Kadraveya, Kādraveya: 11 definitions
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Kadraveya 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKādraveya (काद्रवेय).—A class of snakes with several heads mentioned in verses;1 subject to Garuḍa; Śeṣa, Vāsuki and others belong to this group.2
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesKādraveya (काद्रवेय) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.59.40, I.65) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kādraveya) 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKādraveya (काद्रवेय).—(kadrū ṭak)
1) A kind of snake; अमृताग्रभुवः पुरेव पुच्छं वडवाभर्तुरवारि काद्रवेयैः (amṛtāgrabhuvaḥ pureva pucchaṃ vaḍavābharturavāri kādraveyaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 2.43.
2) Name of certain Nāgas (serpent-demons) supposed to people the lower regions.
3) Son of कद्रू काद्रवेयो मन्त्रमपश्यत् (kadrū kādraveyo mantramapaśyat) Mahābhārata on P.I.4.1.
Derivable forms: kādraveyaḥ (काद्रवेयः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKādraveya (काद्रवेय).—m.
(-yaḥ) A Naga or serpent of the race that is supposed to people the lower regions. E. kadru the mother of these beings, and ḍhak aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKādraveya (काद्रवेय).—i. e. kadrū + eya, metron. m. A serpent, Mahābhārata 1, 2549.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKādraveya (काद्रवेय).—[masculine] metron. of [several] serpent-demons.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kādraveya (काद्रवेय):—[from kādrava] m. ([from] kadrū, [Pāṇini 6-4, 147]; [gana] śubhrādi, [Pāṇini 4-1, 123; Vopadeva vii, 6]), Name of certain Nāgas or serpent-demons supposed to people the lower regions e.g. of Arbuda, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa vi, 1; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii, 4, 3, 9; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra xvi, 2, 14; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra x, 7]
2) [v.s. ...] of Kasarṇīra, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā i, 5, 4, 1; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] a serpent (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKādraveya (काद्रवेय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. A Naga or serpent of the race that is supposed to people the lower regions.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKādravēya (ಕಾದ್ರವೇಯ):—
1) [noun] any of the descendants of Kadru, the mythological mother of serpents.
2) [noun] a kind of snake.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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