Adityavarna, Ādityavarṇa: 7 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Adityavarna in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Ādityavarṇa (आदित्यवर्ण).—A king who always ordered without thinking and repented later. The book Kathāsaritsāgara tells the story of this King in the fifth taraṅga of its part, Kathāpīṭhalambaka.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Ādityavarṇa (आदित्यवर्ण) is the name of a member of the mahāparṣad (assembly) mentioned in the “Ciñcaṇī plate of the reign of Cittarāja”. Accordingly, “Now, while the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the illustrious Cāmuṇḍarāja, who, by his religious merit, has obtained the right to the five mahāśabdas... is governing Saṃyāna, he addresses all persons, whether connected with himself or others (such as Ādityavarṇa)...”.

This plate (mentioning Ādityavarṇa) was found together with eight others at Chincaṇī in the Ḍahāṇu tāluka of the Ṭhāṇā District, North Koṅkaṇ, in 1955. The object of the inscription is to record the grant, by Cāmuṇḍarāja, of a ghāṇaka (oil-mill) in favour of the temple Kautuka-maṭhikā of the goddess Bhagavatī at Saṃyāna. The gift was made by pouring out water on the hand of the Svādhyāyika (scholar) Vīhaḍa, on the fifteenth tithi of the dark fortnight (i.e. amāvāsyā) of Bhādrapada in the śaka year 956.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Adityavarna in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ādityavarṇa (आदित्यवर्ण).—[adjective] having the colour of the sun.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ādityavarṇa (आदित्यवर्ण):—[=āditya-varṇa] [from āditya > ā-diteya] mfn. having the sun’s colour, [ib.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ādityavarṇa (आदित्यवर्ण):—[āditya-varṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a. Glorious, resplendent as the sun.

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Adityavarna in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

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