varāhī

vārāhī

the Ṡakti orﾠ female Energy of the Boar form of Vishṇu Yājñ. Sch. ;
N. of one of the Mātṛis attending on Skanda MBh. ;
a kind of bulbous plant, Dioscorea VarBṛS. ;
the earth W. ;
a measure ib. ;
N. of a river Cat. ;
- वाराहीकन्द
- वाराहीतन्त्र
- वाराहीनिग्रहाष्टक
- वाराहीपुत्र
- वाराहीप्रश्न
- वाराहीसहस्रनामस्तोत्र
- वाराहीस्तोत्र
- वाराह्यनुग्रहाष्टक

vārāhī-kanda

vārāhī-tantra

vārāhī-nigrahâ̱shṭaka

vārāhī-putra

vārāhī-praṡna

vārāhī-sahasra-nāma-stotra

vārāhī-stotra

mā́tṛi

one who measures across orﾠ traverses RV. VIII, 41, 4 (cf. 10);
a knower, one who has true knowledge Cat. ;
N. of a Partic. caste ib. (w.r. for māḍava?);
of an author Bṛih. ;
mātṛí

a mother, any mother (applicable to animals) RV. etc. etc. (sometimes ifc. e.g.. kuntī-m-, having Kuntī for a mother);
du. father andﾠ mother, parents RV. III, 3, 33; VII, 2, 5 ;
( alsoﾠ, mātárā-pitárā IV, 6, 7, andﾠ pitárā-mātárā Pāṇ. 6-3, 33 ;
cf. mātarapitarau);
the earth (du. heaven andﾠ earth) RV. ;
(with orﾠ scil. lokasya), a cow MBh. ;
(du. andﾠ pl.) the two pieces of wood used in kindling fire RV. (cf. dvi-m-);
(pl.) the waters RV. (cf. saptam- andﾠ Naigh. I, 13);
(pl.) the divine mothers orﾠ personified energies of the principal deities (sometimes reckoned as 7 in number, viz. Brāhmī orﾠ Brahmāṇi, Māheṡvarī, Kaumārī, Vaishṇavī, Vārāhī, Indrāṇ! orﾠ Aindrī orﾠ Mihendrī, Cāmuṇḍā;
sometimes 8, viz. Brāhmi, Māheṡvarī, Kaumāri, Vaishṇavī, Vārāhī, Raudrī, Carma-muṇḍā, Kāla-saṃpkarshiṇī;
sometimes 9, viz. Brahmāṇī, Vaishṇavī, Raudrī, Vārāhī, Nārasiṇhikā, Kaumāri, Māhendrī, Cāmuṇḍā, Caṇḍikā;
sometimes 16, viz. Gaurī, Padmā, Ṡacī, Medhā, Sāvitrī, Vijayā, Jayā, Deva-senā, Sva-dhā, Svāhā, Ṡānti, Pushṭi, Dhṛiti, Tushṭi, Ātma-devatā andﾠ Kula-devatā;
they are closely connected with the worship of Ṡiva andﾠ are described as attending on his son Skanda orﾠ Kārttikeya, to whom at first only 7 Mātṛis were assigned, but later an innumerable number;
alsoﾠ the 13 wives of Kaṡyapa are called, lokānāmmātaraḥ) MBh. R. Pur. Hcat. (RTL. 222 etc..) ;
(pl.) the 8 classes of female ancestors (viz. mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, paternal andﾠ maternal aunts etc. Saṃskārak. ;
but the word « mother» is alsoﾠ applied to other female relatives andﾠ in familiar speech to elderly women generally);
N. of Lakshmī Bhartṛ. ;
of Durgā L. ;
of Dākshāyaṇi in certain places Cat. ;
accord. toﾠ L. alsoﾠ = a colocynth;
Salvinia Cucullata, Nardostachys Jatamansi, Sphaerantus Indicus;
air, space;
the lower mill-stone;
= vibhūti;
- revatī
+ cf. Gk. μάτηρ, μήτηρ;
Lat. mater;
Lith. mote;
Slav. mati;
Germ. muotar, ṉutter;
Eng. mother

ṡaktí


paraṉṡaktyā, « with all one's might» ;
vitta-ṡaktyā, « according to the capability of one's property» ;
ṡaktima-hāpayitvā, « not relaxing one's efforts, exerting all one's strength»), faculty, skill, capacity for, power over (gen. loc. dat., orﾠ inf.) RV. etc. etc.;
effectiveness orﾠ efficacy (of a remedy) ṠārṇgS. ;
regal power (consisting of three parts, prabhutva, personal pre-eminence;
mantra, good counsel, andﾠ utsāha, energy) Kām. (cf. Ragh. III, 13);
the energy orﾠ active power of a deity personified as his wife andﾠ worshipped by the Ṡākta (q.v.) sect of Hindūs under various names
(sometimes only three, sometimes eight Ṡakti goddesses are enumerated, as follow, Indrāṇi, Vaishṇavī, Ṡāntā, Brahmāṇī, Kaumāri, Nārasiṇhī, Vārāhī, andﾠ Māheṡvarī, but some substitute Cāmuṇḍā andﾠ Cāṇdikā for the third andﾠ sixth of these:
according to another reckoning there are nine, viz. Vaishṇavī, Brahmāṇi, Raudri, Māheṡvarī, Nārasiṇhī, Vārāhī, Indraṇī, Kārttikī, andﾠ Pradhānā:
others reckon fifty different forms of the Ṡakti of Vishṇu besides Lakshmī, some of these are Kīrtti, Kānti, Tushṭi, Pushṭā, Dhṛiti. Ṡānti, Kriyā, Dayā, Medhā etc.;
andﾠ fifty forms of the Ṡakti of Ṡiva orﾠ Rudra besides Durgā orﾠ Gaurī, some of whom are Guṇôdarī, Virajā, Sālmali, Lolâkshi, Vartulâkshī, Dīrgha-ghoṇā, Sudirgha-mukhī, Go. -mukhī, Dirgha-jihvā, Kuṇḍôdarī, Ardha-keṡī, Vikṛita-mukhī, Jvālā-mukhi, Ulkāmukhi etc.;
Sarasvati is alsoﾠ named as a Ṡakti, both of Vishṇu andﾠ Rudra:
according to the Vāyu-Purāṇa the female nature of Rudra became twofold, one half asita orﾠ white, andﾠ the other sita orﾠ black, each of these again becoming manifold, those of the white orﾠ mild nature included Lakshmī, Sarasvati, Gaurī, Umā etc.;
those of the dark andﾠ fierce nature, Durgā, Kāli etc.) Kāv. Kathās. Pur. (cf. RTL. 181 etc.. MWB. 216);
the female organ (as worshipped by the Ṡākta sect either actually orﾠ symbolically) RTL. 140 ;
the power orﾠ signification of a word (defined in the Nyāya as padasyapadâ̱rthe sambandhaḥ i.e. « the relation of a word to the thing designated») Bhāshāp. Sāh. ;
(in Gram.) case-power, the idea conveyed by a case (= kāraka) Pāṇ. 2-3, 7 Sch. ;
the power orﾠ force orﾠ most effective word of a sacred text orﾠ magic formula Up. Pañcar. ;
the creative power orﾠ imagination (of a poet) Kāvyâd. ;
help, aid, assistance, gift, bestowal RV. ;
a spear, lance, pike, dart RV. etc. ( alsoﾠ ṡaktī gaṇa bahv-ādi);
a sword MW. ;
(prob.) a flag-staff ( seeﾠ ratha-ṡ-);
a partic. configuration of stars andﾠ planets (when the latter are situated in the 7th, 8th, 9th, andﾠ 10th astrological house), VirBṛS.;
m. N. of a Muni orﾠ sage (the eldest of Vasishṭha's hundred sons;
accord. toﾠ VP. he was father of Parāṡara, andﾠ was devoured by king Kalmāsha-pāda, when changed to a man-eating Rākshasa, in consequence of a curse pronounced upon him by the sage;
he is represented as having overcome Viṡvāmitra at the sacrifice of king Saudāsa;
he is regarded as the author of RV. VII, 32, 26; IX, 97, 19-21; 108, 3; 14-16 ;
Ṡakti is alsoﾠ identified with one of the Vylāsas, andﾠ with Avalokitêṡvara, andﾠ has elsewhere the patr. Jātukarna andﾠ Sāṃkṛiti) Pravar. MBh. etc.
- शक्तिकर
- शक्तिकुन्ठन
- शक्तिकुमार
- शक्तिकुमारक
- शक्तिगण
- शक्तिग्रह
- शक्तिग्राहक
- शक्तिज
- शक्तिजागर
- शक्तिजामल
- शक्तिज्ञ
- शक्तितन्त्र
- शक्तितस्
- शक्तिता
- शक्तित्रय
- शक्तित्व
- शक्तिदत्त
- शक्तिदास
- शक्तिदेव
- शक्तिद्वयवत्
- शक्तिधर
- शक्तिधृक्
- शक्तिध्वज
- शक्तिनाथ
- शक्तिन्यास
- शक्तिपर्ण
- शक्तिपाणि
- शक्तिपात
- शक्तिपुत्र
- शक्तिपूजक
- शक्तिपूजा
- शक्तिपूर्व
- शक्तिप्रकर्ष
- शक्तिप्रकाशबोधिनी
- शक्तिबोध
- शक्तिभद्र
- शक्तिभृत्
- शक्तिभेद
- शक्तिभैरवतन्त्र
- शक्तिमत्
- शक्तिमय
- शक्तिमोक्ष
- शक्तियशस्
- शक्तियामल
- शक्तिरक्षित
- शक्तिरक्षितक
- शक्तिरत्नाकर
- शक्तिवनमाहात्म्य
- शक्तिवर
- शक्तिवल्लभ
- शक्तिवाद
- शक्तिवादिन्
- शक्तिविचार
- शक्तिविजयस्तुति
- शक्तिविजयस्वामिस्तोत्र
- शक्तिवीर
- शक्तिवेग
- शक्तिवैकल्य
- शक्तिवैभविक
- शक्तिशोधन
- शक्तिष्ठ
- शक्तिसंगमतन्त्र
- शक्तिसंगमामृत
- शक्तिसिंह
- शक्तिसिद्धन्त
- शक्तिसेन
- शक्तिस्तोत्र
- शक्तिस्वामिन्
- शक्तिहर
- शक्तिहस्त
- शक्तिहीन
- शक्तिहेतिक

වරාහී varaahii varāhī f

kaúmāra

juvenile, youthful, belonging to a youth orﾠ young girl, maiden, maidenly, ( kaúmāraloká, the youths andﾠ girls AV. XII, 3, 47 ;
kaumārībhāryā < Pat. andﾠ Kāṡ. on Pāṇ. 4-2, 13 >,
« a virgin wife, one who has not had a husband previously» R. ;
kaumārapati < Kāṡ. ;
orﾠ - rabhartṛi Pat. on Pāṇ. 4-2, 13 >,
« a man who marries a virgin» Kathās. CXXVII, 55 ;
kaumāravrata, a vow of abstinence MBh.);
soft, tender W. ;
relating to the god of war, belonging orﾠ peculiar to him, relating to Sanat-kumāra MBh. BhP. Kathās. II, 76 Parāṡ. Madhus. ;
m. the son of a maiden L. ;
N. of a mountain (cf. - parvata) MBh. VI, 426 ;
(ās) m. pl. the followers of Kumāra's grammar, Prauḍh. ;
(ī) f. one of the seven Mātṛis orﾠ personified energies of the gods, Ṡakti of Kumāra orﾠ Kārttikeya (the god of war) BrahmaP. ;
DevībhP. ;
a kind of bulbous root ( = vārāhī-kanda) L. ;
(in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī;
(am) n. childhood, youth (from birth to the age of five),
maidenhood (to the age of sixteen) Mn. IX, 3 MBh. R. etc.. ;
(ifc. f. ā) Kathās. ;
- कौमारचारिन्
- कौमारतन्त्र
- कौमारपर्वत
- कौमारब्रह्मचारिन्
- कौमारव्रतचारिन्
- कौमारहर

bahú-rūpá

manifold VS. etc. etc.;
m. N. of Ṡiva MBh. ;
of Rudra ib. Pur. ;
of a son of Medhātithi BhP. ;
(only L.) a chameleon;
hair;
the resin of Shorea Robusta;
the sun;
N. of Brahmā;
of Vishṇu;
of the god of love;
of a Buddha;
(ā) f. N. of one of the seven tongues of fire L. ;
n. N. of a Varsha BhP. ;
- kalpa m. N. of wk.;
- garba-stotra n. N. of a Stotra;
-pâ̱shṭaka-tantra n. a collective N. for eight Tantras. (viz. the brāhmītantra, māheṡvarī-t-, kaumārika-t-, vaishṇavī-t-, vārāhī-t-, indrāṇī-t-, cāmuṇḍā-t-, ṡiva-dūtī-t-) Cat.

brahma-putrá

a son of Brahmā. (as Sanat-kumāra, Vasishṭha etc.) Hariv. R. Pur. (- tā f.);
a kind of vegetable poison Bhpr. ;
N. of a river (rising on the Tibet side of the Himâlaya andﾠ falling with the Ganges into the Bay of Bengal) Cat. ;
of a lake ib. ;
of a place of pilgrimage (prob. the source of the Brahma-putra river) W. ;
of a sacred district L. ;
(ī) f. a kind of esculent root (= vārāhī) L. ;
« Brahmā. 's daughter»
N. of the river Sarasvatī L. (cf. - nadī)

vájra-vārāhī