc. driving (in a carriage) MBh. VIII, 4215 ;
(ā) f. going about, wandering, walking orﾠ roaming about, visiting, driving (in a carriage, ratha- MBh. IX, XIII R. I, 19, 19)
MBh. R. BhP. IX, 16, 1 ;
(often ifc.) proceeding, behaviour, conduct
ṠBr. XI, 5, 7, 1 Lāṭy. VIII ĀṡvṠr. XII, 4 Mn. VI, 32 etc.. ;
due observance of all rites andﾠ customs Sarvad. VI ff. ;
a religious mendicant's life L. ;
practising, performing, occupation with, engaging in (instr. < Gaut. > orﾠ generally in comp.)
ṠBr. XIV ĀṡvGṛ. III, 7 Mn. I, 111 MBh. etc.. ;
deportment, usage W. ;
(in music) a kind of composition;
N. of Durgā Gal. (cf. brahma-, bhikshā-, bhaikshya-)
caryā seeﾠ car

nārāyaṇá

he is identified with Brahmā. ib. 11 with Vishṇu orﾠ Kṛishṇa TĀr. MBh. etc.;
the Apsaras Urvaṡī is said to have sprung from his thigh Hariv. 4601 ;
elsewhere he is regarded as a Kaṡyapa orﾠ Aṇgirasa, alsoﾠ as chief of the Sādhyas, andﾠ with Jainas as the 8th of the 9 black Vāsudevas);
the Purusha-hymn ( RV. X, 90 said to have been composed by Nārāyaṇá) ṠBr. ṠāṇkhṠr. ;
(as synonym of Vishṇu) N. of the 2nd month (reckoning from Mārgaṡīrsha) Var. ;
a mystical N. of the letter ā Up. ;
N. of a son of Ajā-mila BhP. ;
of a son of Bhu-mitra orﾠ Bhūmi-mitra (a prince of the dynasty of the Kaṇvlyanas) Pur. ;
of a son of Nara-hari Kshitîṡ. ;
of sev. men, authors andﾠ commentators ( alsoﾠ with ācārya
kavi, gārgya, cakra-cūḍāmaṇi,
daiva-vid, dharmâ̱dhikārin, paṇḍina, paṇḍita,
dharmâ̱dkikāriṅ paṇḍitâ̱cārya, parivrāj, bhaṭṭa
<cf. below, andﾠ bhaṭṭa-n->, bhaṭṭâ̱cārya, bhaṭṭâ̱raḍa, bhāratī, bhishaj, muni, yati, yatî ̱vara, rāya, vandya, vādî ̱ṡvara, vidyā-vinoda, vaishṇava-muni, ṡarman, sarasvatī, sarva-jña, sārvabhauma);
mf (ī)n. relating orﾠ belonging to Nārāyaṇa orﾠ Kṛishṇa MBh. etc. (m. pl. the warriors of Kṛishṇa, IV, 147);
n. (with kshetra) N. of the ground on the banks of the Ganges for a distance of 4 cubits from he water L. ;
(with cūrṇa) a partic. medicinal powder Bhpr. ;
(with taila) a medic. oil expressed from various plants ib. ;
(ī) f. seeﾠ s.v.
nārāyaṇa

- नारायणकण्ठ
- नारायणकल्प
- नारायणकवच
- नारायणगीता
- नारायणगुप्त
- नारायणचक्रवर्तिन्
- नारायणचरित्रमाला
- नारायणचुर्ण
- नारायणतत्त्ववाद
- नारायणतार
- नारायणतीर्थ
- नारायणतैल
- नारायणदत्त
- नारायणदास
- नारायणदीक्षित
- नारायणदेव
- नारायणधर्मसारसंग्रह
- नारायणनामविवरण
- नारायणपद्धति
- नारायणप्रबोधोत्सव
- नारायणप्रिय
- नारायणबलि
- नारायणभट्टी
- नारायणभट्टीय
- नारायणमन्त्रार्थ
- नारायणमय
- नारायणमिश्र
- नारायणराज
- नारायणलब्धि
- नारायणवर्णन
- नारायणवर्मन्
- नारायणवार्त्तिक
- नारायणविलास
- नारायणवृत्ति
- नारायणशब्दवादार्थ
- नारायणशब्दार्थ
- नारायणशेष
- नारायणस्रीगर्भ
- नारायणस्रुति
- नारायणसंहिता
- नारायणसरस्
- नारायणसारसंग्रब
- नारायणसूत्र
- नारायणसूरि
- नारायणस्तवराज
- नारायणस्तोत्र
- नारायणस्मृति
- नारायणस्वामिन्
- नारायणहृदय

hári-hara

(du. orﾠ in comp.) Vishṇu andﾠ Siva Hariv. Hit. ;
N. of various persons Tattvas. Kshitîṡ. etc.;
of a river PrâyaṠc.;
- kathā f. the repeating of the names of Vishṇu andﾠ Ṡiva Hit. ;
- kshetra n. « sacred place of Vishṇu andﾠ Ṡiva conjoined»
N. of a place of pilgrimage MW. ;
- khāna, tarkâ̱laṉkāra-bhaṭṭâ̱cārya m. N. of certain men Cat. ;
- tāratamya n. N. of various wks.;
- dīkshita m. N. of a man Cat. ;
- drkshitīya n. N. of wk.;
- deva (Ṡārṇgp. Inscr.), - deva-hindū-pati, - paṇḍita ( Cat.) m. N. of certain men;
- paddhati f. N. of wk.;
- purī m. N. of an author Cat. ;
praṡaṉsā f. N. of wk.;
- prasāda, - brahman m. N. of authors Cat. ;
- brahma-mānasika-snāna-vidhi m. N. of wk.;
- bhaṭṭa, -bhaṭṭâ̱cārya m. N. of authors Cat. ;
- bhāshya n. - bheda-dhik-kāra m. - manṇḍala shoḍaṡa-liṅgôbhava m. N. of wks.;
- mahā-rāja m. N. of a man Cat. ;
- māhātmya n. N. of ch. of the Skanda-Purāṇa;
- miṡra m. N. of a man Cat. ;
- yoga m. - vilāsa m. N. of wks.;
- sarasvatī m. N. of a teacher Cat. ;
- stotra n. N. of various Stotras;
- svāmin;
-râ̱gni-hotrin m. N. of authors Cat. ;
-râ̱tmaka mfn. consisting of orﾠ comprising Vishṇu andﾠ Ṡiva in their united state, relating to Vishṇu andﾠ Ṡiva Hariv. VarP. ;
m. the bull of Ṡiva L. ;
N. of Garuḍa ib. ;
of Daksha ib. ;
n. = hari-hara-kshetra MW. ;
-râ̱tmaka-stora n. N. of various Stotras;
-râ̱nanda m. N. of various men Cat. ;
-râ̱nusaraṇa-yātrā f. N. of wk.;
-râ̱rya m. N. of a teacher Cat. ;
-râ̱shṭôttara-ṡata-nāman n. -râ̱shṭôttara-ṡata-nāmâ̱vali f. -rôpâ̱dhi-vivecana n. N. of wks.;
-rôpâ̱dhyāya m. N. of an author, Cat.

trí-daṡa

m. pl. (cf. Pāṇ. 2-2, 25; V, 4, 73; VI, 3, 48 Kāṡ. ;
andﾠ dvi-d-) the 3 × 10 (in round number for 3 × 11) deities
12 Ādityas, 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, andﾠ 2 Aṡvins;
cf. RV. IX, 92, 24) MBh. etc.. ;
du. the Aṡvins, III, 10345 ;
mfn. divine R. III, 41, 21 ;
n. heaven MBh. XIII, 3327 ( tri-diva, B;
- guru m. « thirty-god-preceptor», Bṛihaspati (regent of Jupiter) VarBṛS. VarBṛ. ;
- gopa m. = indra-g-, a fire-fly Ragh. XI, 42 ;
- gopaka m. id. Npr. ;
- tā f. divine nature Bālar. ;
- tva n. id. Ragh. XVIII, 30 ;
- dīrghikā f. « heavenly lake», Gaṇgā L. ;
- nadī f. « heavenly river», Gaṇgā W. ;
- pati m. « lord of the gods», Indra Mṛicch. Ratnâv. IV, 11 VP. V, 18 ;
- puṉgava m. « god-chief», Vishṇu R. I, 14, 42 ;
- pratipaksha m. = -ṡâ̱ri;
- mañjarī f. « heavenly plant», the Tulasī L. ;
- vadhū f. « wife of the gods», an Apsaras W. ;
- vanitā f. id. Megh. ;
- ṡaila m. « heavenly mountain», the Kailāsa Kathās. CXIV ;
- ṡreshṭha mfn. best of gods ( Brahmā., Agni) R. VI, 102 f. ;
- sarshapa m. = deva-s- Npr. ;
-ṡâ̱ṅkuṡa m. « divine goad», a thunderbolt L. ;
-ṡâ̱ṅganā f. = - ṡa-vadhū Bhaktâm. 15 ;
-ṡâ̱cārya m. = - ṡa-guru L. ;
-ṡâ̱dhipa m. a lord of the gods, 28;
-ṡâ̱dhipati m. Ṡiva;
-ṡâ̱yana mfn. « resort of the gods», Nārāyaṇa Hariv. ;
-ṡâ̱yudha n. « divine weapon», the rainbow Ragh. IX, 54 ;
the thunderbolt L. ;
-ṡâ̱ri m. an enemy of the gods, Asura R. VI, 36, 78 ;
-ṡâ̱laya m. « abode of the gods», heaven MBh. III R. I Vet. ;
the mountain Su-meru L. ;
a heaven-dweller, god MBh. III, 1725 ;
-ṡâ̱vāsa m. = -ṡâ̱laya, heaven L. ;
-ṡâ̱hāra m. « divine food», nectar L. ;
- ṡī-bhūta mfn. become divine Ragh. XV, 102 ;
- ṡêdra m. « god-chief», Indra Pañcat. I ;
- ṡêndra-ṡatru m. « Indra's foe», Rāvaṇa R. VI, 36, 6 ;
- ṡêṡa m. = - ṡêndra MBh. III ;
- ṡêṡadvish m. = -ṡâ̱ri MBh. ;
- ṡêṡvara m. = - ṡêndra MBh. R. II ;
Ṡiva MBh. ;
pl. Indra, Agni, Varuṇa, andﾠ Yama Nal. IV, 31 ;
(ī) f. Durgā DevīP. ;
N. of a female attendant of Durgā W. ;
- ṡêṡvara-dvish m. = - ṡêndra-ṡatru R. I, 14, 47.

vāg-īṡa

N. of Bṛihas-pati orﾠ the planet Jupiter VarBṛS. ;
of Brahmā. Kum. BhP. ;
( alsoﾠ with bhaṭṭâ̱cārya) N. of various authors Cat. ;
(ā) f. N. of Sarasvatī Sāy. ;
- tīrtha m. N. of a scholar Cat. ;
- tva n. mastery of language, eloquence Pañcar.

vācas-páti

N. of a divine being (presiding over human life which lasts as long as there is voice in the body;
applied to Soma, Viṡva-karman, Prajā-pati, Brahmā. etc., but esp. to Bṛihas-pati, who is lord of eloquence, preceptor of the gods, andﾠ regent of the planet Jupiter) RV. AV. etc.;
a master of speech, orator BhP. ;
N. of a Ṛishi, a lexicographer, a philosopher etc. Sarvad. Uṇ. Sch. etc.;
- kalpa-taru m. N. of wk.;
- govinda ( Cat.), -bhaṭṭâ̱cārya m. N. of authors;
- miṡra m. N. of various authors (esp. of a philosopher andﾠ celebrated lawyer) IW. 92 n. 2; 305 ;
- vallabha m. a topaz L.

vāmá-deva

comprising nearly the whole fourth Maṇḍala;
pl. his family) RV. etc. etc.;
of minister of Daṡa-ratha MBh. R. ;
of a king MBh. Hariv. ;
of a son of Nārāyaṇa (father of Viṡva-nātha) Cat. ;
of a lawyer, a poet etc. ( alsoﾠ with upâ̱dhyāya andﾠ bhaṭṭâ̱-cārya) ib. ;
of a form of Ṡiva Hariv. BhP. ;
of a demon presiding over a partic. disease Hariv. ;
of a mountain in Sālmala-dvīpa BhP. ;
of the third day orﾠ Kalpa in the month of Brahmā. ( seeﾠ under kalpa);
(ī) f. a form of Durgā Hcat. ;
mf (ī)n. relating to the Ṛishi Vāma-deva MBh. ;
- guhya m. (with Ṡaivas) one of the five forms of Ṡiva Sarvad. ;
- rathá m. Vāma-deva's chariot MaitrS. ;
- saṉhitā f. N. of wk. - devyá mfn. coming orﾠ descended from the Ṛishi Vāma-deva ṠBr. ;
m. patr. of Aṇho-muc (author of RV. X, 127) Anukr. ;
of Bṛihad-uktha andﾠ Mūrdhanvat ib. ;
n. N. of various Sāmans ĀrshBr. ;
- vidyā f. N. of wk.

ṡaṉkarâ̱cārya

all accounts describe him as having led an erratic controversial life;
his leaming andﾠ sanctity were in such repute that he was held to have been an incarnation of Ṡiva, andﾠ to have worked various miracles;
he is said to have died at the age of thirty-two, andﾠ to have had four principal disciples, called Padma-pāda, Hastâmalaka, Sureṡvara orﾠ Mandana, andﾠ Troṭaka;
another of his disciples, Ānanda-giri, wrote a history of his controversial exploits, called Ṡaṃkara-vijaya q.v.;
tradition makes him the founder of one of the principal Ṡaiva sects, the Daṡa-nāmi-Daṇḍins orﾠ « Ten-named Mendicants» RTL. 87 ;
he is the reputed author of a large number of original works, such as the Ātma-bodha, Ānanda-lahari, Jñāna -bodhinī, Maṇi-ratna-mālā, etc.;
andﾠ commentaries on the Upanishads, andﾠ on the Brahma-mīmāṇsā orﾠ Vedānta-sūtra, Bhagavadgītā, andﾠ Mahā-bhārata, etc.) IW. 46 RTL. 53 ;
- carita n. - vijaya-ḍiṇḍima (cf. ṡaṉkara-digvijaya-ḍ-);
-ryâ̱vatāra-kathā f. - ryôtpatti f. N. of wks.

surêṡvara

N. of Brahmā. R. ;
of Ṡiva ib. ;
of Indra Kāv. BhP. ;
of a Rudra MBh. VP. ;
of a disciple of Ṡaṃkarâcārya andﾠ others Buddh. RāmatUp. etc.;
(ī) f. N. of Durgā Kathās. Rājat. ;
of Lakshmī Cat. ;
of Rādhā Pañcar. ;
of the celestial Ganges L. ;
- dhanus n. « Indra's bow», the rainbow Kāv. ;
- paṇḍita m. N. of an author Cat. ;
- prabha m. N. of a king Buddh. ;
- vārttika n. - vārttika-ṭīkā f. N. of wks.;
- svāmin;
-varâ̱cārya, -varâ̱ṡrama m. N. of authors Cat. ;
- varī-kshetra n. N. of a region sacred to Durgā Rājat. ;
- varīmāhātmya n. N. of wk.;
-varôpâ̱dhyāya m. N. of an author Cat.