Guheshvara, Guheśvara: 4 definitions
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Guheshvara means something in 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 Guheśvara can be transliterated into English as Guhesvara or Guheshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraGuheśvara (गुहेश्वर) is the name of a Gaṇa (attendant of Śiva and/or Pārvatī), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 114. Accordingly, “... he [Maṇipuṣpeśvara] was a match for her [Candralekhā] in youth and beauty, and she met his glance with a responsive look of love, as he stood by her side. Two other Gaṇas, named Piṅgeśvara and Guheśvara, when they saw that, interchanged glances, and a smile passed over their faces. And when the goddess saw them smiling she was angry in her heart, and she cast her eyes hither and thither, to see what they were laughing at in this unseemly manner. And then she saw that Candralekhā and Maṇipuṣpeśvara were looking lovingly in one another’s faces”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Guheśvara, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuheśvara (गुहेश्वर):—[from guhā > guh] m. ‘lord of caverns’, Name of an attendant in Śiva’s retinue, [Kathāsaritsāgara cxiv, 61.]
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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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Full-text: Tridashashaila, Siddhishvara, Pingeshvara, Tridasha, Vidyuddhvaja.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 56 - Greatness of the Lord of Caves (Guheśvara—Guha-īśvara) < [Section 3 - Arbuda-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 2 - Guheśvara (guha-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 35 - Greatness of Agni Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Mingling of Cultures (R): The Saindhavas < [Chapter 4]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CXIV < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 77 - The Temples of Śiva < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]