Hiranyabahu, Hiraṇyabāhu, Hiranya-bahu: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु).—A nāga born in Vāsuki’s dynasty. He was burnt to death at the sarpa satra of Janamejaya. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Verse 6).
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु).—A Pravara sage.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 199. 16.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु).—
1) an epithet of Śiva.
2) the river Śoṇa.
Derivable forms: hiraṇyabāhuḥ (हिरण्यबाहुः).
Hiraṇyabāhu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hiraṇya and bāhu (बाहु).
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु).—m.
(-huḥ) 1. The river Sona. 2. Siva. E. hiraṇya, bāhu an arm.
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु).—hiraṇya bāhu, and hiraṇyavāha hiraṇya-vāha, m. 1. The river Sone. 2. Śiva.
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु).—[adjective] golden-armed.
1) Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु):—[=hiraṇya-bāhu] [from hiraṇya > hiraṇa] mfn. (hiraṇya-) golden-armed, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] the river Śoṇa ([varia lectio] -vāha), [Harṣacarita]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a serpent-demon, [Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] of a man, [Catalogue(s)]
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु):—[hiraṇya-bāhu] (huḥ) 2. m. The river Sone; Shiva.
Hiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु):—
1) adj. goldarmig [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 17.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10, 22. Śiva] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 21.] [Mahābhārata 14, 198.] —
2) m. a) ein Name des Flusses Śoṇa [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 33.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1090.] [Halāyudha 3, 52.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Mahābhārata 1, 2147.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 58, 35.] — Vgl. hairaṇyabāheya .
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
Hiraṇyabāhu (ಹಿರಣ್ಯಬಾಹು):—
1) [noun] Śiva.
2) [noun] name of a river that rises in Gondwana in the district of Nāgpur and running for 500 miles and empties into the river Gange near Pāṭna, in Bihār.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Hiranya, Bahu.
Full-text (+0): Bahuhiranya, Hairanyabaheya, Hiranyavaha, Disampati.
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