Khandakhanda, Khāndākhānda, Khaṇḍakhaṇḍā, Khaṇḍākhaṇḍa, Khanda-akhanda: 9 definitions
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Khandakhanda means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKhaṇḍakhaṇḍā (खण्डखण्डा).—A female attendant of Skanda. In Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 46, Stanza 20, mention is made about this woman.
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesKhaṇḍakhaṇḍā (खण्डखण्डा) refers to the name of a Lady mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.45.20). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Khaṇḍakhaṇḍā) 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureKhaṇḍakhaṇḍa (खण्डखण्ड) refers to “(crumbling into) small pieces”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Buddha addressed the four great kings], “O Great Kings, there are the impelling heart-dhāraṇī-mantrapadas called Completely Blazing Thunderbolt. Merely upon hearing, all residences and bodies of the Nāgas will be ablaze. It shakes the heart of all hostile Nāgas. The head of all Nāgas will split into seven. Their eyes and heads burst. They crumble to small pieces (khaṇḍakhaṇḍa). O Great Kings, grasp them for the sake of destroying the hostile and malevolent and for the sake of protecting all beings”
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykhāndākhānda (खांदाखांद).—m f (khānda by redup.) Mutual or general emulation or rivalry.
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKhaṇḍākhaṇḍa refers to: (redupl. -iter. formation with distributive function) piece by piece, nothing but pieces, broken up into bits Vism. 115.
Note: khaṇḍākhaṇḍa is a Pali compound consisting of the words khaṇḍa and akhaṇḍa.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhaṇḍakhaṇḍā (खण्डखण्डा):—[=khaṇḍa-khaṇḍā] [from khaṇḍa > khaṇḍ] f. Name of one of the mothers in Skanda’s retinue, [Mahābhārata ix, 2638.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Khaṇḍakhaṇḍa (खण्डखण्ड) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khaṃḍāhaṃḍa.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Khanda, Akhanda.
Starts with: Khandakhandam.
Ends with: Shrikhandakhanda.
Full-text: Khamdahamda, Khandakhandam, Gadadanem, Angapaccanga.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.12.14 < [Chapter 12 - Pancajana’s Previous Birth]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XXXIII - Comingled fighting < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section 46 < [Shalya Parva]