Vyaghrapada, Vyāghrapāda, Vyāghrapādā: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaVyāghrapāda (व्याघ्रपाद).—An ancient hermit. He was the father of Upamanyu. (Mahābhārata Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 14, Stanza 45).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVyāghrapādā (व्याघ्रपादा).—A Vāsiṣṭha.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 200. 2.
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 ADVyāghrapāda (व्याघ्रपाद).—Vyāghrapāda is another sage associated with Naṭarāja. This sage is depicted in the anthropozoomorphic form wherein his torso is of a human and the portion below his waist is that of a tiger. He is shown as wearing rudrākṣa and has having two hands. He is adorned with jaṭa. One of his sculpture carved attached to the shaft of the bhadraka pillar of the prākāramaṇḍapa is noticed at the Kailasanatha temple at Taramangalam.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (śilpa)Vyāghrapāda is the name of a deity depicted in the Thillai Nataraja Temple in Cidambaram (Chidambaram) which is one of the Pañcasabhā or “five halls where Śiva is said to have danced”.—Vyāghrapādais also a small god with the feet of a tiger. The upper part of his body is identical with that of Patañjali. Vyāghrapāda is also found with both the hands in añjali-hasta. The faces of the two devotees, namely, Vyāghrapāda and Patañjali, are found glowing with extreme devotion and ānanda on seeing the blissful dance of the Ānanda Sadānṛtta Tāṇḍavamūrti.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-berasVyāghrapāda is another name for Madyanthinar, whose story is associated with the sthala-purāṇa of the Thillai Nataraja Temple in Cidambaram (Chidambaram) which is one of the Pañcasabhā or “five halls where Śiva is said to have danced”.—According to legends, the origin of the sthala is described thus: [...] In Tillaivana he erected a hut for him and worshipped the liṅga everyday. Śiva blessed Madyanthinar with the limbs of a tiger to climb the trees without slipping and the sight to see in darkness too. Siva blessed Madyanthinar with such blessings so that, as per his wish, he could collect the flowers before sunrise even if there was fog everywhere. The lord, after showering these graces, named him Vyāghrapāda (man with tiger’s limbs) and so the forest came to be called Vyāghrapuram and Puliyūr. Later, Vyāghrapāda married the sister of Sage Vasiṣṭha according to his father’s desire and they lived happily, worshipping the Tirumūlanāda (Śiva in liṅga form). In course of time, a male child was born to Vyāghrapāda and the child was named Upamanyu. The child was brought up in sage Vasiṣṭha’s place.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyāghrapāda (व्याघ्रपाद).—m.
(-daḥ) 1. A plant, (Flacourtia sayida, Rox.) 2. A saint and law-giver, so named from having feet like those of a tiger. E. vyāghra a tiger, and pāda the foot of paw.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vyāghrapada (व्याघ्रपद):—[=vyāghra-pada] [from vyāghra > vyā-ghrā] m. a species of plant, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) Vyāghrapāda (व्याघ्रपाद):—[=vyāghra-pāda] [from vyāghra > vyā-ghrā] m. ‘tiger-footed’, Flacourtia Sapida, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Asteracantha Longifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of various men, [Mahābhārata etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyāghrapāda (व्याघ्रपाद):—[vyāghra-pāda] (daḥ) 1. m. Flacourtia sapida; name of a sage.
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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 corpusVyāghrapāda (ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರಪಾದ):—[noun] the plant Flacourtia indica ( = F. sapida, = F. sepiaria) of Flacourticaceae family; false wild jujube.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pada, Vyaghra, Pata.
Starts with: Vyaghrapadasmriti, Vyaghrapadastotra.
Full-text: Vyaghrapadasmriti, Vyaghrapadastotra, Dhaumya, Upamanyu, Puliyur, Viyakkirapatan, Puntarikapuram, Dasaka, Madyanthinar, Vyaghrapad, Patanjali, Vyaghrapura, Thillai, Tillaivana.
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