Andhakara, aka: Andhakāra, Āndhakāra; 4 Definition(s)
Introduction
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In Hinduism
Purāṇa
Andhakāra (अन्धकार).—One of the seven major mountains in Krauñcadvīpa, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 88. All of these mountains are tall and filled with gems. It is also known by the name Acchodaka. Krauñcadvīpa is one of the seven islands (dvīpa), ruled over by Jyotiṣmān, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, who is the son of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.
Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa1a) Andhakāra (अन्धकार).—A son of Dyutimat after whom the kingdom Andhakāra came to be known.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 14. 22, 25.
1b) The eighth battle of Devas and Asuras.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 72. 75 & 82; Vāyu-purāṇa 97. 75.
2) Āndhakāra (आन्धकार).—(c)—a kingdom after the name of Andhakāra,1 near Pīvara hill.2
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
The Purāṇas (पुराण, purana) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahāpurāṇas total over 400,000 ślokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A village in Ceylon, one of the villages given by Aggabodhi IV. for the maintenance of the Padhana ghara built by the king for the Thera Dathasiva. Cv.xlvi.12.
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesTheravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Pali
andhakāra : (m.) darkness; bewilderment.
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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| Andhakara Sutta | The ignorance of Ill, its arising, etc., is greater and more fearsome than the darkness of inte... | |
| Andhakara Vagga | The second section of the Pacittiya in the Bhikkhuni vibhanga. Vin.iv.268-71. | |
| Tama | 1a) Tama (तम).—(lokapṛṣṭha): a kind of hell: persons fallen from varṇa and āśramadharma f... | |
| Agha | Agha (अघ).—On seeing Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, the demon Agha thought that the time had come for him ... | |
| Janapada | Janapada (जनपद) refers to a “tract of land”.—We have seen that from the days of the Brāhmaṇas t... | |
| Laja | Lāja (लाज).—Also Lājavarṣam—thrown over on festive occasions;1 scattered over the ... | |
| Krauncadvipa | Krauñcadvīpa (क्रौञ्चद्वीप) refers to one of the seven continents (saptadvīpa) situated within ... | |
| Aloka | 1) Aloka (अलोक).—Attained by Vṛtra.** Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 12. 35; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 1... | |
| Ratta | 1) Ratta, 2 (nt.) & (poet.) rattā (f.) (Epic Sk. rātra; Vedic rātra only in cpd. aho-rātraṃ. S... | |
| Tibba | Tibba, (adj.) probably a contamination of two roots of different meaning; viz. tij & tim (of t... | |
| Timisa | Timisa, (nt.) (Vedic tamisrā=tamas) darkness J. III, 433 (andhakāra-timissāya); Pug. 30 (andh°... | |
| Tumula | Tumula, (Sk. tumala; to *teu, Lat. tumeo, tumulus, tumultus, etc. E. thumb (swelling), cp. tuṅ... | |
| Dyutiman |
Dyutimān (द्युतिमान्).—One of the ten sons of Priyavrata, who was a son of Svāyambhuva... | |
| Aloka Sutta | Āloka, (ā + lok, Sk. āloka) seeing, sight (obj. & subj.), i. e. — 1. sight, view, look S.IV, 12... | |
| Pamoha | Pamoha, (pa+muh, cp. Epic Sk. pramoha) bewilderment, infatuation, fascination Sn. 841 (v. l. Nd... |
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.90 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya: Renunciation]
Śrī Syamananda-sataka (by Srila Rasikananda Prabhu)
Śrī Gauḍīya Kaṇṭhahāra (by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 9 - Works of Vallabha and his Disciples < [Chapter XXXI - The Philosophy of Vallabha]
Part 1 - Ontology < [Chapter XXVII - A General Review of the Philosophy of Madhva]
Part 2 - Interpretation of Brahma-sūtra I. 1. 1 < [Chapter XXVI - Madhva’s Interpretation of the Brahma-sūtras]
The Treatise on the Great Virtue of Wisdom, Volume IV (by Nāgārjuna)
The Treatise on the Great Virtue of Wisdom, Volume I (by Nāgārjuna)
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