Vaitarana, Vaitaraṇa: 5 definitions
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Vaitarana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka MaṇḍalaVaitaraṇa (वैतरण) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Vaitaraṇī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Cittacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the cittacakra refers to one of the three divisions of the nirmāṇa-puṭa (‘emanation layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Vaitaraṇa] are black in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismVaitaraṇa (वैतरण) is the Sanskrit name for Vetaraṇī: a river situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—The river Vetaraṇī is referred to in the Saṃyutta where it is stated to be the river Yama. The Buddhist tradition, therefore, seems to support the Brahmanical tradition of the Vaitaraṇī being the Yama’s river. In this river [Vetaraṇī] the hellish creatures suffer. It is the river Vaitaraṇī in Orissa and is mentioned in the Mahābhārata as being situated in Kāliṅga. Vetaraṇī is again identified with the river Dantura which rises near Nāsik and is in the north of Bassein.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVaitaraṇa (वैतरण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—an ancient medical author. Mentioned by Suśruta W. p. 275, by Candraṭa Oxf. 358^a.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaitaraṇa (वैतरण):—mf(ī)n. ([from] vi-taraṇa) intending to cross a river, [Mahābhārata]
2) transporting (a departed spirit) over the river that flows between earth and the lower regions (as a cow given to Brāhmans; See below and, [Religious Thought and Life in India 296, 297]), [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
3) m. a [patronymic] [Ṛg-veda]
4) Name of a physician, [Harivaṃśa; Suśruta]
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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)
Full-text: Vaitarani, Vaitaranimahatmya, Vaitaranividhi, Vaitaranidana, Vaitaranivratodyapanavidhi, Vitarana, Vetarani, Cittacakra.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.61.17 < [Sukta 61]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
History of Āyurveda < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 85 - War between Krishna and Asuras < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 38 - An Account of Svyamantaka Jewel < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Chapter 22 - Kamsa Invites Krishna and Sends Akrura to Bring Him < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 3 - The Story of Bharadvaja < [Part 1 - The History of Medicine in India]
Chapter 9 - The Students Life and Discipline < [Part 2-3 - Medical Institutions in Ancient India]
Chapter 4 - Text Books of Medicine < [Part 2-3 - Medical Institutions in Ancient India]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 18 - Āyurveda Literature < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]