Bahuleya, Bāhuleya: 10 definitions
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India history and geography
Bāhuleya.—(CII 3; IA 1), a bull. Note: bāhuleya is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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
Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय).—An epithet of Kārtikeya.
Derivable forms: bāhuleyaḥ (बाहुलेयः).
Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय).—m.
(-yaḥ) The deity Kartikeya. E. bahulā the Pleiades, considered as nymphs, and nurses of this god; aff. of relation ḍhak .
1) Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय):—[from bāhula > bāhu] m. [metronymic] of Skanda (fr. bahulā, the Pleiades), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a bull, [Inscriptions]
Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. Kārtikeya.
Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय):—(von bahulā die Plejaden) m. metron. Kārttikeya’s [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 35.] [Halāyudha 1, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 208,] [Scholiast]
Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय):—m. Metron. Skanda's.
Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Bāhuleya, Bāhulera.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Bāhuleya (बाहुलेय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bāhuleya.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Bāhulēya (ಬಾಹುಲೇಯ):—[noun] Kārtikēya, the son of the star Kṛttike.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.3.75 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (3): Sambandha-samuddeśa (On Relation)]
Verse 3.14.147 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 6.10.22-23 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 72 < [Volume 20 (1918)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 33 - The Greatness of the Liṅgas Installed by Kumāra < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)