Dvadashatman, Dvādaśātman, Dvadasha-atman: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dvādaśātman can be transliterated into English as Dvadasatman or Dvadashatman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Dvādaśātman (द्वादशात्मन्) refers to the “sun”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 10.52.—The twelve forms of the Sun are mentioned in the following verse cited by Nārāyaṇa—“vidhātṛmitrāryamaṇo varuṇendrabhagāṃśavaḥ | pūṣā vivasvān parjanyastvaṣṭā viṣṇurdineścvarāḥ ||” In “dvādaśātmasitadīdhitisthitiḥ” 18.115, the “sun” means also the Iḍā artery and the “moon” the Piṅgalā. See Nārāyaṇa.
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’.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Dvādaśātman (द्वादशात्मन्).—m.
(-tmā) The sun. E. dvādaśa twelve, and ātman identity; being represented in and identified with the twelve Adityas, or the sun in each month of the year; also dvādaśātmaka .
Dvādaśātman (द्वादशात्मन्).—adj. appearing in twelve forms, Mahābhārata 3, 156.
Dvādaśātman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvādaśan and ātman (आत्मन्).
Dvādaśātman (द्वादशात्मन्):—[from dvā-daśa > dvā] m. ‘appearing in 12 forms’, the sun (in each month), [Mahābhārata; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Dvādaśātman (द्वादशात्मन्):—[dvādaśā+tman] (tmā) 5. m. The sun.
Dvādaśātman (द्वादशात्मन्):—(dvādaśan + ātman) adj. in zwölf Formen erscheinend; m. Beiname der Sonne [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 96.] [Mahābhārata 3, 156.]
Dvādaśātman (द्वादशात्मन्):—Adj. in zwölf Formen erscheinend ; m. Beiname der Sonne [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 4.1,613,15.]
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: Dvadasha, Atman.
Starts with: Dvadashatmatman.
Full-text: Dvadashatmatman, Tuvatacanma.
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