Gaganaravinda, Gaganāravinda, Gagana-aravinda: 5 definitions

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In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Gaganāravinda (गगनारविन्द) is synonymous to Ambarāravinda—“sky-lotus” (i.e. used as a demonstration of an impossibility), as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 70, l 15]—‘Khapuṣpa’ means a sky-flower. This word occurs in Vol. II, p. 198, l. 5. ‘Khakusuma’, a synonym of ‘khapuṣpa’ occurs on p. 346, l. 3 and its another synonym ‘ākāśakusuma’ on p. 323, l. 8 and in Vol. II, on p, 216, l. 22. ‘Ambarāravinda’, sky-lotus, is met with in Vol. II, p. 7, 1, 17 and its synonym ‘vyomāravinda’ on p. 81, l. 30, ‘puṣkarapuṣkara’ and ‘ākāśapadma’ in Vol II, p 214, l. 5, & l. 16 resp., and, ‘gaganāravinda’, Vol II on p 87, l. 80.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gaganaravinda in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gaganāravinda (गगनारविन्द):—[from gagana] n. = nakusuma, [Śaṃkara-vijaya xx 3 ii, 5; Tarkasaṃgraha 103.]

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Gaganaravinda in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Gaganaravinda in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gaganāraviṃda (ಗಗನಾರವಿಂದ):—

1) [noun] the lotus flower of the heavens.

2) [noun] (fig.) any imaginary, impracticable, unattainable thing, state, ideal, etc.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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