Jambavant, Jāmbavant: 4 definitions
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Jāmbavant (जाम्बवन्त्).—m. A proper name, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 25, 33. f. vatī, A proper name, Mahābhārata 3, 670.
Jāmbavant (जाम्बवन्त्).—[masculine] [Name] of a monkey prince.
Jāmbavant (जाम्बवन्त्):—(wohl von jāmbava mit suff. vant, wobei ein va ausgefallen ist)
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Königs der Bären (ṛkṣa), der mit den Affen gemeinschaftliche Sache mit Rāma macht und daher bisweilen auch Affe genannt wird. Er ist ein Sohn Pitāmaha’s und Vater der Jāmbavatī, welche Kṛṣṇa zur Frau nahm. [Mahābhārata 3, 16115.] [Harivaṃśa 2065. fgg. 6701.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 25, 33. 41, 2. 6, 3, 14. 6, 20. 22, 3.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 426. fg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 21, 8.] [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 10, 934.] —
2) f. vatī a) Nomen proprium der Tochter des Jāmbavant, einer Gemahlin Kṛṣṇa’s und Mutter des Śāmba, [Mahābhārata 3, 670. 10271.13, 616. fgg.] [Harivaṃśa 2072. 7727. 7953. 8979. 9180] (pauravī). [9185. 9592.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 427.] [Oxforder Handschriften 62,b,17. 33.] [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 10,934.] — b) Name eines Strauchs, = jambū, jāmbavī, nāgadamanī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. jāmbuvant .
Jāmbavant (जाम्बवन्त्):——
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Affen. —
2) f. vatī — a) Nomen proprium der Tochter Gāmbavant’s und Gattin Kṛṣṇa's. — b) * = jāmbava —
3) [Rājan 5,82.]
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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