Bhimarathi, Bhīmarathi, Bhīmarathī, Bhima-rathi: 15 definitions
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Bhimarathi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)One of the Hands of the Famous Rivers.—Bhīmarathi, the Arāla hand. Also see: Vyāvṛttacāpaveṣṭitau.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇaBhīmarathī (भीमरथी).—Name of a river originating from Sahya, a holy mountain (kulaparvata) in Bhārata, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 85. There are settlements (janapada) where Āryas and Mlecchas dwell who drink water from these rivers.
Bhārata is a region south of Hemādri, once ruled over by Bharata (son of Ṛṣabha), whose ancestral lineage can be traced back to Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.
Source: Google Books: Cultural History from the Vāyu PurānaBhīmarathī (भीमरथी):—This river is mentioned in the Vāyu-purāṇa with Godāvarī and Kṛṣṇā as flowing from the Sahya mountain and thus is the same as the modern Bhīmā river. Varāhamihira mentions the same river by the name Bhīmarathā.
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaBhīmarathī (भीमरथी).—(BHĪMĀ). A river in the South extolled in the purāṇas. Sins of those who bathe in this river will vanish. On its shore is a sacred place called Paṇḍharapura. (Vana Parva, Chapter 88, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexBhīmarathī (भीमरथी).—A river in the Sahya hill in Dakṣiṇāpatha;1 in Bhāratavarṣa; visited by Balarāma from the Sahya hill;2 sacred to the Pitṛs.3
- 1) Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 104; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 3. 12.
- 2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 19. 18; X. 79. 12; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 34.
- 3) Matsya-purāṇa 22. 45; 114. 29.
Bhīmarathī (भीमरथी) refers to the name of a River or Tīrtha (pilgrim’s destination) mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. III.86.3). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Bhīmarathī) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Google Books: Indian Kavya LiteratureBhīmarathī is the Sanskrit name of a river.—Svayambhū says that the river Bhīmarahi (Bhīmarathī or Bhīmā, a tributary of the Kṛṣṇā) was a “stream of ambrosia” for the Seuṇadesa, indicating that this river flowed through it.
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’.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaBhīmarathī (भीमरथी) is an important river whose water (jala) qualities are described in the Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Different types of water (jala) and their properties are mentioned here [viz., in jala-prakaraṇa]. The text explains the qualities of the water of certain important rivers like [viz., Bhīmarathī].
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Geography in Ancient Indian inscriptionsBhīmarathī (भीमरथी) or Bhaimarathī.—It is modem Bhīma, the main tributary of the Krishna. The river figures prominently in the Purāṇas as a Sahya river, which appears to flow in the north-westem portion of the district of Poona, from which place, it takes a south-easterly course and flows into the Krishna, north of the district of Raichur.
Source: Epigraphia Indica Vol. 36: Tenali plates of eastern Chālukya Vijayāditya I grantBhīmarathī (भीमरथी) is the name of a river found witin Triliṅga: an ancient Sanskrit name of the Andhra country, accoriding to verses on the Annavarappāḍu plates of Kāṭaya Vema Reḍḍi. The Reḍḍis (Reddy) were an ancient Telugu dynasty from the 14th century who brought about a golden age of the Andhra country. According to the plates, their captial was named Addaṅki (Addaṃki) which resembled Heaven (Amarāvatī) by the beauty of its horses, the donors and the women. King Vema, son of Anna-bhūpati of the Paṇṭa family, can be identified with Anavema of the inscription at Śrīśaila.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhīmarathī (भीमरथी).—
1) Name of the 7th night in the 7th month of the 77th year of a man's life (said to be a very dangerous period); (saptasaptatitame varṣe saptame māsi saptamī | rātrirbhīmarathī nāma narāṇāmatidustarā).
2) Name of a river in the Himālayas.
Bhīmarathī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhīma and rathī (रथी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhīmarathī (भीमरथी).—f. (-thī) 1. A particular night, supposed to be the ordinary period of human life; seventh night, in the seventh month, of the seventy-seventh year; a person after this period exempt from all religious or specific observances. 2. The name of a river in the Himalaya mountains. E. bhīma formidable, ratha a car.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhīmarathī (भीमरथी):—[=bhīma-rathī] [from bhīma-ratha > bhīma > bhī] f. Name of a river in the Himālaya mountains, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Purāṇa; Varāha-mihira]
2) [v.s. ...] ([probably] for -rātrī or Prākṛt -rattī) ‘the fearful night’, Name of the 7th night in the 7th month of the 77th year of life (supposed to be the ordinary period of life after which a person is in his dotage and exempt from religious duties; cf. kāla-rātrī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhīmarathī (भीमरथी):—[bhīma-rathī] (thī) 3. f. A particular night, the 7th of the 7th month of the 77th year of life; a river.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhīmarathi (ಭೀಮರಥಿ):—
1) [noun] name of a river in South India, flowing through Mahāraṣṭra and northern Karnāṭaka and joins the river Křṣṇā.
2) [noun] the night of the seventh day of the seventh month of seventy seventh year in one’s life, considered to be very inauspicious.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhima, Rathin, Rati.
Full-text: Kalaratri, Pimarati, Bhime, Bhaimarathi, Ghattaga, Bhimarahi, Trilinga, Bhimaratha, Abhisheka.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.19.111 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
Verse 8.13.60 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.9.129 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
11. Descriptions of the rivers in the Jambudvīpa < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
3c. The sacred aspect of the river Sarasvatī < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
10. Various other rivers in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]