Anantashayana, Anantaśayana, Ananta-shayana, Anamtashayana: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Anantaśayana can be transliterated into English as Anantasayana or Anantashayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAnantaśayana (अनन्तशयन).—A manifestation of Hari, as reposing on Śeṣa.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 276. 8.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami TempleAnantaśayana (अनन्तशयन) refers to the Anantaśayana-Kṣetra (i.e., the Tiruvanantapuram temple), according to the Anantaśayanakṣetramāhātmya, a text talking about the Thiruvananthapuram temple in eleven chapters, written before the 14th century.—The Anantaśayanakṣetramāhātmya professes to be a part of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. The text is in the form of a dialogue between Sūta and the sages and, similarly to other māhātmyas, begins with a prologue. The sages perform a thousand sacrifices and when the morning offerings are over, Śaunaka and other sages gathered there request Sūta to narrate the myth and to explain the origin and importance of Viṣṇu in Anantaśayana-kṣetra (the Tiruvanantapuram temple).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnantaśayana (अनन्तशयन).—Travancore; Sriraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (because there are temples of Viṣṇu reclining on ananta Serpent).
Derivable forms: anantaśayanam (अनन्तशयनम्).
Anantaśayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ananta and śayana (शयन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnantaśayana (अनन्तशयन):—[=an-anta-śayana] [from an-anta] n. Travancore.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnantaśayana (अनन्तशयन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) The name of Travancore. E. ananta and śayana.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnaṃtaśayana (ಅನಂತಶಯನ):—
1) [noun] Viṣṇu, whose couch is Ananta, the king of serpents.
2) [noun] name of a city in Tamil Nadu, South India.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sayana, Ananta.
Starts with: Anantashayanakshetra, Anantashayanakshetramahatmya, Anantashayanamahatmya.
Full-text: Sahasrasatra, Brahmanda, Ranganatha, Anantashayanakshetramahatmya.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.23.416 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 2.6.118 < [Chapter 6 - The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Ācārya]
Verse 2.8.201-204 < [Chapter 8 - The Manifestation of Opulences]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
4. Other Mahatmyas < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
2. Kerala in the Puranas < [Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Sanskrit works bearing on Kerala history]
17. Syanandurapuravarnana-Prabandha by Rama Varma Swathi Thirunal < [Chapter 5 - Sanskrit Dramas and Campus bearing on Kerala History]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 26 - Dialogue between King Cola and Viṣṇudāsa < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]
Chapter 4 - The Procedure of Kārttikasnāna < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 5.10.6 < [Section 10 - Tenth Tiruvaymoli (Piranta arum)]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 108 - King Cola and Brāhmaṇa Viṣṇudāsa < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 253 - Modes of Viṣṇu’s Worship < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 79 - Balvala Killed: Balarāma’s Pilgrimage < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
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