Jagatprabhu, Jagat-prabhu: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jagatprabhu (जगत्प्रभु).—

1) an epithet of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.

2) an Arhat of the Jainas.

Derivable forms: jagatprabhuḥ (जगत्प्रभुः).

Jagatprabhu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jagat and prabhu (प्रभु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jagatprabhu (जगत्प्रभु).—m. the lord of the world.

Jagatprabhu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jagat and prabhu (प्रभु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jagatprabhu (जगत्प्रभु).—[masculine] = jagatpati.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jagatprabhu (जगत्प्रभु):—[=jagat-prabhu] [from jagat > jaga] m. the lord of the world, [Prabodha-candrodaya i, 24]

2) [v.s. ...] Brahmā, [Mahābhārata iii, 15908]

3) [v.s. ...] Śiva

4) [v.s. ...] Viṣṇu, [Varāha-purāṇa clxix, 2]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of an Arhat of the Jainas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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