Dhrishtabuddhi, Dhṛṣṭabuddhi: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dhṛṣṭabuddhi can be transliterated into English as Dhrstabuddhi or Dhrishtabuddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaDhṛṣṭabuddhi (धृष्टबुद्धि).—A Vaiśya who attained heaven by performing the fast of Vaiśākha Vrata. He lived in the country of Bhadrāvatī, on the bank of the River Sarasvatī. The name of the king of the country was Dhṛtimān. Dhanapāla, a Vaiśya of that country had five sons: Sumanas, Dyutimān, Medhāvī, Sukṛta and Dhṛṣṭabuddhi. The last of them turned out to be a wicked man. Going after many women, keeping company with wicked people, gambling, wandering about in search of harlots, not venerating Gods, Manes or Brāhmaṇas, wasting the money of his father, eating untouchable food, drinking liquor and such other acts, he indulged in. Once he was seen walking in the street with his hand on the shoulder of a harlot. So his father turned him out of the house. He was discarded by his relatives too. He sold the ornaments he had on his body. When that was finished the harlots also evaded him. He became a destitute having no money or clothes. When he became tired with hunger and thirst he began stealing in that city. The King’s men caught him. They chained him and scourged him. Finally, he went to the forest and with a bow and arrows he lived by hunting.
Dhṛṣṭabuddhi happened to reach the hermitage of Kauṇḍinya. It was the month of Vaiśākha. While Kauṇḍinya was coming from the Ganges, having taken bath, a drop of water fell on Dhṛṣṭabuddhi from the wet cloth of the hermit, and consequently his sins were washed off. He fell before the hermit and requested him to instruct him in the way of attaining heaven. The hermit advised him to observe the fast of Vaiśākhaśuklaikādaśī known as Mohinī. Accordingly he observed the fast and became sinless. Invested with a divine form he entered the realm of Viṣṇu. (Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 51).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhṛṣṭabuddhi (धृष्टबुद्धि):—[=dhṛṣṭa-buddhi] [from dhṛṣṭa > dhṛṣ] m. ‘bold-minded’, Name of a man, [Catalogue(s)]
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: Dhrishta, Buddhi.
Full-text: Dhrishtadhi, Vaishakhavrata, Dhritiman, Kaundinya, Candrahasa.
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