Virahatya, Vīrahatyā, Vira-hatya: 6 definitions
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Virahatya 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.
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaVīrahatyā (वीरहत्या) refers to a “child-murder”.— Cf. Vīrahan which is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 17.197.—[...] The word Vīrahatyā occurs in Manu 11.41. Kullūka explains Vīra as Putra, and both he and Medhātithi quote the following Śruti—“vīrahā vā eṣa devānāṃ bhavati yo'gnimudvāsayate” (Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1.5.2). The Śruti is quoted also in Śāṃkarabhāṣya 3.4.18. [...] Manu, on the other hand, says that the offence of neglecting the sacrificial fire is as grave as Vīrahatyā or child-murder. According to this version, it would seem that a man who failed to maintain the Sacred Fire was relegated to the position of a Vīrahan or child-murderer, and gradually Vīrahan itself came to mean a sinner who allowed the sacrificial fire to become extinct. [...] The word Vīrahan is extremely rare in Kāvya literature. The expression Vīrahtyā is found in Śaṃkaradigvijaya of Vidyāraṇya 8.26.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVīrahatyā (वीरहत्या).—the killing of a man; murder of a son; चान्द्रायणं चरेन्मासं वीरत्यासमं हि तत् (cāndrāyaṇaṃ carenmāsaṃ vīratyāsamaṃ hi tat) Manusmṛti 11.41; वीरहत्यामवाप्तोऽसि वह्नीनुद्वास्य यत्नतः (vīrahatyāmavāpto'si vahnīnudvāsya yatnataḥ) Śāṅkaradigvijaya 8.26.
Vīrahatyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vīra and hatyā (हत्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīrahatya (वीरहत्य).—f. the slaughter of a man (Jones, ‘a son’), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 41.
Vīrahatya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vīra and hatya (हत्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīrahatyā (वीरहत्या).—[feminine] the killing of a man (-child).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīrahatyā (वीरहत्या):—[=vīra-hatyā] [from vīra > vīr] f. the killing of a man, murder of a son, [Manu-smṛti xi, 41.]
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.41 < [Section III - Expiation for the Neglect of the Agnihotra Fire]
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
Debate with Maṇḍana Miśra (Same Ślokas) < [Chapter 4 - Similarities and Dissimilarities]
Canto VI—Meeting with Sureśvara < [Chapter 2 - Content Analysis of Bhagavatpādābhyudaya]