Dviguna, Dviguṇa, Dvi-guna: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Dviguna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण) refers to a “double (Brāhmaṇa)” (i.e., ‘one worth twice as much as a Brāhmaṇa’), according to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, belonging to the Pāñcarātra tradition which deals with theology, rituals, iconography, narrative mythology and others.—Accordingly, “[...] Out of [his own] head indeed has God, the Lord, created the King in ancient times. Therefore does he have his head anointed and stands above all beings. The King is praised in Revealed Knowledge and Systematized Bodies of Knowledge as a double Brāhmaṇa (dviguṇa—dviguṇo brāhmaṇo) (i.e. as worth twice as much as a Brāhmaṇa). If one is hostile to him out of delusion, that fool is hostile to Hari [himself]”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण) refers to the “twofold (lotus)”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 6.28-32ab, while describing the arkamaṇḍala]—“[...] The twofold lotus (dviguṇa—tu dviguṇaṃ padmaṃ) outside follows the sequence [of consonants that] begins with ka and ends with sa. [This is] enclosed with the syllables saḥ, etc.. And in that, is the name of the person to be healed Outside [of this, the Mantrin draws] the disc of the sun, and below he should completely surround it on all sides beginning in the east”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
dviguṇa : (adj.) twofold; double.
1) dviguṇa (ဒွိဂုဏ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[dvi+guṇa．(duguṇa-prā)]
[ဒွိ+ဂုဏ။ (ဒုဂုဏ-ပြာ)]
2) dviguṇa (ဒွိဂုဏ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[dvi+guṇa．dvi- di-pru．．pañcikā,3.92．nirutti.415．(dviguṇa-saṃç diuṇa-prā)]
[ဒွိ+ဂုဏ။ ဒွိ-ကို ဒိ-ပြု။ မောဂ်။ ပဉ္စိကာ၊၃။၉၂။ နိရုတ္တိ။၄၁၅။ (ဒွိဂုဏ-သံ,ဒိဥဏ-ပြာ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) dviguṇa—
(Burmese text): (၁) ၂-ပါးသော အဖို့ရှိသော၊ (က) ၂-ခေါက်ချိုးခြင်းရှိသော၊ ၂-ခေါင်ချိုးသော၊ ၂-လွန်းရှိသော။ (၂)-အနက်လည်းကြည့်ပါ။ (ခ) ၂-ဆ-မြှောက်-ပွါး-တက်-ခြင်းရှိသော၊ ၂-ဆတက်သော။ (ဂ) ၂-ဆ-မြှောက်-ပွါး-တက်-ခြင်းရှိအောင်၊ ၂-ဆတက်အောင်(ကြိ၊ဝိ) (ဃ) ၂-ကြိမ်-၂-ခါ-၂-ထပ်-၂-ပြန်(ကြိ၊ဝိ)။ (၂) ၂-ပါးသော-အထပ်-အလွှာ-ရှိသော၊ ၂-ထပ်-၂-လွှာ-ရှိသော (သင်္ကန်းကြီး-စသည်)။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) For those that are two-part, (a) having two twists, two bends, two excesses. (2) Also check the black. (b) Having two multiplied rises, two rises. (c) To ensure there is two multiplied rises, two rises (verb, adjective). (d) Two times, two occasions, two layers, two repeats (verb, adjective). (2) Having a two-part strata, having two layers (like a big spider). Refer to the original.
2) dviguṇa—
(Burmese text): (က) ၂-ဖို့ရှိသော၊ ၂-ဆတက်သော။ (ခ) ၂-ခုဖြင့်-မြှောက်-ပွါး-အပ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): (a) Two-faced, two-sided. (b) Multiplied by two.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
dviguṇa (द्विगुण).—a (S) Double, twice the quantity or the number.
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
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण).—a. double, twofold; पितुर्वधव्यसनमिदं हि येन मे चिरादपि द्विगुणमिवाद्य वर्धते (piturvadhavyasanamidaṃ hi yena me cirādapi dviguṇamivādya vardhate) Mu.5.6 (driguṇākṛ to plough twice; dviguṇīkṛ to double, increase; dviguṇībhūta a. double, augmented).
Dviguṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvi and guṇa (गुण).
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण).—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) 1. Twice, two times. 2. Multiplied by two, doubled. E. dvi two, and guṇa number.
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण).—[adjective] double, twofold, twice as much as ([ablative] or —°); dviguṇa & dviguṇatara (°—) [adverb], also [neuter] taram. Abstr. tā† [feminine], tva† [neuter]
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Dviguṇa (द्विगुण).—[adjective] double, twofold, twice as much as ([ablative] or —°); dviguṇa & dviguṇatara (°—) [adverb], also [neuter] taram. Abstr. tā† [feminine], tva† [neuter]
1) Dviguṇa (द्विगुण):—[=dvi-guṇa] [from dvi] (or dvi-g) mfn. double, twofold, of 2 kinds, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; ???] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] doubled id est. folded (garment), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] twice as large or as much as ([ablative]), [Yājñavalkya ii, 4]
4) [v.s. ...] ([compound]), [Manu-smṛti viii. 59]
5) Dviguṇā (द्विगुणा):—[=dvi-guṇā] [from dvi-guṇa > dvi] ind., with √kṛ, to plough twice, [Pāṇini 5-4, 59], [Kāśikā-vṛtti]
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण):—[(ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a.] Twice.
[Sanskrit to German]
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Diuṇa, Duuṇa, Duguṇa, Biuṇa.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Dviguṇa (ದ್ವಿಗುಣ):—[noun] the quantity, number, etc. that is twice the given quantity, number.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Dviguṇa (द्विगुण):—adj. double; twofold;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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