Cidvilasa, Cidvilāsa: 5 definitions
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Cidvilasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chidvilasa.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Cidvilāsa (चिद्विलास) refers to—Transcendental pleasure-pastimes.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
cidvilāsa (चिद्विलास).—a S (Of whom Mind is the gem; Pure intelligence; delighting in knowledge, "dwelling in light" &c.) Epithets of God.
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
1) Cidvilāsa (चिद्विलास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a pupil of Śaṅkarācārya. Oxf. 248.
2) Cidvilāsa (चिद्विलास):—vedānta. Burnell. 95^b.
Cidvilāsa (चिद्विलास):—[=cid-vilāsa] [from cid > cit] m. Name of a pupil of Śaṃkarācārya, [Śaṃkara-vijaya iv, 5.]
Cidvilāsa (चिद्विलास):—(5. cit + vi) m. Nomen proprium eines Schülers des Śaṃkarācārya [Oxforder Handschriften 248,a,1. 260,b, No. 628.] [HALL 167. fg.]
Cidvilāsa (चिद्विलास):—m. Nomen proprium eines Schülers des Śaṃkarācārya.
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: Cidvilasastava.
Full-text: Transcendental pleasure-pastime, Cidvilasastava, Shamkaravijaya, Shankaravijaya.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 38 < [Volume 21 (1918)]
Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)
Śaṅkarācārya Worships the Goddess < [Chapter 2 - The Making of the Smārta-Śaiva Community of South India]
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
Maṭhas founded by Śaṅkara < [Chapter 4 - Similarities and Dissimilarities]
Sanskrit Mahākāvyās on Śaṅkara’s Story of Life < [Chapter 1 - Life and Works of Lakṣmaṇa Sūrin]
Place of Samādhi—Another Point of Dispute < [Chapter 4 - Similarities and Dissimilarities]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.195 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.2.185 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.4.183 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Cidvilasastava by Amrtananda (by Brian Campbell and Ben Williams)
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 18.63 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]