Bhimaparakrama, Bhīmaparākrama, Bhima-parakrama: 8 definitions

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Bhimaparakrama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

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Source: Manblunder: Viṣṇu-sahasranāma

Bhīmaparākrama is a single word in Sanskrit and this means possessing formidable power. He generally uses this power to annihilate perpetual sinners. Perpetual sinners are those who knowingly commit sins repeatedly. The world tends to suffer because of their existence. Hence, these sinners are annihilated. It is like death sentence.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Kavya (poetry)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Bhīmaparākrama (भीमपराक्रम) is one of the ten ministers of Mṛgāṅkadatta: the son of king Amaradatta and Surataprabhā from Ayodhyā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 69. Accordingly: “... and that young prince had ten ministers of his own: [Bhīmaparākrama... and others]... They were all of good birth, young, brave and wise, and devoted to their master’s interests. And Mṛgāṅkadatta led a happy life with them in his father’s house, but he did not obtain a suitable wife”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Bhīmaparākrama, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bhimaparakrama in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhīmaparākrama (भीमपराक्रम).—a. of terrific prowess.

-maḥ Name of Viṣṇu.

Bhīmaparākrama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhīma and parākrama (पराक्रम).

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

Bhīmaparākrama (भीमपराक्रम).—[adjective] possessing terrible power or courage.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Bhīmaparākrama (भीमपराक्रम) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. Quoted by Raghunandana in Malamāsatattva, in Śuddhikaumudī, by Nārāyaṇa in Mārtaṇḍavallabhā, by Rāma in
—[commentary] on Muhūrtacintāmaṇi.

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

1) Bhīmaparākrama (भीमपराक्रम):—[=bhīma-parākrama] [from bhīma > bhī] mfn. possessing formidable power or prowess, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara] of Śiva, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] of [work]

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Bhimaparakrama 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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