In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Yoga Vasishtha Maharamayana

Bhāraṇḍa (भारण्ड) is the name of a sage (Muni), as mentioned in the Yogavasistha 7.200.—Accordingly, as as Vasishtha said to Visvamitra in the midst of an assembly:—“[...] Hear me, O sage, that art the lotus of the princely race of Gadhi, and ye sages that are assembled here, namely Vamadeva, Nimi and Kruta, together with Bharadwaja, Pulastya, Atri, Narada and Ghrishti, and Sandilya. Hear me also, O ye sages Bhasa, Bhrigu, Bharanda, Vatsa and Vatsayana, with all others that are assembled here at present, and had the patience to listen to this contemptible discourse of mine”.

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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.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Bharaṇḍa (भरण्ड) is another name for Bheruṇḍa or Garuḍa, as mentioned in the foreword to volume 7 of the translation o the Kathāsaritsāgara.

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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’.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Tibetan tales, derived from Indian sources

Bharanda refers to a bird having one body but two beaks, according to the fifth book of the Pancatantra (cf. Kah-gyur, iv. ff. 232, 233).—The first beak devours an ambrosia-like fruit, which it refuses to share with its companion. The aggrieved beak, out of spite, eats a poisonous fruit and the bird dies.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Bhāraṇḍa (भारण्ड) refers to “fabulous three-legged birds”, as mentioned in chapter 1.5 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism. Accordingly, “[...] flying up, it will crack the sun like a brazen kettle; it will reduce to powder the moon-disc like a Bhāraṇḍa’s egg; it will knock down the multitudes of stars like the fruit of the myrobalan, and will make fall the aerial cars of the Vaimānikas like nests; while falling, it will split the mountain-peaks like ant-hills; it will crush the arbors of trees like huts of grass; it will split the earth like a ball of unbaked clay, if the staff should fly from his hand by chance”.

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Bhāraṇḍa (भारण्ड) refers to a type of bird, according to the Mṛgāvatīcaritra (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Accordingly, Mṛgāvatī was the wife of Śatānīka at Kosambī. During her pregnancy she had the desire (dohada) to bathe in a well of blood. When she came out, she was carried away by a bhāraṇḍa bird who thought she was a piece of flesh. Thanks to a bracelet that two unknown people had brought to the king, the latter was finally able to find her, and their son Udayana, in an ascetic grove.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bharaṇḍa (भरण्ड).—[bhṛ-aṇḍan]

1) A master, lord.

2) A prince, king.

3) An ox, a bull.

4) A worm.

Derivable forms: bharaṇḍaḥ (भरण्डः).

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Bhāraṇḍa (भारण्ड).—A kind of fabulous bird. (Also bhāruṇḍa); एकोदराः पृथग्ग्रीवा अन्योन्यफलभक्षिणः । असंहता विनश्यन्ति भारण्डा इव पक्षिणः (ekodarāḥ pṛthaggrīvā anyonyaphalabhakṣiṇaḥ | asaṃhatā vinaśyanti bhāraṇḍā iva pakṣiṇaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.11.

Derivable forms: bhāraṇḍaḥ (भारण्डः).

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

Bharaṇḍa (भरण्ड).—m.

(-ṇḍaḥ) 1. A master, an owner, a lord, a husband. 2. A sovereign, a king. 3. A bull. E. bhṛ to nourish, Unadi aff. aṇḍan .

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

Bharaṇḍa (भरण्ड).— (vb. bhri). m. A master, a lord.

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Bhāraṇḍa (भारण्ड).—bhāruṇḍa bhāruṇḍa, bheraṇḍa bheraṇḍa (m.), The name of a fabulous bird, see [Pañcatantra] 263, 19; cf. my translation, 535, n. 1437. f. dī, Its female, [Pañcatantra] 264, 4.

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

1) Bharaṇḍa (भरण्ड):—[from bhara] m. a master, lord, [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 128 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] a bull, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a worm, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] the earth (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...]

6) Bhāraṇḍa (भारण्ड):—m. Name of a fabulous bird, [Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya; Pañcatantra]

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

Bharaṇḍa (भरण्ड):—(ṇḍaḥ) 1. m. A master; a hus band; a king; a bull.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bharanda 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: Bharandaja, Bharandaji, Bharandakeshna.

Full-text: Bharunda, Bhurunda, Bheranda, Bherunda, Bharandi, Veladhara, Udayana, Dohada, Mrigavati.

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