Dvirada, Dvi-rada: 16 definitions
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Dvirada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Dvirada (elephant) is one of the saṃyutta-hastāni (Twenty-seven combined Hands).
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Dvirada (द्विरद) refers to “elephants”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 2, “on favorable marks”]: “A vehicle for a king is an elephant in whom these six parts are elevated: the two temporal bosses, the two tusks, the withers, and the backbone. 2. An excellent elephant (dvirada-uttama) is one who has these seven parts red colored: the two trunk ends, penis, tongue, lip, anus, and palate. [...]”.
Dvirada (द्विरद) (lit. “one who has two tusks”) is a synonym (another name) for the Elephant (Gaja), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Kavya (poetry)
Dvirada (द्विरद) refers to “elephants”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 224-228).—Accordingly, “[Going ahead a little, he then sees that the Goddess Caṇḍikā] was enclosed by a door made from the ivory of wild elephants (vana-dvirada-danta), as yellowish-white as fragments of ketakī filaments, and an iron architrave bearing an ornamental garland of black iron mirrors surrounded by a row of red yak tail whisks resembling a garland of Śabara heads horrific with tawny hair”.
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’.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Dvirada (द्विरद) represents the number 8 (eight) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 8—dvirada] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Dvirada (द्विरद) is the name of an ancient king, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.4 [Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “Siṃharatha’s son, Brahmaratha, became king next, then Cāturmukha, Hemaratha, Śataratha, Udayapṛthu, Vāriratha, Induratha, Ādityaratha, Māndhātṛ, Vīrasena in turn, King Pratimanyu, King Pratibandhu, King Ravimanyu, Vasantatilaka, Kuberadatta, Kunthu, Śarabha, Dvirada in turn, then Siṃhadaśana, Hiraṇyakaśipu, Puñjasthala, Kakutstha, Raghu. Among these kings some reached emancipation and some heaven”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Dvirada (द्विरद).—an elephant; सममेव समाक्रान्तं द्वयं द्विरदगामिना (samameva samākrāntaṃ dvayaṃ dviradagāminā) R.4.4; Meghadūta 61. °अन्तकः, °अराति, °अशनः (antakaḥ, °arāti, °aśanaḥ)
1) a lion.
2) the Śarabha.
Derivable forms: dviradaḥ (द्विरदः).
Dvirada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvi and rada (रद).
Dvirada (द्विरद).—m.
(-daḥ) An elephant. E. dvi two, and rada a tooth, having tusks and teeth,
Dvirada (द्विरद).—[adjective] two-toothed; [masculine] elephant.
1) Dvirada (द्विरद):—[=dvi-rada] [from dvi] mfn. 2-tusked, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. an elephant, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
Dvirada (द्विरद):—[dvi-rada] (daḥ) 1. m. An elephant.
Dvirada (द्विरद):—(dvi + rada)
1) adj. zweizähnig [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1263.] —
2) m. Elephant [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1217.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5471. 2, 819. 826. 13, 4048. fg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 9, 62. 43, 39.] [Suśruta 2, 522, 2.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 1, 12.] [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 4.] [Meghadūta 60.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 11, 10.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 18, 7.] pati [5, 20, 39.]
Dvirada (द्विरद):——
1) Adj. zweizähnig. —
2) m. Elephant. pati m. ein stattlicher , ausgewachsener E.
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
Dvirada (ದ್ವಿರದ):—[noun] having two teeth or teeth-like projections.
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Dvirada (ದ್ವಿರದ):—[noun] an elephant that has two tusks.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
1) dvirada (ဒွိရဒ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[dvi+rada]
[ဒွိ+ရဒ]
2) dvirada (ဒွိရဒ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[dvi+rada．dve radā dantā yassa dvirado．,ṭī.36va．(dvirada-saṃ,diraya-prā)]
[ဒွိ+ရဒ။ ဒွေ ရဒါ ဒန္တာ ယဿ ဒွိရဒေါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၃၆ဝ။ (ဒွိရဒ-သံ၊ ဒိရယ-ပြာ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) dvirada—
(Burmese text): (စွယ်စုံ)ဆင်။ ဒိရဒဝရ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (General) Elephant. Also look at the Dira Dwara.
2) dvirada—
(Burmese text): ဒိရဒ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Look at this.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Dviradadanta, Dviradagamin, Dviradakaragra, Dviradamaya, Dviradantaka, Dviradapati, Dviradarata, Dviradarati, Dviradashana, Dviradasimha, Dviradasimharasa, Dviradasya, Dviradavara, Dviradottama.
Full-text (+29): Dviradantaka, Pratidvirada, Dviradarata, Gandhadvirada, Dviradakaragra, Dviradapati, Dviradagamin, Dviradamaya, Dviradashana, Dviradarati, Dirada, Dviradavara, Dviradasya, Parinatadvirada, Tuviratam, Rada, Dviradasimha, Vanadvirada, Dviradadanta, Hemaratha.
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Ganita-sara-sangraha by Mahavira-Acharya (by M. Rangacharya)
Chapter 4 - Trtiyah prakirnaka vyavaharah < [Part 2 - Sanskrit text]
Chapter 1 - Samjnadhikarah < [Part 2 - Sanskrit text]
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 132 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 189 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
1. Genealogy of the Ikshvaku Vamsa dynasty < [Chapter 5 - Origin and Genealogy of Various Vamshas]