Indradeva: 3 definitions
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Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the ŚilāhārasIndradeva (III) (इन्द्रदेव) of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa line of kings is mentioned in the Paṭṭaṇakuḍi plates of Avasara II.—“Jagattuṅgadeva’s son was the self-controlled illustrious Indradeva (III) (alias) Nityavarṣa, who resembled the heavenly Indra, and who was like a brother to all wise men. After him there flourished his younger brother Amoghavarṣa (III), who was dear to the Earth, and was the lord of all feudatory princes, being attractive by his royal qualities”.
These copper plates (mentioning Indradeva) were obtained from Tonappa Parisa Upadhye, the priest of the Jain basti of Paṭṭaṇakudi, who claims that they have been preserved as heirloom in his family. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the Śilāra (i.e. Śilāhāra) king Avasara II, ruling from Balinagara. The inscription is dated in the expired Śaka year 910 (expressed in words), the cyclic year being Sarvadhārin, on Monday, the fifth tithi of the bright fortnight of Kārttika.
Indradeva (III) or Nityavarṣa is also mentioned in the Janjirā plates (set I) of Aparājita.—“Thereafter there reigned the illustrious Indradeva (III), the son of Jagattuṅga, (known as ) Nityavarṣa, the lord of the earth, who was feared on account of the eminence of (his) valour... From his was born Amoghavarṣa (II) who ruled (only) for a year, and who, to the delight of the people, poured forth large streams of gold even as a cloud pours large showers of water”.
These copper plates (mentioning Indradeva) were discovered by one Bala Tukaram, while digging in the compound of his house at Chikhala-pākhāḍī, a part of Muruḍ Janjirā in the Kolābā District of the Mahārāṣṭra State.The grant was made on the mahāparvan of the solar eclipse which occurred on Sunday, the fifteenth tithi of the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, when the sun was in the zodiacal sign (rāśi) of Siṃha in the cyclic year Vijaya and the expired Śaka year 915.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryIndradeva (इन्द्रदेव).—name of a Bodhisattva: Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 6.10.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumIndradeva (इन्द्रदेव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]
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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Full-text: Nityavarsha, Jayamanoharavarnamahavihara, Asanalokeshvaramahavihara, Kacchapalagirimahavihara, Jagattungadeva, Amoghavarsha.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.14.47 < [Chapter 14 - Yamarāja’s Saṅkīrtana]
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.34 < [Section XI - The Ceremony of ‘First Egress,’ (niṣkramaṇa) and that of ‘First Feeding,’ (annaprāśana)]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Āyurveda and the Vedas < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Influence of Independence, Andhra and Telangana Movements on Telugu Poetry < [Jan. – Mar. 1991 & Apr. – Jun. 1991]