Idhmavaha, Idhmavāha: 5 definitions
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Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaIdhmavāha (इध्मवाह).—Son of Agastya and his wife Lopāmudrā. The actual name of Idhmavāha was Tridasyu. There is a story in the Mahābhārata about the birth of this boy. When Lopāmudrā was pregnant, Agastya asked her:—"1000 sons of average ability; or 100 sons, each of them having the worth of 10 sons; or 10 sons, each having the worth of 100 sons; or a single son having the nobility and greatness of more than a thousand sons; which would you prefer?" Lopāmudrā chose a single son with the greatness of a thousand sons. Tridasyu or Idhmavāha was the son born according to her wish. The child was in the womb for seven years before he was born. He began to recite Vedas even from the moment of his birth. As the boy grew up, he used to bring small pieces of firewoods and twigs to feed the fire for his father’s homa. That was why he got the name Idhmavāha. (One who brings the necessary things for homa). (Idhma=fuel; vāha=one who carries).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Idhmavāha (इध्मवाह).—The son of Dṛḍhacyuta and grandson of Agastya; a sage who came to see Parīkṣit practising prāyopaveśa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 28. 32; I. 19. 9.
1b) A son of Agastya; and the adopted son of Kratu; hence Āgastyas are Kratus.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 202. 8-9.
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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryIdhmavāha (इध्मवाह):—[=idhma-vāha] [from idhma > indh] m. Name of a son of Agastya, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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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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Ends with: Aidhmavaha, Vidhmavaha.
Full-text: Dridhasyu, Dridhadasyu, Tridasyu, Dridhacyuta, Dardhacyuta.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 28 - Purañjana’s Rebirth as a Woman and Attainment of Liberation < [Book 4 - Fourth Skandha]
Chapter 19 - Arrival of Śuka < [Book 1 - First Skandha]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
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