Agnikumara, Agnikumāra, Agni-kumara: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
2. Purana
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
See also

Introduction:

Agnikumara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार) (or Agnikumārarasa, Agnikumāralauha) is the name of various Ayurvedic recipes defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 3, grahaṇī: chronic diarrhoea and chapter 7, enlargement of spleen [plīhodara] and liver [yakṛdudara]). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., agnikumāra-rasa or agnikumāra-lauha): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार).—An epithet of Lord Subrahmaṇya.

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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: Wisdom Library: Jainism

Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार) or Vahnikumāra refers to a class of bhavanavāsin, which is a species of deva (gods), according to Jain cosmology. The bhavanavāsins or bhaumeyika gods (e.g. the Agnis) have a princely appearance (kumāra) and live in palaces (bhavana) and the upper part of the uppermost hell (ratnaprabhā).

The agnis have an associated caityavṛkṣa (sacred-tree) known as the Palāśa accoring to the Digambara and Śirīṣa according to Śvetāmbara. They are defined according to the cosmological texts, such as the Saṃgrahaṇīratna in the Śvetāmbara tradition, or the Trilokasāra in the Digambara tradition.

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 4: The celestial beings (deva)

Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार) refers to “fiery youths” and represents on of the ten classes of “residential celestial beings” (bhavanavāsin), itself a category of devas (celestial beings), according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 4.10. Who are called Agnikumāra? Those celestial beings that leave the infernal world to perform miraculous activities in the middle and upper world are called fiery youths.

Who are the lords amongst the ‘fiery-youths (agnikumāra) residential class of celestial beings? Agniśikha and Agnivāhana are the two lords in the Fiery-youths residential celestial beings.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार).—m S A particular preparation of medicaments.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार).—

1) Name of Kārttikeya said to be born from fire; Rām.7. See कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya).

2) a kind of preparation of medicinal drugs.

Derivable forms: agnikumāraḥ (अग्निकुमारः).

Agnikumāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and kumāra (कुमार). See also (synonyms): agnitanaya, agnisuta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—agnikumāra, a name of Viṭṭhala, son of Vallabhācārya. Hall. p. 147.

2) Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार):—agnikumāra, son of Rudrakumāra, elder brother of Haradatta (Padamañjarī, etc.).

3) Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार):—son of Vallabhācārya, younger brother of Gopīnātha, father of Giridhara Dīkṣita and Raghunātha. He is said to have been born in 1515: Avatāratāratamyastotra. Āryā. Kāyenetivivaraṇa. Kṛṣṇapremāmṛta. Gīta. Gītagovindaprathamāṣṭapadīvivṛti. Gokulāṣṭaka. Janmāṣṭamīnirṇaya. Jalabhedaṭīkā. Tāratamyastava and vyākhyā. Aṇutāratamya, Bṛhattāratamya. Dhruvapada. Nāmacandrikā. Nyāsādeśavivaraṇa. Prabodha. Premāmṛtabhāṣya. Bhaktihaṃsa. Bhaktihetunirṇaya. Bhagavatsvatantratā. Bhagavadgītātātparya. Bhagavadgītāhetunirṇaya. Bhāgavatatattvadīpikā. Bhāgavatadaśamaskandhavivṛti. Bhujaṅgaprayātāṣṭaka. Yamunāṣṭapadī. Rasasarvasva. Rāmanavamīnirṇaya. Vallabhāṣṭaka. Vidvanmaṇḍana. Vivekadhairyāśrayaṭīkā. Śikṣāpattra. Śṛṅgārarasamaṇḍana. Ṣaṭpadī. Saṃnyāsanirṇayavivaraṇa. Samayapradīpa. Sarvottamastotra and—[commentary]. Siddhāntamuktāvalī and—[commentary]. Sevākaumudī. Svatantralekhana. Svāminīstotra.

Agnikumāra has the following synonyms: Viṭṭhala dīkṣita, Viṭṭhaleśa, Viṭṭhaleśvara, .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार):—[=agni-kumāra] [from agni] m. a particular preparation of various drugs. Name of a class of Bhavanavāsin deities, [Jaina literature]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnikumāra (अग्निकुमार):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-raḥ) A particular preparation of medicaments. E. agni and kumāra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Agnikumara in German

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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.

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