Dashamukha, Daśamukha, Dasāmukha, Dashan-mukha: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Daśamukha can be transliterated into English as Dasamukha or Dashamukha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Wisdom Library: JainismDaśamukha (दशमुख) is another name for Rāvaṇa, the eighth Prativāsudeva according to both Śvetāmbara and Digambara sources. He is also known by the name Laṅkeśa. Jain legends describe nine such Prativāsudevas (anti-heroes) usually appearing as powerful but evil antagonists instigating Vāsudeva by subjugating large portions of Bharata-land. As such, they are closely related with the twin brothers known as the Vāsudevas (“violent heroes”) and the Baladevas (“gentle heroes”).
According to the Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita 7.1, the mother of Daśamukha (Rāvaṇa) is named Ratnaśravas and his mother Kaikasī. Accordingly, “Ratnaśravas gave him the name Daśamukha because his face was united with the nine rubies”. Rāvaṇa has two elder brothers named Bhānukarṇa (or Kumbhakarṇa) and Bibhīṣaṇa, and a sister named Candraṇakhā (or Śūrpaṇakhā).
The Prativāsudevas (such as Daśamukha) fight against the twin-heroes with their cakra-weapon but at the final moment are killed by the Vāsudevas. Their stories are narrated in the Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita (“the lives of the sixty-three illustrious persons”), a twelfth-century Śvetāmbara work by Hemacandra.
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraDaśamukha (दशमुख) (also called Rāvaṇa) is a son of Rākṣasa Ratnaśravas (son of Sumālin) and Vidyādharī Kaikasī (daughter of Vyomabindu), according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.1 [origin of the rākṣasavaṃśa and vānaravaṃśa] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, “[...] [Kaikasī] bore a son, who made the seats of his enemies shake, with a life-term of more than twelve thousand years. Leaping about on the birth-couch, very strong, shaking the earth, resting on his back, with a proud red lotus of a foot, with, his hand he drew a necklace made of nine rubies from a casket standing near, a necklace which was a present in the past from Indra Bhīma. From inherent arrogance the child put the necklace around his neck and Kaikasī and her attendants were amazed. [...] At once Ratnaśravas gave him ‘the name ‘Daśamukha’ because his face was united with the nine rubies. [...]”.
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 dictionaryDaśamukha (दशमुख).—an epithet of Rāvaṇa. °रिपुः (ripuḥ) an epithet of Rāma; सीतां हित्वा दशमुखरिपुर्नोपयेमे यदन्याम् (sītāṃ hitvā daśamukharipurnopayeme yadanyām) R.14.87.
Derivable forms: daśamukhaḥ (दशमुखः).
Daśamukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daśan and mukha (मुख).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśamukha (दशमुख).—m.
(-khaḥ) A name of Ravana. E. daśa ten, and mukha a face.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśamukha (दशमुख).—[-n], I. n. pl. ten faces, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 10, 23. Ii. adj. having ten faces, epithet of Rāvaṇa, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 59. Diṅmº, i. e.
Daśamukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daśa and mukha (मुख).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśamukha (दशमुख).—[adjective] ten-faced ([Epithet] of Rāvaṇa).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Daśamukha (दशमुख):—[=daśa-mukha] [from daśa] m. = -kaṇṭha, [Meghadūta; Gīta-govinda; Prabodha-candrodaya; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] n. [plural] 10 mouths, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśamukha (दशमुख):—[daśa-mukha] (khaḥ) 1. m. A name of Rāvana.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarydasāmukha (ဒသာမုခ) [(na) (န)]—
[dasā+mukha]
[ဒသာ+မုခ]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)dasāmukha—
(Burmese text): (က) အမြိတ်အဆာ၏ အစပိုင်း။ (ခ) အမြိတ်အဆာ၏ အရင်းပိုင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (a) The beginning of the momentum. (b) The source of the momentum.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dasa, Mukha, Tacan, Taca.
Starts with: Dashamukhantaka, Dashamukharavana, Dashamukharipu, Dashamukhavadha.
Full-text (+10): Dashamukhavadha, Dashamukharipu, Dashamukharavana, Dashamukhantaka, Dashanana, Dashasya, Ravana, Dashamukhi, Tacamukan, Dashavaktra, Dashavadana, Dashamauli, Kaikasi, Ratnashravas, Dashakandhara, Dashagriva, Dashakantha, Bahurupa, Bahurupin, Anangakusuma.
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