Ekashringa, Ekaśṛṅga, Ekaśṛṅgā, Eka-shringa: 11 definitions
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Ekashringa means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
The Sanskrit terms Ekaśṛṅga and Ekaśṛṅgā can be transliterated into English as Ekasrnga or Ekashringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaEkaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग).—One of the Saptapitṛs. Vairāja, Agniṣvātta, Gārhapati, Somapa, Ekaśṛṅga, Caturveda and Kāla are the seven pitṛs. All these seven stayed in Brahmasabhā worshipping him. (Ślokas 47 and 48, Chapter 11, Sabhā Parva).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Ekaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग).—A hill south of the Mānasa.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 36. 24.
2) Ekaśṛṅgā (एकशृङ्गा).—The queen of Śukra, formerly yogotpatti, the pitṛ kanyā.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 10. 86-87.
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraEkaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग) or Ṛṣyaśṛṅga is the name of a recluse according to the Isisiṅga-jātaka mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVIII). Accordingly, “the king of Vārāṇasī was angry and worried; he commanded his ministers to meet and discuss the matter of the rain. In the discussion, a wise man said: ‘I have heard that, on the hermits’ mountain, there is a recluse called Unicorn (Ekaśṛṅga): because of his clumsy feet, he fell while climbing the mountain and hurt his foot; in his anger, he uttered a magical spell commanding it to stop raining for twelve years’.”.
Note: The story of the hermit unicorn, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga or Ekaśṛṅga, seduced by a maiden (princess Nalinī, the courtesan Śātā or the goddess Alambuṣā) belongs to universal and Indian folklore. The characteristic feature of the story is that of the victorious woman, perched on the back of the ascetic she has seduced. Without specifying the many variations of the various versions of the story, we limit ourselves to the main sources. The Hiuan tsang, Si yu ki places the hermitage of Ekaśṛṅga at the foot of the mountains of Swāt.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग).—a. having only one horn. (-ṅgaḥ) 1 a unicorn; rhinoceros.
2) Name of Viṣṇu.
3) a class of Pitṛs.
4) a mountain having one top.
Ekaśṛṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and śṛṅga (शृङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryEkaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग).—(°gaka) , name of the hero of what the colophon Mahāvastu iii.152.19 calls Nalinīye rājakumārīye jātakam; later iii.272.17 it is referred to as Ekaśṛṅgajātakaṃ (punaḥ kartavyaṃ); °śṛṅga iii.144.17 ff.; °śṛṅgaka (prose) 144.18; 145.7 ff. He corresponds to Sanskrit Ṛśyaśṛṅga, Pali Isisiṅga (in the Naḷinikā-jātaka, 526), and doubtless is meant by the maharṣi Ṛṣiśṛṅga, q.v.; both occur Mahā-Māyūrī 256.31.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग).—m.
(-ṅgaḥ) 1. A title of Vishnu or Krishna. 2. A unicorn, a rhinoceros, &c. E. eka and śṛṅga a mark or horn.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग).—I. m. 1. epithet of Viṣṇu, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 102, 13. 2. pl. a class of Manes, Mahābhārata 2, 463. Ii. f. gā, a proper name, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 987. Catuḥśṛº, i. e.
Ekaśṛṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and śṛṅga (शृङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ekaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग):—[=eka-śṛṅga] [from eka] mfn. having but one horn, unicorn, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] having but one peak (as a mountain), [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] being of singular eminence, pre-eminent
4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] a class of Manes, [Mahābhārata ii]
6) Ekaśṛṅgā (एकशृङ्गा):—[=eka-śṛṅgā] [from eka-śṛṅga > eka] f. Name of the first wife of Śuka, [Harivaṃśa 987.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkaśṛṅga (एकशृङ्ग):—[eka-śṛṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. Vishnu; unicorn.
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Partial matches: Shringa, Eka.
Full-text: Rishishringa, Caturveda, Vairaja, Garhapati, Agnishvatta, Nalini, Rishyashringa, Kshudrapaka, Shuka, Kashyapa.
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