Digvasas, Digvāsas, Dish-vasas: 10 definitions
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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationDigvāsas (दिग्वासस्) refers to “one who is naked” and is used to describe Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.31 (“Description of Śiva’s magic”).—Accordingly, as Śiva (in disguise of a Brahmin) said to the Lord of Mountains: “I have come to know that you desire to give your daughter to Śiva, [...] To Śiva—who has no support, who is devoid of associations, who is deformed, who is without attributes, who resides in the cremation-ground, who has the form of a snake-catcher, who is a Yogin, who is naked (digvāsas) , who has deficient limbs, who wears snakes as his ornaments, [...]”.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDigvāsas (दिग्वासस्).—a. having only the directions for his clothing, stark naked, unclothed; दिगम्बरत्वेन निवेदितं वसु (digambaratvena niveditaṃ vasu) Kumārasambhava 5.72; एकाकी गृहसंत्यक्तः पाणिपात्रो दिगम्बरः (ekākī gṛhasaṃtyaktaḥ pāṇipātro digambaraḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.15; Manusmṛti 11.21. (-raḥ) 1 a naked mendicant (of the Jaina or Buddha sect.)
2) a mendicant, an ascetic.
3) an epithet of (1) Śiva; (2) Skanda.
4) darkness.
-rī an epithet of Durgā.
Digvāsas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms diś and vāsas (वासस्). See also (synonyms): digambara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDigvāsas (दिग्वासस्).—mfn.
(-sāḥ-sāḥ-saḥ) Naked. m.
(-sāḥ) A name of Siva. E. dik for diś space, and vāsas vesture: see digambara .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDigvāsas (दिग्वासस्).—adj. naked, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 201. Durvāsas, i. e.
Digvāsas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms diś and vāsas (वासस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDigvāsas (दिग्वासस्).—[adjective] & [masculine] = digambara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumDigvāsas (दिग्वासस्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—grammarian. Ibid. p. 315.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Digvāsas (दिग्वासस्):—[=dig-vāsas] [from dig > diś] mfn. = -ambara, [Manu-smṛti xi, 201; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a naked mendicant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata xiii, 695 etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] of a grammarian, [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDigvāsas (दिग्वासस्):—[di-gvāsas] (saḥ) 1. m. A name of Shiva. a. Naked.
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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: Dish, Vasas, Dig, Di, Ti.
Full-text: Vatarashana, Dantavasas, Digambara, Durvasas, Vasaka, Vasas.
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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 32 - Hymn to Lord Śiva < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 14 - Creation of Siddheśvara (Siddha-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 25 - Mahādeva Meets Pārvatī: Eagerness for Marriage with Pārvatī < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 32 - The Manifestation of Daṇḍapāṇi < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 27 - Śiva cursed by Dāruvana sages: their repentance and prayer < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XVII < [Anusasanika Parva]