Dharmadhvaja, Dharma-dhvaja: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज):—Son of Kuśadhvaja (son of Śīradhvaja). He had two sons named Kṛtadhvaja and Mitadhvaja. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.13.19)
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज).—See under Tulasī.
Dharmadhvaja (तुलसी) is father of Tulasī, who is the wife of Śaṅkhacūḍa (son of Dambha), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.28 (“The penance and marriage of Śaṅkhacūḍa”).—Accordingly, [After Śaṅkhacūḍa received the divine amulet of Śrīkṛṣṇa]: “Brahmā said to him: ‘You now go to Badari. There you marry Tulasī who is performing penance just at her own will. She is the daughter of Dharmadhvaja’. Brahmā instructed him thus and vanished even as he was watching him. Then Śaṅkhacūḍa whose penance had been fruitful in the holy centre of Puṣkara tied the most auspicious amulet round his neck”.
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज).—(Janaka) a son of Kuśadhvaja and father of Kṛtadhvaja and Mitadhvaja (Amitadhvaja Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 13. 19; Viṣṇu-purāṇa VI. 6. 7-8.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज) is the name of an ancient king from Ujjayinī, as mentioned in the eleventh story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 85. Accordingly, “... there lived of old in Ujjayinī a king of the name of Dharmadhvaja; he had three wives, who were all daughters of kings, and whom he held very dear. The first of them was called Indulekhā, the second Tārāvalī, and the third Mṛgāṅkavatī; and they were all possessed of extraordinary personal charms. And the successful king, who had conquered all his enemies, lived happily, amusing himself with all those three queens”.
The story of Dharmadhvaja is mentioned in the Vetālapañcaviṃśati (twenty-five tales of a vetāla) which is embedded in the twelfth book of the Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’). The main book is a famous Sanskrit epic detailing the exploits of prince Naravāhanadatta in his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The Kathā-sarit-sāgara is is explained to be an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā which consisted of 100,000 verses and in turn forms part of an even 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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज).—m (S Banner of religion.) Ostentation of religiousness or sanctity. v lāva, ubhāra, ubhava, uḍa. 2 By meton. A forward professor of religion or sanctity.
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
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज).—m. a religious hypocrite, an impostor; Bhāgavata 3.32.39.
Derivable forms: dharmadhvajaḥ (धर्मध्वजः).
Dharmadhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and dhvaja (ध्वज). See also (synonyms): dharmadhvajin.
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज).—name of several different former Buddhas: Gaṇḍavyūha 257.2; 259.2; 284.8; 427.2; Lalitavistara 171.17 (no v.l., but Tibetan ḥod zer rgyal mtshan, which points to Raśmidhvaja); name of a Buddha in the nadir, Sukhāvatīvyūha 98.9.
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज).—1. adj. one who displays the flag of virtue, a hypocrite, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 32, 39. 2. m. a proper name, 9, 13, 19.
Dharmadhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and dhvaja (ध्वज).
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज).—[adjective] whose banner is virtue, also = seq.; [masculine] a man’s name.
1) Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज):—[=dharma-dhvaja] [from dharma > dhara] mfn. ‘whose banner is l°’, feigning virtue, hypocritical, an impostor, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] (also -vat and jika, [Mahābhārata]; jin, [Manu-smṛti iv, 195])
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of the sun, [Mahābhārata iii, 149]
3) [v.s. ...] of a king of Mithilā (son of Kuśa-dhvaja, father of Amitadhvaja and Kṛta-dhvaja), [Purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] of a brother of Kuśadhvaja, [ib.]
5) [v.s. ...] of a king of Kāñcana-pura, [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] of another person, [Lalita-vistara]
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज):—(dharma + dhvaja)
1) adj. der das Gesetz zur Standarte hat, Beiw. der Sonne [Mahābhārata 3, 149.] die Tugend zur Schau tragend, die Tugend als Aushängeschild brauchend. heuchlerisch [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 32, 39.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Königs von Mithilā, eines Sohnes des Kuśadhvaja und Vaters von Amitadhvaja und von Kṛtadhvaja, [Viṣṇupurāṇa 645.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9. 13, 19.] eines Bruders des Kuśadhvaja [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 24,a,15.] Nomen proprium eines Königs von Kāñkanapura [Vetālapañcaviṃśati ebend. 152,b,31.] einer anderen Person [Rgva tch’er rol pa 167.]
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Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज):—
2) König von Ujjayinī [Kathāsaritsāgara 85, 3.]
Dharmadhvaja (धर्मध्वज):——
1) Adj. — a) das Gesetz zum Banner habend (die Sonne). — b) die Tugend zur Schau tragend , heuchlerisch. —
2) m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer.
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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Partial matches: Dhvaja, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma.
Full-text (+18): Amitadhvaja, Kritadhvaja, Mitadhvaja, Mahadharmadhvaja, Dharmadhvajin, Kushadhvaja, Taravati, Mrigankavati, Dharmadhvajika, Rashmidhvaja, Dhvajika, Nishpratimana, Vitadhvaja, Khandikya, Da fa chuang, Keshidhvaja, Ucchrepayati, Ucchrepayate, Fa chuang, Kurujit.
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Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 17.10 < [Chapter 17 - Disposition of the Zodiac Signs Containing the Moon]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 73 - Karabheśvara (karabha-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 279 - Greatness of Cyavanāditya (Cyavana-āditya) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 8 - The Greatness of Tulasī (Basil Plant) < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 980 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 1]
Page 993 < [Hindi-Kashmiri-English Volume 1]
Page 979 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXXXV < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Vetāla 11: King Dharmadhvaja and his Three Very Sensitive Wives < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 28 - The penance and marriage of Śaṅkhacūḍa < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]