Bhadrasoma, Bhadra-soma, Bhadrasomā: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Bhadrasomā (भद्रसोमा).—(River) rises from the Meru, passes through Savitā's forest, Śankhakūṭa, Vṛṣaparvatam, Vatsagiri, Nāgaśaila, Nīlam, Kapiñjalam, Indranīlam, Mahānīlam, Hemaśṛṅgam, Śveta, Sunaga, Śataśṛṅga, Puṣkaram, Dvirājam, Varāhaparvatam Mayūram, Jātudhi, Triśṛṅgam, Maryādaparvatam, Vīrudham and falls into the western ocean.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 42. 61-74.
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
Bhadrasomā (भद्रसोमा).—an epithet of the Ganges.
Bhadrasomā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhadra and somā (सोमा).
Bhadrasomā (भद्रसोमा).—f. (mā) A name of Ganga. E. bhadra Siva, sa with or equal to, umā the wife of Siva; equally dear with Uma to that deity.
1) Bhadrasomā (भद्रसोमा):—[=bhadra-somā] [from bhadra > bhand] f. Name of a river in Uttara-kuru, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] of the Ganges, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Bhadrasomā (भद्रसोमा):—[bhadra-somā] (mā) 1. f. Ganges.
Bhadrasomā (भद्रसोमा):—[(bhadra + soma)] f. Nomen proprium eines Flusses in Uttarakuru [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 59, 23.] die Gaṅgā [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Bhadrasomā (भद्रसोमा):—f. —
1) Nomen proprium eines Flusses im Lande der Uttarakuru. —
2) *Beiname der Gaṅgā.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhadra, Soma.
Full-text: Meru.
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The Four-fold Division of the Heavenly River in the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
5e. Bhāgīratha brought down Gaṅgā on earth < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 56 - The descent of Gaṅgā < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Chapter 22 - Description of the divine luminaries (jyotis / jyotiṣa) < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]