Ayomukha, Ayas-mukha: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1a) Ayomukha (अयोमुख).—A son of Danu;1 followed Vṛtra in his war with Indra;2 took part in the Devāsura war between Bali and Indra.3
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 6. 30; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 6. 5; Matsya-purāṇa 6. 17; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 21. 4.
- 2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 10. 19.
- 3) Ib. VIII. 10. 19.
1b) Mountain a hill with medicinal herbs.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 163. 71.
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
Ayomukha (अयोमुख).—a.
-khī f.)
Ayomukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ayas and mukha (मुख).
Ayomukha (अयोमुख).—mfn.
(-khaḥ-khā-khaṃ) Tipped or pointed with iron. m.
(-khaḥ) A kind of goblin with an iron face. E. ayas, and mukha a mouth.
Ayomukha (अयोमुख).—adj. iron-pointed, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 53, 53. Avāṅmº, i. e.
Ayomukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ayas and mukha (मुख).
Ayomukha (अयोमुख).—[adjective] having an iron mouth, beak, or point.
1) Ayomukha (अयोमुख):—[=ayo-mukha] [from ayo > ayas] mfn. having an iron mouth, [Atharva-veda xi, 10, 3]
2) [v.s. ...] having an iron beak, [Mahābhārata xii, 12072]
3) [v.s. ...] iron-pointed (as a plough [Manu-smṛti x, 84] or a stake for impaling criminals [Rāmāyaṇa iii, 53, 53])
4) [v.s. ...] m. an arrow, [Raghuvaṃśa v, 55]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa] and, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] of a mountain, [Harivaṃśa] and, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Ayomukha (अयोमुख):—[ayo-mukha] (khaḥ-khā-khaṃ) a. Tipped or pointed with iron. m. A kind of goblin with an iron face.
Ayomukha (अयोमुख):—(ayas + mu)
1) adj. a) mit eisernem Maul versehen [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11, 10, 3.] mit eisernem Schnabel: ayomukhāni vayāṃsi [Mahābhārata 12, 12072.] — b) mit einer eisernen Spitze versehen: bhūmiṃ bhūmiśayāṃścaiva hanti kāṣṭhamayomukham (der Pflug) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 84.] ayomukhānāṃ śūlānāmagre caritumicchasi [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 53, 53.] —
2) m. a) Pfeil [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 55.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Dānava [Harivaṃśa 197.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 147.] — c) Name eines Berges [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 41, 19.] [Harivaṃśa 12836.]
Ayomukha (अयोमुख):——
1) Adj. — a) mit einem eisernen Maul oder Schnabel versehen. — b) mit einer eisernen Spitze versehen. —
2) m. — a) Pfeil. — b) Nomen proprium — α) einer Dānava. — β) eines Berges.
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
Ayōmukha (ಅಯೋಮುಖ):—[adjective] having at the end an iron ring, cup, (as a pestle, spear, etc.).
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Ayōmukha (ಅಯೋಮುಖ):—
1) [noun] an arrow the point of which is made of iron.
2) [noun] a long iron bar, with a sharp end on one side, used as a lever or for digging the earth.
3) [noun] an iron goad, used to control an elephant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
ayomukha (အယောမုခ) [(na) (န)]—
[aya+mukha]
[အယ+မုခ]
[Pali to Burmese]
ayomukha—
(Burmese text): (၁) သံ၏-အဦး-ထိပ်ဖျား-အချွန်-အသွား။ (တိ) (၂) သံနှုတ်သီးရှိသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The tip of the iron. (2) Having iron content.
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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