Devabhuti, Devabhūti, Deva-bhuti: 9 definitions
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Devabhuti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexDevabhūti (देवभूति).—The son of Bhāgavata the last of the Śungas; killed by his amātya Vasudeva.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 1. 18-20. Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 24. 36-7, 39.
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: KathāsaritsāgaraDevabhūti (देवभूति) is the name of a Brāhman from Pañcalā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 72. Accordingly, as king Vinītamati said to Somaśūra: “... there lived in Pañcāla, of old time, a Brāhman named Devabhūti, and that Brāhman, who was learned in the Vedas, had a chaste wife named Bhogadattā. One day when he had gone to bathe, his wife went into the kitchen-garden to get vegetables, and saw a donkey belonging to a washerman eating them”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Devabhūti, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
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
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names, Thirty kappas ago there were five kings of this name, all previous births of Pupphacangotlya. Ap.i.118.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDevabhūti (देवभूति).—f. an epithet of the Ganges.
Derivable forms: devabhūtiḥ (देवभूतिः).
Devabhūti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and bhūti (भूति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevabhūti (देवभूति).—f.
(-tiḥ) The Ganges of heaven. E. deva a deity, and bhūti being, abiding. devānāmaiśvaryeca .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Devabhūti (देवभूति):—[=deva-bhūti] [from deva] m. Name of the last prince of the Śuṅga dynasty, [Purāṇa] ([varia lectio] mi and ri)
2) [v.s. ...] f. the Ganges of the sky, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevabhūti (देवभूति):—[deva-bhūti] (tiḥ) 2. f. The heavenly Ganges.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bhuti, Deva, Teva.
Full-text: Devabhumi, Siddhapada, Kshemabhumi, Pupphacangotiya, Shaunga, Bhagavata, Bhogadatta, Bhogavati, Nandivardhana, Kaṇva, Vasudeva.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.2e - The Śuṅga Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 1 - Dynasties of the Kali Age < [Book 12 - Twelfth Skandha]
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Kaushambi during the Shunga Dynasty < [Chapter 2]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 3 - The Age of the Mahabharata War < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Kalidasa the Playwright different from < [July – September, 1999]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - The journey of the Buddha to the north-west of India < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]