Anekarupa, Anekarūpa, Aneka-rupa: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप) refers to “various forms” and is used to describe Śiva, in the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.15. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] On arrival there, after paying respects to the lord [Śiva] with great excitement we lauded Him with various hymns with palms joined in reverence. The Devas said: [...] We have sought refuge at His feet who is the supreme Brahman, who is the soul of everyone, who is the greatest witness with unbarred vision and who assumes (dhṛt) various forms (anekarūpa)”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप).—a.
1) of various forms, multiform.
2) of various kinds or sorts.
3) fickle, changeable, of a varying nature; वेश्याङ्गनेव नृपनीतिरनेकरूपा (veśyāṅganeva nṛpanītiranekarūpā) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.425.
-paḥ epithet of the Supreme Being.
Anekarūpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aneka and rūpa (रूप).
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप).—mfn.
(-paḥ-pā-paṃ) 1. Multiform. 2. Of various kinds or sorts. 3. Fickle, of variable mind. E. aneka, and rūpa form.
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप).—[An-eka-], adj., f. pā, having manifold forms, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 174.
Anekarūpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aneka and rūpa (रूप).
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप).—[adjective] multiform, also = seq.
1) Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप):—[=an-eka-rūpa] [from an-eka] mf(ā)n. multiform
2) [v.s. ...] of various kinds or sorts
3) [v.s. ...] fickle, of variable mind.
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप):—I. [tatpurusha compound] n.
(-pam) Multiformity. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-paḥ-pā-pam) 1) Multiform.
2) Of various kinds or sorts.
3) Fickle, of variable nature; e. g. vārāṅganeva nṛpanītiranekarūpā. E. aneka and rūpa.
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप):—[aneka-rūpa] (paḥ-pā-paṃ) a. Multiform.
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप):—[(a + rūpa)] adj. f. ā in vielfacher Gestalt erscheinend [Spr. 3132.]
Anekarūpa (अनेकरूप):—Adj. (f. ā) mannichfaltig [Indische sprüche 6739.]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Aneka-rūpa (अनेक-रूप):—n. the state/condition of having many forms;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
anekarūpa (အနေကရူပ) [(na) (န)]—
[aneka+rūpa]
[အနေက+ရူပ]
[Pali to Burmese]
anekarūpa—
(Burmese text): (၁) များသော-အမျိုးမျိုးသော-သဘော-နည်း-အကြောင်း-အခြင်းအရာ။ (တိ) (၂) များသော-အမျိုးမျိုးသော-သဘော-အပြား-ရှိသော။ (၃) များသော-ရုပ်-ပုံ-သဏ္ဌာန်-ရှိသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Various - diverse - principles - reasons and situations. (2) Various - diverse - principles - are present. (3) Various - forms - have characteristics.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Anekarupadharanasamarthya, Anekarupanaman, Anekarupata.
Full-text: Jatimadadianekarupa, Anek-rup, Anekarupadharanasamarthya.
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Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1748-1749 < [Chapter 20 - Examination of Syādvāda (doctrine)]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 521 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.217 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]