Shatarupa, Śatarūpā, Śatarūpa, Shata-rupa, Sātarūpa: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śatarūpā and Śatarūpa can be transliterated into English as Satarupa or Shatarupa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Śrīmad Devī BhāgavatamŚatarūpā (शतरूपा):—The daughter of Brahmā who sprang forth out of the left hand side of his body, according to the Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa (chapter on the Devī-yajña). She bore two sons (named Priyavrata and Uttānapāda) and three daughters by Svāyambhava-manu
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: ISKCON Press: GlossaryŚatarūpā (शतरूपा).—The wife of Svāyambhuva Manu and mother of Devahūti.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚatarūpā (शतरूपा).—Wife of Svāyambhuva Manu, who took his sister Śatarūpā herself as his wife. The couple had two sons called Priyavrata a?n?d Uttānapāda and two daughters Prasūti and Ākūti. Prasūti was married to Dakṣaprajāpati and Ākūti to Ruciprajāpati. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I, Chapter 7).
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) Śatarūpā (शतरूपा) refers to the female (nārī) form of Brahmā after he split his body into two forms (dvirūpa), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.16:—“[...] then I [viz., Brahmā] created from the different parts of my body innumerable sons, Suras (devas) and Asuras (demons) and many others after assigning them different bodies, O sage. I was then prompted by Śiva present within me and hence, O sage, I split myself into two having assumed two forms (dvirūpa). One half had the form of a woman (nārī) and the other half that of a man (puruṣa). He then created in her a couple (dvandva), the means of excellent nature. The man was Svāyambhuva Manu, the greatest of the means (of creation). The woman was Śatarūpā, a Yoginī, an ascetic woman. The auspicious lady was accepted by Manu with due matrimonial rites, O dear one, he created beings through her by the process of sexual intercourse”.
He (Svāyambhuva Manu) begot of her (Śatarūpā) two sons Priyavrata and Uttānapāda and three daughters Ākūti, Devahūti and Prasūti, all of them very famous. [...] Their sons and progeny are spread over the world both mobile and immobile. [...] Thus according to their own actions and at the bidding of Śiva innumerable famous brahmins were born out of the various living beings.
2) Śatarūpā (शतरूपा) refers to one of the sixteen celestial ladies (Divyanārī), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.50 (“Description of fun and frolic”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Then the sixteen celestial ladies arrived there and saw the couple [i.e., Śiva and Pārvatī] with great respect. They were Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Sāvitrī, Jāhnavī, Aditi, Śacī, Lopāmudrā, Arundhatī, Ahalyā, Tulasī, Svāhā, Rohiṇī, Vasundharā, Śatarūpā, Saṃjñā and Rati. There were several virgins of the gods, Nāgas, and the sages. They were charming and attractive. Who can enumerate them? [...]”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Śatarūpa (शतरूप).—A son of Sutāra, the lord of the II dvāpara.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 121.
2a) Śatarūpā (शतरूपा).—The female half of Brahmā's body—spread over all the worlds; performed austerities for a lakh of years and became queen of Svāyambhuva Manu as Rati; gave marriage presents to her daughter Devahūtī; mother of three daughters,1 and of sons Priyavrata and Uttānapāda;2 a tapasvinī.3
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 12. 54; 21. 26; 22. 23; IV. 1. 1; 8. 7; VIII. 1. 7; XI. 16. 25; Vāyu-purāṇa 10. 8-13; 57. 57; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 9. 15 and 33.
- 2) Ib. II. 1. 57; II. 29. 62-3.
- 3) Vi I. 7. 17.
2b) Daughter of Brahmā whom the father married and brought forth Svāyambhuva Manu; other sons, seven in number.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 3. 31, 43; 4. 24-5.
Śatarūpā (शतरूपा) refers to the female portion of Brahmā after he split himself into two, according to the Vaṃśa (‘genealogical description’) of the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, “Brahmā was ordered by Śiva to create. After mental creation Brahmā desired to have progeny by sexual union (maithuna prabhava). He divides himself in two—male portion and female portion. The male portion is known as Manu-svāyaṃbhuva and the female portion became Śatarūpā. By penance Śatarūpā got Manu as her husband. As a result two sons—Priyavrata and Uttānapāda and two daughters—Ākūti and Prasūti were born. [...]
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 Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsSātarūpa (सातरूप) refers to the “character of pleasure”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Look [here], for men, those material objects dear to the mind which were possessed of the character of pleasure (sukharūpa; var.: sātarūpa—“the character of pleasure”) before are now afflicted with the character of suffering”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚatarūpā (शतरूपा).—Name of a daughter of Brahman (who is supposed to be also his wife, from whose incestuous connection with her father is said to have sprung Manu Svāyambhuva).
Śatarūpā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and rūpā (रूपा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatarūpā (शतरूपा).—f.
(-pā) 1. Name of the wife of Brahma. 2. An epithet of Savitri, the daughter of Brahma.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śatarūpa (शतरूप):—[=śata-rūpa] [from śata] mfn. having a h° forms, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Muni, [Catalogue(s)]
3) Śatarūpā (शतरूपा):—[=śata-rūpā] [from śata-rūpa > śata] f. Name of the daughter and wife of Brahmā (her incestuous intercourse with her father produced Manu Svāyambhuva, but some Purāṇas make Śata-rūpā the wife not mother of the first Manu), [Harivaṃśa; Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad [Scholiast or Commentator]; Purāṇa]
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Full-text (+76): Akuti, Priyavrata, Uttanapada, Svayambhuvamanu, Prasuti, Patnitva, Svayambhuva, Dik, Svaha, Kshama, Shraddha, Smriti, Viraj, Priti, Sambhuti, Sambhrama, Viratpurusha, Urja, Buddhi, Rati.
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