Halayudha, Halāyudha, Hala-ayudha: 14 definitions

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In Hinduism
In Jainism
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1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
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Introduction:

Halayudha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Halāyudha (हलायुध).—A Sanskrit poet who lived in the 10th century A.D. A mahākāvya called Kavirahasya is his most important work The hero in the great poem is Krṣṇa III. A King of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty, and poet Halāyudha was a courtier of his.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Halāyudha (हलायुध) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.36.1) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Halāyudha) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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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.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Halāyudha (हलायुध) is the name of a Brahmin who composed to Halāyudhastotra, recorded at the Amareśvara temple.—The Halāyudhastotra is an ornate poem in praise of Śiva.—The text of the Halāyudhastotra is recorded, together with the Mahimnastava and a Narmadāstotra, on an inscription of 1063AD (saṃvat 1120) in the Amareśvara temple at Oṃkāreśvar/Māndhātā.—The inscription was written by a Pāśupata, Paṇḍita Gāndhadhvaja, while the text itself is said to have been composed by a Brahmin named Halāyudha.

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Halayudha (हलयुद्ध): Plough-weaponed, an epithet of Balarama who wielded a plough as his weapon.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s Paümacariu

Halāyudha (हलायुध) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Halāyudha] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Halāyudha (हलायुध).—

1) an epithet of Balarāma.

2) Name of the author of अभिधान-रत्नमाला (abhidhāna-ratnamālā).

Derivable forms: halāyudhaḥ (हलायुधः).

Halāyudha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hala and āyudha (आयुध).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Halāyudha (हलायुध).—m.

(-dhaḥ) A name of Balarama. E. hala a plough, āyudha a weapon.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Halāyudha (हलायुध).—m. Baladeva.

Halāyudha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hala and āyudha (आयुध).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Halāyudha (हलायुध).—[adjective] armed with a plough; [masculine] [Epithet] of Baladeva, [Name] of [several] men.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Halāyudha (हलायुध) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—one of the gurus of Govinda (Śāṅkhāyanamahāvratabhāṣya). W. p. 28.

2) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]

3) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—a writer on some vaidic topic. Rādh. 2.

4) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—Kavirahasya [grammatical]

5) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—(?): Matsyasūktatantra.

6) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—Saṃdhyāsūtrapravacana.

7) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—minister to Lakṣmaṇasenadeva, son of Dhanaṃjaya, brother of Īśāna and Paśupati: Dvijanayana. Paṇḍitasarvasva. Brāhmaṇasarvasva. Mīmāṃsāsarvasva. Vaiṣṇavasarvasva. Śaivasarvasva. Śrāddhapaddhatiṭīkā. Halāyudha is often quoted e. g. in Vivādaratnākara, Vivādacintāmaṇi, by Vardhamāna in Daṇḍaviveka L. 1910, by Raghunandana and Kamalākara.

8) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—son of Puruṣottama, from Bengal, wrote in 1475: Purāṇasarvasva.

9) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—Dharmaviveka kāvya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Halāyudha (हलायुध):—[from hala > hal] m. ‘plough-weaponed’, Name of Bala-rāma (See above; also transferred to Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] (also with bhaṭṭa, miśra etc.) Name of various writers ([especially] of a poet, of the author of the Abhidhāna-ratnamālā, of the author of the Purāṇa-sarvasva etc.), [Catalogue(s)]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Halāyudha (हलायुध):—[halā+yudha] (dhaḥ) 1. m. A name of Balarāma.

[Sanskrit to German]

Halayudha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Halāyudha (ಹಲಾಯುಧ):—

1) [noun] = ಹಲಧರ - [haladhara -]2 & 3.

2) [noun] a plough-like weapon.

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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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Kavirahasya of Halāyudha < [Chapter 1 - Śāstrakāvyas—A Brief Survey]

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