Bilvamangala, Bilvamaṅgala, Vilvamangala, Bilva-mangala: 5 definitions

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Bilvamangala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami Temple

Vilvamaṅgala (विल्वमङ्गल) is the name of a sage who lived in North Malabar (Cf. Raja 1958, 41; Bayi 1995, 20).— There is an another version of the origin of the Thiruvananthapuram Temple which relates to a Nampūtiri Brahmin sage by name Vilvamaṅgala (from North Malabar), who used to have visions of a god in the form of a boy during his daily rituals. One day, during the sage’s daily worship, the boy took away the śālagrāma. The sage became angry and the boy vanished. The sage went looking for the boy and finally located him in a place known as Anantankāṭu or “forest of Ananta” in the south of Kerala, which is today the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum). The sage Vilvamaṅgala had a vision of Viṣṇu reclining on the serpent Ananta and, not having anything suitable to offer, he plucked a few unripe mangoes and placed them in a coconut shell lying there.

Note: Referring to K. Rama Pisharoti, K. Kunjunni Raja (1958, 41) observes that “there were three Vilvamaṅgalas: the first was the author of the Kṛṣṇakarṇāmṛta and flourished in the ninth century A.D.; the second Vilvamaṅgala is identified with the grammarian who wrote the Puruṣakāra commentary on Daiva; and the third was a contemporary of Mānadeva, Zamorin of Calicut, who flourished in the seventeenth century”.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Bilvamaṅgala (बिल्वमङ्गल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—called also līlāśuka Kṛṣṇakarṇāmṛta. Kṛṣṇabālacaritra. Kṛṣṇāhnikakaumudī. Govindastotra. Bālakṛṣṇakrīḍākāvya. Bilvamaṅgalastotra. Bp. 302. Bilvamaṅgalaṭīkā, a
—[commentary] on one of these poems. L. 3163.

2) Bilvamaṅgala (बिल्वमङ्गल):—Govindadāmodarastava.

3) Bilvamaṅgala (बिल्वमङ्गल):—Govindaikaviṃśatikā.

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

Bilvamaṅgala (बिल्वमङ्गल):—[=bilva-maṅgala] [from bilva > vil] m. Name of a poet (also called Līlā-śuka), [Catalogue(s)]

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