Gabhastimat, Gabhasti-mat: 5 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Gabhastimat (गभस्तिमत्).—One of the nine divisions of Bhāratavarṣa.*
- * Bhā II. 16. 9 Matsya-purāṇa 114. 8: Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 79. Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 3. 6.
1b) A region of the Pātāla, and with brown soil.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 5. 2-3.
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 dictionaryGabhastimat (गभस्तिमत्).—m. The sun; घनव्यपायेन गभस्तिमानिव (ghanavyapāyena gabhastimāniva) R.3.37. -n. One of the seven divisions of Pātāla.
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Gabhastimat (गभस्तिमत्).—m. the sun.
Gabhastimat is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gabhasti and mat (मत्). See also (synonyms): gabhastihasta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGabhastimat (गभस्तिमत्).—m. (-mān) The sun. n. (-mat) One of the seven divisions of Patala or regions below the earth. E. gabhasti a ray of light, and matup poss. aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gabhastimat (गभस्तिमत्):—[=gabhasti-mat] [from gabhasti > gabha] mfn. shining, brilliant, [Mahābhārata ii, 443; iii, 146]
2) [v.s. ...] m. the sun, [Raghuvaṃśa iii, 37; Kādambarī vi, 1158]
3) [v.s. ...] a particular hell, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa ii, 5, 2]
4) [v.s. ...] (gabhas-tala, [Vāyu-purāṇa])
5) [v.s. ...] m. n. Name of one of the nine divisions of Bhāratavarṣa, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa ii, 3, 6; Golādhyāya iii, 41.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGabhastimat (गभस्तिमत्):—(mān) 5. m. The sun. n. One of the 7 divisions of hell.
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: Gabhasti, Mat.
Full-text: Gabhastala, Gabhastihasta, Dvipa, Bhuvana, Bharatavarsha.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
The concept of Bhāratavarṣa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter V - Account of the Seven religions of Patala, below the earth < [Book II]
Chapter III - Description of Bharata-varsha < [Book II]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 52 - Geography of the World (bhuvanakośa) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section III < [Aranyaka Parva]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 18 - Seven continents (varṣa) < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]