Bhadraksha, Bhadrākṣa: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhadrākṣa can be transliterated into English as Bhadraksa or Bhadraksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraBhadrākṣa (भद्राक्ष) is the name of an ancient king from Takṣaśilā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 69. Accordingly, as minister Vicitrakatha said to king Mṛgāṅkadatta: “... there was in the city of Takṣaśilā a king of the name of Bhadrākṣa. He, desiring a son, was worshipping Lakṣmī every day with one hundred and eight white lotuses upon a sword”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Bhadrākṣa, 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’.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsBhadraksha [ભદ્રાક્ષ] in the Gujarati language is the name of a plant identified with Guazuma ulmifolia from the Sterculiaceae (Cacao) family having the following synonyms: Theobroma guazuma, Guazuma tomentosa. For the possible medicinal usage of bhadraksha, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Bhadraksha [భద్రాక్శ] in the Telugu language, ibid. previous identification.
Bhadraksha [ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷ] in the Kannada language, ibid. previous identification.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybhadrākṣa (भद्राक्ष).—m (S) A tree of the berries or seeds of which beads are made. The seed is like that of rudrākṣa, but lighter and more brittle. rudrākṣa is Eleocarpus lanceolatus or gauitrus, but bhadrākṣa, although commonly supposed to be the same tree, is another.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhadrākṣa (भद्राक्ष):—[from bhadra > bhand] m. ‘auspicious-eyed’, Name of a king, [Kathāsaritsāgara] (cf. bhallākṣa).
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhadrākṣa (ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷ):—[noun] = ಭದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ [bhadrakshi].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Bhadraksham.
Full-text: Bhallaksha, Pushkaraksha, Pattaracu, Pattiratcam, Vattiratcam.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXIX < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]