Bhimanada, Bhīmanāda, Bhima-nada: 6 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexBhīmanāda (भीमनाद).—One of the seven pralaya clouds.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 2. 8.
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-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhīmanāda (भीमनाद).—a. sounding dreadfully. (-daḥ) 1 a loud or dreadful sound; भीमनादमयमाहतोच्चकैः (bhīmanādamayamāhatoccakaiḥ) Śi.15.1.
2) a lion.
3) Name of one of the seven clouds that will appear at the destruction of the world.
Bhīmanāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhīma and nāda (नाद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhīmanāda (भीमनाद).—m.
(-daḥ) 1. A lion. 2. A loud or fearful sound. 3. Name of one of the seven clouds which spring up at the end of the world. E. bhīma formidable, nāda voice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhimanāda (भिमनाद).—m. a lion.
Bhimanāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhima and nāda (नाद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhīmanāda (भीमनाद):—[=bhīma-nāda] [from bhīma > bhī] m. a terrific sound, [Kāvya literature]
2) [v.s. ...] ‘sending forth a t° s°’, a lion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of one of the 7 clouds at the destruction of the world, [Catalogue(s)]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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