Jagannivasa, Jagannivāsa, Jagat-nivasa: 9 definitions

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Jagannivasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Jagannivasa in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

jagannivāsa (जगन्निवास).—a Dwelling or inhering in the universe.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Jagannivāsa (जगन्निवास).—

1) the Supreme Being.

2) an epithet of Viṣṇu; जगन्निवासो वसुदेवसद्मानि (jagannivāso vasudevasadmāni) Śiśupālavadha 1.1.

3) wordly existence.

Derivable forms: jagannivāsaḥ (जगन्निवासः).

Jagannivāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jagat and nivāsa (निवास).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jagannivāsa (जगन्निवास).—m.

(-saḥ) 1. Worldly existence. 2. A deity, as Vishnu, in whom the world exists. E. jagat, and nivāsa abode.

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

Jagannivāsa (जगन्निवास).—[masculine] abode of the world (Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa or Śiva).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Jagannivāsa (जगन्निवास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Śrīnivāsa, father of Janārdana (Mantracandrikā).

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

1) Jagannivāsa (जगन्निवास):—[=jagan-nivāsa] [from jagan > jaga] m. ‘world-abode’, Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, [Bhagavad-gītā xi, 25 and 37; Mahābhārata vi, 2604; Bhāgavata-purāṇa viii; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] Śiva, [Mahābhārata xiii, 899]

3) [v.s. ...] worldly existence, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Jagannivāsa (जगन्निवास):—[jaga-nnivāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. Living in the world; a deity.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jagannivasa 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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