In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s Paümacariu

Bhagāla (भगाल) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Bhagāla] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Bhagala (fl. 1060 A.D.) is mentioned in the “Ambarnāth temple inscription of Māṃvāṇirāja”. Accordingly, “... completed this temple of the Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the illustrious Chittarājadeva (known as) the temple of Ambaranatha in Pāṭapalli (governed ?) by Bhagala”.

This inscription (mentioning Bhagala) is engraved on a stone girder of the temple at Ambarnāth, about 7.24 km. south-east of Kalyāṇ in the Ṭhāṇā District. It is dated Śaka 982, ninth tithi of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa. The object of the inscription seems to be that the temple of Ambarnāth, which had been commenced by Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Chittarājadeva was completed by some royal officers during the reign of Māṃvāṇirāja.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhagala (भगल).—f n ( H) Imposture, trick, sanctimony, hypocritical deportment. bha0 uḍaṇēṃ g. of s. To have one's hypocritical course discovered and exposed.

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bhagala (भगल).—f R W ( H Putting to flight.) Deriding, ridiculing, disgracing. v kara, māṇḍa, uḍava g. of o.

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bhagaḷa (भगळ) [or ळी, ḷī].—f A crack, cleft, chink, fissure (esp. in the ground or a building).

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bhagaḷa (भगळ).—f bhagāḍa n bhagāsa n (Intens. of bhaga) A large, unshapely, or uneven hole or opening; as a breach in a wall, mound, mole &c., a gap in a fence, a hollow or chasm in the ground, a widegaping wound or sore.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bhagala (भगल).—f n Imposture, trick. f Disgracing. bhagala uḍaṇēṃ Have one's hypocritical course discovered and exposed.

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bhagaḷa (भगळ) [or bhagāḍa, or भगाड].—n A large unshapely hole. a Desolate.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhagāla (भगाल).—A skull; P.VI.2.29.

Derivable forms: bhagālam (भगालम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhagāla (भगाल).—m.

(-laḥ) The human skull. E. bhaga Siva, al to adorn, aff. ac .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhagāla (भगाल).—n. The human skull.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bhagala (भगल):—m. Name of a man, [Pravara texts] (cf. [gana] arīhaṇādi)

2) Bhagalā (भगला):—[from bhagala] f. Name of a woman [gana] bāhvādi (cf. bhāgala, laka etc.)

3) Bhagāla (भगाल):—n. = kapāla, a skull, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra] (cf. [Uṇādi-sūtra iii, 76 [Scholiast or Commentator]])

4) Bhāgala (भागल):—m. [patronymic] [from] bhagala (also [plural]), [Saṃskārakaustubha]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhagāla (भगाल):—[bhagā+la] (laḥ) 1. m. The human skull.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhagala in German

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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.

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Starts with: Bhagalabdha, Bhagalabhavarthi, Bhagalaga, Bhagalaka, Bhagalakshana, Bhagalavant, Bhagalavati, Bhagalaya.

Ends with: Garbhagala, Kumbhibhagala.

Full-text: Bhagalin, Bhagalaka, Bhagali, Bhagela, Bhagaleya, Nadala, Kumbhibhagala, Bagalabhavarthi, Pakalam.

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