Bahushalin, Bāhuśālin, Bahu-shalin: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bāhuśālin can be transliterated into English as Bahusalin or Bahushalin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Bāhuśālin (बाहुशालिन्) is the name of a Kṣatriya from the country Avanti, who later became friends with Śrīdatta, a Brāhman whose story is told in the “story of Śrīdatta and Mṛgāṅkavatī”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 10. Śrīdatta was the son of Kālanemi, who was the son of Yajñasoma, a Brāhman from the country of Mālava.
2) Bāhuśālin (बाहुशालिन्) was a soldier in Sunītha and Sūryaprabha’s army whose strength is considered as equaling a fourfold-power warrior (caturguṇaratha), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 47. Accordingly, as the Asura Maya explained the arrangement of warriors in Sunītha’s army: “... [Bāhuśālin, and others], these princes are warriors of fourfold power”.
The story of Bāhuśālin was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Bāhuśālin, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBāhuśālin (बाहुशालिन्).—m.
1) an epithet of Śiva.
2) of Bhīma.
Bāhuśālin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāhu and śālin (शालिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāhuśālin (बाहुशालिन्).—m. a proper name.
Bāhuśālin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāhu and śālin (शालिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāhuśālin (बाहुशालिन्).—[adjective] = [preceding]; warlike, valiant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bāhuśālin (बाहुशालिन्):—[=bāhu-śālin] [from bāhu] mfn. possessing strong a°, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] of a Dānava, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
4) [v.s. ...] of a warrior, [ib.]
5) [v.s. ...] of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, [Mahābhārata]
6) [v.s. ...] of Bhīma, [ib.]
7) [v.s. ...] of a prince, [ib.]
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Starts with: Bahushalini.
Full-text: Bhujashalin.
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