Saudamani, Saudāmanī, Saudāmani: 13 definitions
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Saudamani 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSaudāmani (सौदामनि).—The lightning of the sky, a daughter of Vinatā.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 6. 34.
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: archive.org: The MahavastuSaudāmanī (सौदामनी) is the name of an Apsaras mentioned by Bodhisattva Gotama to Chandaka in the Mahavāstu vol 1 chapter XVI.—Accordingly, “Can it be that Māyā the queen, beautiful as Saudāmanī, although, it is true, she has kept vigil a long time, is now lying down in carefree joy like a Sura’s wife in a fair city of the Suras, at the moment when he who is the boon of men is leaving home?”.
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 Dictionarysaudāmanī (सौदामनी).—& saudāminī f (S) Lightning.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsaudāmanī (सौदामनी) [-minī, -मिनी].—f Lightning.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaudāmanī (सौदामनी).—
1) Lightning; सौदामन्या कनकनिकषस्निग्धया दर्शयोर्वीम् (saudāmanyā kanakanikaṣasnigdhayā darśayorvīm) Meghadūta 39; सौदामिनीव जलदोदरसंधिलीना (saudāminīva jaladodarasaṃdhilīnā) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.35; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 8.14.
2) The female of Indra's elephant.
3) A kind of lightning (forked one); काञ्चनाभं नभश्चक्रे विद्युत्सौदामिनी यथा (kāñcanābhaṃ nabhaścakre vidyutsaudāminī yathā) Rām.7.32.56; Bhāgavata 1.6.28.
See also (synonyms): saudāminī, saudāmnī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaudāmanī (सौदामनी).—f. (-nī) 1. Lightning. 2. A courtezan of Indra'S heaven. 3. Part of the Sudaman mountain. E. See the next.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaudāmanī (सौदामनी).—and saudā- minī saudāminī, i. e. sudāman + a (in saudāminī, a is irregularly changed to i, as in sairindhra), f. 1. Lightning, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Saudāmanī (सौदामनी).—(±vidyut) [feminine] lightning; [Name] of [several] women.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saudāmanī (सौदामनी):—f. ([from] su-dāman, ‘Indra’ or ‘a cloud’) lightning or a [particular] kind of l°
2) perhaps forked l° (vidyut saudāmanī yathā, ‘after the manner of f° l°’), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
3) Name of a daughter of Kaśyapa and Vinatā, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
4) of a Yakṣiṇī, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
5) of a daughter of the Gandharva Hāhā, [ib.]
6) of an Apsaras, [Bālarāmāyaṇa]
7) of a sorceress, [Mālatīmādhava]
8) of part of the Su-dāman mountain ([according to] to some).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaudāmanī (सौदामनी):—(nī) 3. f. Lightning; a celestial courtezan; part of the Sudāman mountain.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saudāmanī (सौदामनी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Soāmaṇī, Soāmiṇī.
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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 corpusSaudāmani (ಸೌದಾಮನಿ):—[noun] a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds or between a cloud and the ground; lightning.
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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