Indrakila, Indrakīla, Indra-kila: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Indrakila means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील).—A mountain in front of the Himālaya and Gandhamādana mountains. The presiding deity of this mountain is a devotee of Kubera. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 37).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Indrakīla (इन्द्रकील).—A mountain in Bhāratavarṣa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa, V. 19. 16.
1b) A tīrtha sacred to Pitṛs.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 22. 53.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—It is one of the peaks in the interior of the Himālayas.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismIndrakila (इन्द्रकिला): A mountain Arjuna passed on his way to the Himalayas to practise austerities to acquire powerful new weapons from Lord Mahadeva.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील) refers to the “ground and threshold” [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then, in order to clarify this point further, the Lord went on to speak these verses: ‘(54) Homage (satkāra) should be beyond attachment and ill-will, it should not discriminate between superior, inferior. The religious way (yāna) which is just like the ground and threshold (indrakīla), teaches patience in order to purify living beings”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study (history)Indrakīla (इन्द्रकील) is mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa and could correspond to some hill to the west of Kaśmīra.—As the temple of Durgā on the bank of Madhumatī seems to be the same as the shrine of Śāradā described by Stein, it is reasonable to assume that Indrakīla and Gaurī-śikhara which are mentioned in the Nīlamata in connection with the temple of Durgā, may be designations of some hills to the west of Kaśmīra.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryindrakīla (इंद्रकील).—m S (The pin or bolt of the ankle.) The ankle-joint.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishindrakīla (इंद्रकील).—m The ankle-joint.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील).—
1) Name of the mountain मन्दर (mandara).
2) a rock. (-lam) 1 the banner of Indra.
2) A pin, nail, bolt फालका भाजनोर्ध्वे तु तदूर्ध्वे चेन्द्रकीलकम् (phālakā bhājanordhve tu tadūrdhve cendrakīlakam) (Mānasāra 12.126). cf. also Kau. A.2.3.
Derivable forms: indrakīlaḥ (इन्द्रकीलः).
Indrakīla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and kīla (कील).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील).—m. (= Pali inda°, also °khīla; not recorded in this sense in Sanskrit, where it appears to mean bar, bolt to a gate or door; AMg. indakhīla, said to mean a portion of a city gate; a door bolt…, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]; query: was the ‘bolt’ fastened under the door, in the pavement? compare Meyer, Kauṭ.71, 689), threshold slab, a stone imbedded in the ground at the entrance to a city gate, or to a palace, house, or apartment: Mahāvyutpatti 5582 °laḥ = Tibetan ḥkor gtan, lit. circle bar, or Tibetan sgoḥi them pa, threshold of a door; [Tibetan-English Dictionary] cites both these Tibetan phrases as synonymous renderings of indrakīla, and defines them as steps at the threshold or at the entrance of a house; compare Divyāvadāna 544.7, three indrakīlas, viz. nagare indrakīlo, rājakule…, and antaḥpure…, thresholds to a city, a royal palace, and a harem; this passage is a commentary on Divyāvadāna 543.22 (yaḥ…bhikṣur…) rājñaḥ… indrakīlaṃ vā indrakīla-sāmantaṃ vā samatikrāmed, if any monk crosses a king's threshold or its environs; generally referred to as located at a city gate; in entering the city one steps upon it: Mahāvastu i.308.7 samanantaraṃ indrakīlaṃ pādena cokramati (= ca-avakr°), and as soon as he (Buddha, entering a city) stepped on the i° with his foot; Divyāvadāna 250.20 (Bhagavatā) sābhisaṃskāra (q.v.) indrakīle pādo vyava- sthāpitaḥ (in entering a city); 365.1 (Buddhā…) indrakīle pādau vyavasthāpayanti (in entering a city by the gate); Avadāna-śataka i.109.1 yadā ca bhagavatā indrakīle pādo nyastaḥ (in entering a city; the gate is not mentioned); Gaṇḍavyūha 205.3 rājadhānīṃ praviśata indrakīlam ākrāmataḥ, as (a Buddha) was entering the capital, as he stepped upon the threshold (pres. pples., gen. sg.); Mahāvastu ii.396.3 (verse) so indrakīle (mss. °kīlo) sthita, standing on the threshold, apparently of the city (rājadhānī) mentioned line 2; used in comparisons as type of immobility, recommended in religious life: Mahāvastu i.292.14 yathendrakīlo pṛthivīsaṃniśrito syā…asaṃ- prakampi, as an i° should be fixed in the earth, (so…) immovable; Udānavarga xvii.12 indrakīlopamā; in this sense applied to the mind or thoughts of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, Mahāvastu ii.261.3 and 262.5 (Bodhisattvas) indrakīlopamacitta- tāṃ ca anuprāpnuvanti; iii.225.5 indrakīlopamacittā (of Buddha); Avadāna-śataka i.223.12 bhagavān…indrakīla iva (here physically and literally motionless, like a threshold-stone) tasmin pradeśe sthitaḥ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील).—m.
(-laḥ) The mountain Mandara, a fabulous mountain with which the ocean was churned. E. indra and kīla a pin or bolt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील).—m. the name of a mountain, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 80, 18.
Indrakīla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and kīla (कील).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Indrakīla (इन्द्रकील):—[=indra-kīla] [from indra] m. Name of a mountain, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] a bolt, cross-beam, [Atharvaveda-pariśiṣṭa; Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndrakīla (इन्द्रकील):—[indra-kīla] (laḥ) 1. m. The mountain Mandara, used to churn the sea.
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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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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 3.10.28-30 < [Chapter 10 - The Glory of Śrī Girirāja]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 8.7 - The region of Uttarāpatha (northern part) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Appendix 2 - Identification of Geographical names mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
34. Kirāta incarnation of Śiva < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
Stupa at Piprahwa (Basti district) < [Chapter 3]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section X < [Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva]
Section XXXVII < [Arjunabhigamana Parva]
Section XXXIX < [Kairata Parva]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 3 - Construction of Forts < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]