Jaladhara, Jala-adhara, Jala-dhara, Jaladdhara, Jaladhāra, Jalādhāra, Jaladhārā: 22 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Jaladhāra (जलधार).—One of the seven major mountains in Śākadvīpa, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 86. It is also known by the name Candra. Śākadvīpa is one of the seven islands (dvīpa), ruled over by Medhātithi, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, son of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.
Jaladhāra (जलधार).—A mountain in Śākadvīpa (The island of Śāka). (Mahābhārata Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 11, Stanza 16).
1) Jaladhārā (जलधारा) refers to the “water-currents”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.6, while explaining and enumerating the principles (tattvas):—“from the body of Viṣṇu who thus exerted himself, water-currents (jaladhārā) of various sorts began to flow as a result of Śiva’s Māyā. O great sage, the Supreme Brahman in the form of divine waters pervaded the entire void. A mere contact with the same is destructive of sins. Viṣṇu, the weary person went to sleep amidst the waters. He was in that blissful state of delusion for a long time. As approved in the Vedas, his name came to be established as Nārāyaṇa (Having water as abode). Excepting for that Primordial Being there was nothing then”.
2) Jaladhāra (जलधार) is another name for the Ocean (Sāgara), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.20 (“The story of the submarine fire”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā said to the Ocean: “[...] At the will of Śiva I was requested by the gods who were harassed by it, and so I went there and suppressed the fire. I gave it the form of a mare. I have brought it here. O ocean [i.e., jaladhāra], I ask you to be merciful. This fury of lord Śiva, now in the form of a mare, you will bear till the final dissolution of all living beings”.
1a) Jaladhāra (जलधार).—A mountain of Śākadvīpa from Vāsava; draws water always from rain.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 19. 85-86; Matsya-purāṇa 122. 9; Vāyu-purāṇa 49. 79.
1b) A continent of Udaya hill.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 122. 20.
2) Jalādhāra (जलाधार).—A mountain of Śākadvīpa; perhaps Jaladhāra (s.v.).*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 4. 62.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Jaladhara (जलधर) (or Hrīvera, Aṃbu, Udīcya, Vālaka) refers to the medicinal plant Coleus vettiveroides K.C. Jacob, and is used in the treatment of atisāra (diarrhoea), according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2. Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including Jaladhara] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Jaladhara (जलधर) refers to a “thundercloud”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] The handsome elephant called ‘state’, originating in the first world age and in spring, has his entire body not over-stout, has rosy color, (great) girth and length, is enduring, mountain ranging, a good caravaner, sensitive according to the meaning (of the stimulus applied in driving him), resolute, energetic (or, dignified), great, has a roar like a (thunder-) cloud (jaladhara-ninada), is loved by the cows, is heroic, has tawny eyes and tusks, and well-balanced (bodily) humors”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Jaladhāra (जलधार) refers to a “stream of water” [i.e., oṃ āḥ hūṇ sarvatathāgata-suvarṇa-jaladhāre svāhā], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
jaladhara : (m.) a rain-cloud. || jalādhāra (jala + adhāra) m. deposit of water; reservoir.
Jaladhara refers to: (cp. jalandhara rain-cloud) the sea Miln. 117;
Note: jaladhara is a Pali compound consisting of the words jala and dhara.
1) jaladdhara (ဇလဒ္ဓရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[jala+dhara¿]
[ဇလ+ဓရ¿]
2) jaladhara (ဇလဓရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[jala+dhara]
[ဇလ+ဓရ]
3) jaladhāra (ဇလဓာရ) [(na,thī) (န၊ထီ)]—
[jala+dhāra]
[ဇလ+ဓာရ]
4) jalādhāra (ဇလာဓာရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[jala+ādhāra]
[ဇလ+အာဓာရ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) jaladdhara—
(Burmese text): ဇလဒ္ဓရအမည်ရှိသော စကြာမင်း။
(Auto-Translation): A celestial deity named Zaladro.
2) jaladhara—
(Burmese text): မိုးတိမ်။
(Auto-Translation): Cloud.
3) jaladhāra—
(Burmese text): ရေအယဉ်။ ဝါရိဓာရ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Water is beautiful. Look at the rainbow too.
4) jalādhāra—
(Burmese text): ရေအိုင်။
(Auto-Translation): Water AI.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Jalādhāra (जलाधार).—a pond, lake, reservoir of water.
Derivable forms: jalādhāraḥ (जलाधारः).
Jalādhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and ādhāra (आधार).
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Jaladhara (जलधर).—
1) a cloud.
2) the ocean.
Derivable forms: jaladharaḥ (जलधरः).
Jaladhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and dhara (धर).
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Jaladhārā (जलधारा).—a stream of water.
Jaladhārā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and dhārā (धारा).
Jaladhara (जलधर).—(in Sanskrit cloud, and Lex. ocean; in Pali ocean, Milp. 117.31), ocean, appears in Prakrit form, and with ā m.c. for a, as jalāhara, in Lalitavistara 175.11 (verse; cited Śikṣāsamuccaya 206.9) maraṇo (Śikṣāsamuccaya °ṇaṃ) grasate bahuprāṇiśataṃ (Śikṣāsamuccaya °tān) makareva jalāhari bhūtagaṇaṃ (Śikṣāsamuccaya °ro va jalākari bhūtagaṇān); the meaning ocean, which alone fits the context, is confirmed by Tibetan rgya mtshoḥi.The form is loc. sg., for jala-dhare.
Jaladhara (जलधर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Holding or having water. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A cloud. 2. The ocean. 3. A grass, (Cyperus rotundus.) E. jala water, and dhara. containing, possessing, form dhṛ with ac aff. jalaṃ dharati .
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Jalādhāra (जलाधार).—m.
(-raḥ) A pond, a lake, a reservoir, any piece of water. E. jala, and ādhāra a receptacle.
Jaladhara (जलधर).—[jala-dhara], m. A cloud, Bhāṣāp. 1.
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Jalādhāra (जलाधार).—or
Jalādhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and ādhāra (आधार).
Jaladhara (जलधर).—[masculine] cloud (lit. water-bearer).
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Jaladhārā (जलधारा).—[feminine] flood or gush of water.
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Jalādhāra (जलाधार).—[masculine] pond, lake.
1) Jaladhara (जलधर):—[=jala-dhara] [from jala] m. ‘holding water’, a (rain-) cloud, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] the ocean, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Cyperus rotundus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Dalbergia ujjeinensis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a metre of 4 x 32 syllabic instants
6) Jaladhāra (जलधार):—[=jala-dhāra] [from jala] m. Name of a mountain, [Mahābhārata vi, 417; Harivaṃśa 12405]
7) [v.s. ...] of a Varṣa in Śāka-dvīpa, [Mahābhārata vi, 426]
8) Jaladhārā (जलधारा):—[=jala-dhārā] [from jala-dhāra > jala] f. a stream of water, [Mahābhārata vi, ix; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 17, 1.]
9) Jalādhāra (जलाधार):—[from jala] m. = la-sthāna, [Yājñavalkya iii, 144; Mahābhārata xii, 4891]
10) [v.s. ...] Name of a mountain, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa ii, 4, 62.]
1) Jaladhara (जलधर):—[jala-dhara] (raḥ) 1. m. A cloud; the ocean; a grass. a. Holding water.
2) Jalādhāra (जलाधार):—[jalā+dhāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A pond, a lake.
Jaladhara (जलधर):—(jala + dhara) Wasser tragend, m.
1) Regenwolke [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2. 8.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 164.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5331. 3, 1691. 7, 7163.] [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 2.] [Harivaṃśa 3822.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 7, 17. 6, 90, 28.] [Bhartṛhari 1, 70.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 11, 5.] [Meghadūta 35.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 24, 20. 25, 5.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 12, 16.] [Gītagovinda 6, 7.] —
2) Meer [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1074.] —
3) als Synonym von Wolke N. eines Cyperus (mustaka) [Śabdakalpadruma] nach [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 25.] —
4) Dalbergia ougeinensis Roxb. (tiniśa) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
5) Name eines aus 4 x 32 Moren bestehenden Metrums [Colebrooke II, 157 (III, 40).]
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Jaladhāra (जलधार):—
1) m. (jala + dhāra) a) Nomen proprium eines Berges (Wasser tragend) [Mahābhārata 6, 417.] sahasra [Harivaṃśa 12405.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Varṣa in Śā- -kadvīpa [Mahābhārata 6, 426.] —
2) f. ā (jala + dhārā) Wasserstrom [Mahābhārata 6, 5786. 9, 754.] [Gedicht vom Vogel Cātaka 1.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 17, 1.]
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Jalādhāra (जलाधार):—(jala + ādhāra) m. Wasserbehälter [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 25.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1096.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 144.] prasṛte tu jalādhāre [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 598,] [Scholiast]
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Jalādhāra (जलाधार):—Teich, See [Mahābhārata 12, 4891.]
Jaladhara (जलधर):—m. —
1) Regenwolke. —
2) *Meer. —
3) *Cyperus rotundus. —
4) *Dalbergia ougeinensis. —
5) ein best. Metrum.
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Jaladhāra (जलधार):—m. Nomen proprium —
1) eines Berges. —
2) eines Varṣa im Śākadvīpa.
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Jaladhārā (जलधारा):—f. Wasserstrom , -guss.
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Jalādhāra (जलाधार):—m. —
1) Wasserbehälter , Teich , See. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Gebirges [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,4,62.]
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Kannada-English dictionary
Jaladhara (ಜಲಧರ):—
1) [noun] a cloud, which holds water.
2) [noun] the potherb Amarantus viridis of Amarantaceae family.
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Jalādhāra (ಜಲಾಧಾರ):—[noun] a water tank, pond etc.
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Jaḷadhara (ಜಳಧರ):—
1) [noun] a cloud, which holds water.
2) [noun] the potherb Amaranthus viridis of Amarantaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Jaladhārā (जलधारा):—n. 1. the vessel with a small pore at the bottom hung above Shivalinga to supply a constant stream/current of water; 2. stream/current of water;
2) Jalādhāra (जलाधार):—n. body of water;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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