A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Mithila
This page describes Mithila which is located on page 324 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Mithila” according to 58 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: श्री-नारद उवाच मिथिला-नगरे पूर्वं वायको हरि-भक्ति-कृत् श्री-रामोद्वाह-समये शिरध्वज-नृपाज्ञया राम-लक्ष्मण-वेषार्थं वासांसि रचयन् किल लघु-सूत्रैः परिवयन् कुशलो वस्त्र-कर्मसु shri-narada uvaca mithila-nagare purvam vayako hari-bhakti-krit shri-ramodvaha-samaye shiradhvaja-nripajnaya rama-lakshmana-veshartham vasamsi racayan kila laghu-sutraih parivayan kushalo vastra-karmasu shri-narada uvaca—Shri Narada said; mithila-nagare—in Mithila City; purvam—before...
Read full contents: Verses 5.10.11-12
The Bhagavata Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
On account of this miraculous birth (or by being the founder of a dynasty), he became known as Janaka and was called “Vaideha” as he was produced from a life-less body or an incorporal being, and ‘Mithila (‘Mithi in other Puranas) as he got his birth out of churning (of Nimi s body). And the city of Mithila was built up by him. 14. Janaka s son was Udavasu of whom was born Nandivardhana; his son was Suketu (Sukesha) who gave birth to Devarata, Oh King! 15....
Read full contents: Chapter 13 - The Description of the Race of Nimi
Ramayana [by Manmatha Nath Dutt]
Meeting with such splendid reception from Sumati, those descendants of Raghu spent there a night, and the next day set out for Mithila. Beholding Janaka s beauteous city, the ascetics exclaiming, ‘Excellent fell to admiring Mithila. And in a grove at Mithila, Raghava saw an ancient, lonely, and romantic asylum, and asked that foremost of ascetics, saying. What is this that look like an asylum, though without any ascetics?...
Read full contents: Chapter XLVIII
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