Amritamanthana, Amṛtamanthana, Amṛtamanthāna, Amrita-manthana: 7 definitions

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Amritamanthana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit terms Amṛtamanthana and Amṛtamanthāna can be transliterated into English as Amrtamanthana or Amritamanthana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Amṛtamanthana (अमृतमन्थन).—The fourth devāsura battle, in which Indra defeated Praḥlāda.1 Also the fourth of twelve incarnations of Hari by name Indra; with details of the battle.2

  • 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 72. 73 and 79; IV. 6. 7.
  • 2) Matsya-purāṇa 47. 43 and 48; 249. 51; Vāyu-purāṇa 97. 74. 79.
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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.

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Vastushastra (architecture)

[«previous next»] — Amritamanthana in Vastushastra glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra

Amṛtamanthana (अमृतमन्थन) refers to a variety of maṇḍapa (halls attached to the temple), according to the Matsya-purāṇa (verses 270.1-30). The amṛtamanthana-maṇḍapa is to be built with 58 pillars (stambha). The Matsyapurāṇa is one of the eighteen major purāṇas dating from the 1st-millennium BCE.

Accordingly (verse 270.15-17), “These maṇḍapas (e.g., amṛtamanthana) should be either made triangular, circular, octagonal or with 16 sides or they are square. They promote kingdoms, victory, longevity, sons, wife and nourishment respecitvely. Temples of other shape than these are inauspicious.”

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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.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

[«previous next»] — Amritamanthana in Natyashastra glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Amṛtamanthana (अमृतमन्थन) refers to “the churning of the ocean”. It is the name of the first dramatic performance, of the Samavakāra type, composed by Brahmā for the welfare of humankind according to the Nāṭyaśāstra 4.3. Accordingly, “I have composed this Samavakāra which is conducive to [the performance of] duties (dharma), to [the fulfillment of] desire (kāma) as well as [to the earning] wealth (artha).”.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Amritamanthana in Shaivism glossary
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Amṛtamanthāna (अमृतमन्थान) refers to the “churning and drinking of the amṛta”, according to the Brahmayāmala-tantra chapter 46.—It is in this chapter that the amṛta comes to fore again in ritual. For the main subject here is amṛtamanthāna, the churning and drinking of the amṛta. The Sādhaka is to make pots from clay obtained from the cremation ground, contruct a sacrificial pavilion from bones, and place the ritual cauldron upon a corpse. He is required to churn a mixture including mahāpicu (sexual fluids or various other human fluids?) using a piece of bone as the churning stick, with a rope made of human hair, intestines and skin (?). The cauldron is identified with Aghorī and the churning stick with Bhairava. In this rite, the Sādhaka re-enacts the cosmic churning of the ocean, and the same miraculous objects emerge (the Kaustubha gem, etc.) as the gods brought forth during the primordial churning.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amritamanthana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Amṛtamanthana (अमृतमन्थन).—

1) churning (of the ocean) for nectar.

2) Name of the chapters 17 to 19 of Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.

Derivable forms: amṛtamanthanam (अमृतमन्थनम्).

Amṛtamanthana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amṛta and manthana (मन्थन).

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

Amṛtamanthana (अमृतमन्थन).—n. production of the Amṛta, the beverage of the gods, by churning, Mahābhārata vol. i. p. 41, 1. 2.

Amṛtamanthana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amṛta and manthana (मन्थन).

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

Amṛtamanthana (अमृतमन्थन):—[=a-mṛta-manthana] [from a-mṛta > a-mūla] n. ‘the churning for the Amṛta’, Name of the chapters 17-19 of [Mahābhārata i.]

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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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