Ekavimshati, Eka-vimshati, Ekaviṃśati: 10 definitions
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Ekavimshati means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Ekaviṃśati can be transliterated into English as Ekavimsati or Ekavimshati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Shaivism
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति) refers to “twenty-one” (generations), according to the Śivadharmottara: an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with the merit generated by ritual action and methods for attaining rewards after death.—Accordingly, “If [the king] performs this rite [of worshipping the Liṅga] with its six factors Śiva will show his favour. In both this world and the next he will grant all his desires. So a king who is a devotee of Śiva should worship him in this way. If he does so he will rescue twenty-one (ekaviṃśati) generations of his patriline. He will install them in heaven and then go on himself to the eternal domain of Īśvara...”.
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.
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति) refers to “twenty-one (horsemen)” (accompanying a hunting party), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “[...] At the middle of the party there should be the leading hawker, with two soldiers on each side. The circle should be made with twenty-one (ekaviṃśati) horsemen. All men in the circle, with their eyes fixed on the chief hawker, should remain at a distance of four cubits from each other, in two equal divisions on each side. [...]”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
1) Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति) or Ekaviṃśatiguggulu refers to one of the topics discussed in the Madhumatī, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to Nṛsiṃha Kavirāja collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Madhumatī manuscript, consisting of 5,586 ślokas (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term—Ekaviṃśati-guggulu in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads—ekaviṃśatigugguluvidhānam.
2) Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति) [=ekaviṃśatika-guggulu] also refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The complete entry reads: ekaviṃśatikagugguluḥ .
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.
Shaktism
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति) refers to the “twenty-one days” (of lying motionless after fainting), according to the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, [while discussing the Hagiography of Siddha Bauddhadeva]: “[...] O Bhairava, when Siddhanātha heard this (he was pleased) and Siddhanātha initiated her with an intense descent of (spiritual) energy. She fainted because of the gaze of (his) intense Command. She (lay there) motionless for twenty-one days (ekaviṃśati). Then, O Hara, the god was satisfied and gave (her) the Lion Seat. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति) refers to “twenty-one (figures)” (suitable for an offering ritual), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [As the Bhagavān said]: “Now I shall teach the offering manual which is auspicious and can bring about any effect. [...] Seven coiling figures should be made and rice spirals. Twenty-one figures (ekaviṃśati-rūpaka) should be prepared one after the other. Boiled rice, milk rice, a dish of rice and peas, yoghurt and thickened milk should be placed. Fruits and flowers should be placed. Four jars should be placed. Preceded by a great offering barley-meal should be placed as foremost. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति).—f. twentyone.
Derivable forms: ekaviṃśatiḥ (एकविंशतिः).
Ekaviṃśati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and viṃśati (विंशति).
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति).—f. twenty-one, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 87.
Ekaviṃśati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and viṃśati (विंशति).
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति):—[=eka-viṃśati] [from eka] f. twenty-one, a collection or combination of twenty-one, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति):—(eka + viṃ) f. einundzwanzig, eine Verbindung von 21: ekaviṃśatyā.māṣaiḥ pururṣaśī.ṣamacchaiti, ekaviṃśatirbhavati [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 1, 8, 1.] ekaviṃśati.vai devalo.āḥ [10, 3.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 3, 5, 11. 3, 1, 3, 21. 13, 3, 3, 7.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 2, 10, 5.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 87. 166. 5, 35.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 58.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 13, 27.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 131.] ekaviṃśatyaratni 21 Ellen hoch [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 4, 4, 5.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 13, 27.] gṛhīta 21 Mal geschöpft [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9, 2, 2, 6.] saṃstho yajñaḥ [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 138.]
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Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति):—pl. st. sg. [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 91.] dinagaṇapativrata [Oxforder Handschriften 284,b,19.] sthāna Titel einer Schrift [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 282.] ekaviṃśatyanugāna n. Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,210,a.]
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Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति):—am Anf. eines comp. wie ein adj.: yūpāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa ed. Bomb. 1, 14, 25.]
Ekaviṃśati (एकविंशति):—f. Sg. und Pl. (selten) dass. ekaviṃśatyamī (!) svargāḥ [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,164,1.] Als Adj. in yūpāḥ ekaviṃśatigṛhīta 21 Mal geschöpft. ekaviṃśatinirbādha. Adj. [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6,7,1,2.7,4,1,10.]
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