Abhiplava: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhiplava (अभिप्लव).—
1) Affliction, disturbance.
2) Inundation, overflowing.
3) Name of a religious ceremony performed as part of the sacrifice गवामयन (gavāmayana).
4) Name of the Prājāpatya Āditya.
Derivable forms: abhiplavaḥ (अभिप्लवः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Abhiplava (अभिप्लव):—[=abhi-plava] [from abhi-plu] m. Name of a religious ceremony (lasting six days and performed five times during the sacrifice Gavām-ayana), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of aquatic bird, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhiplava (अभिप्लव):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-vaḥ) A religious act, forming part of the sacrifice gavāmayana (q. v.) and consisting of ceremonies which last six days; the ceremony of the first and sixth of these days is called jyotis, of the second and fourth go, of the third and fifth āyus (Kalpavyākhyā: jyotirgaurāyurgaurāyurjyotiriti ṣaḍahobhiplava ityucyate); the abhiplava recurs several times at the various stages of the Gavāmayana and bears its name, according to a legend of the Śatapatha-Br., because the Ādityās, rivalling with the Angirasas in the precedence of getting into the paradise, jumped into it by means of the hymns which occur in this ceremony ‘athādityāśca ha vā aṅgirasaśca . ubhaye prājāpatyā aspardhanta vayaṃ pūrve svargaṃ lokameṣyāmo vayaṃ pūrva iti . ta ādityāḥ . caturbhi stomaiścaturbhiḥ pṛṣṭhairlaghubhiḥ sāmabhiḥ svargaṃ lokamabhyaplavanta yadabhyaplavanta tasmādabhiplavāḥ’. E. plu with abhi, kṛt aff. ap.
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Full-text: Abhiplavika, Abhiprava, Trikadruka, Goshtoma, Gavayus, Ayuhstoma, Sadaha, Ayus, Go, Prishthya.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Summary of the Gavāmayana sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
Source of the Sacrifice < [Chapter 3 - Political Importance]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 2.11.17 < [Sukta 11]
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