Hemamalaka, Hemamali, Hemamālaka, Hemamālī: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Hemamālī (हेममाली).—He used to supply flowers to Vaiśravaṇa. He had a beautiful wife called Viśālākṣī. Once when he returned with flowers from Mānasasaras he felt an onrush of love and spent time at home in love pranks with his wife. Kubera went to the temple for worshipping Śiva at noon and though he waited there till dusk time for Hemamālī to bring the flowers the latter did not come. Kubera got angry and sent for Hemamālī and he came trembling with fear. Kubera’s curse turned him into a leper afflicted with eighteen varieties of leprosy, and separated from wife he fell from Alakāpurī. At last he came to Hemādri where he met sage Mārkaṇḍeya. Hemamālī told him all about his misfortune and the sage advised him to observe Āṣāḍhakṛṣṇaikādasī. Hemamālī did so and got cured of the fell disease and returned to Devaloka. (Padma Purāṇa, Uttarakhaṇḍa, Chapter 54).
2) Hemamālī (हेममाली).—A son of King Drupada. He was killed in the great war by Aśvatthāmā. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 156, 182).
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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesAnother name for the Maha Thupa
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.9.18 < [Chapter 9 - The Glories of Srī Ekādaśī]
Verse 5.10.18 < [Chapter 10 - The Stories of the Washerman, Weaver, and Florist]
Verse 5.10.25 < [Chapter 10 - The Stories of the Washerman, Weaver, and Florist]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)