Hemabha, Hemābha: 7 definitions

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Hemabha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Hemabh.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5

Hemābha (हेमाभ) refers to one of the ten varieties of “rice” (śāli) according to verse 25.60b-61 of the Īśvarasaṃhitā which deals with the classification of the places for building the fire-pits (kuṇḍa). Śāli represents one of the seven village-corns that are fit for food-offerings. Accordingly, “Śāli (e.g., hemābha) is important among them. Others are to be taken in its absence or that of others”.

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (p)

Hemābhā (हेमाभा) refers to a “yellow colour”, and is mentioned in the meditation on Garuḍa in the Tejomaṇḍala, according to the second chapter of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā (Toxicology).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā describes the different forms of Garuḍa in the five bhūta-maṇḍalas on which the aspirant has to meditate upon to cure the snake-bite victim from the poison which could have killed him. In the Tejo-maṇḍala, Garuḍa is meditated upon as one with tremendous speed and with the effulgence of the fire at the time of dissolution, clad in yellow (hemābhā-ambhara) and donninga a crown of different gems, his hands adorned with the conch and the tarjanī-mudrā, adept in arresting poison

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Hemābha (हेमाभ).—[adjective] gold-like.

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

1) Hemābha (हेमाभ):—[from hema > heman] mfn. looking like g°, [Mahābhārata]

2) Hemābhā (हेमाभा):—[from hemābha > hema > heman] f. Name of the palace of Rukmiṇī, [Harivaṃśa]

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

Hemabha (हेमभ):—[hema-bha] (bhaḥ-bhā-bhaṃ) a. Like gold.

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Hemabha 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Hemābha (हेमाभ) [Also spelled hemabh]:—(a) having the lustre of gold.

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