Jimuta, aka: Jīmūta, Jimūta; 9 Definition(s)

Introduction

Jimuta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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)

1) Jīmūta (जीमूत).—A King born of the family of Yayāti. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 9).

2) Jīmūta (जीमूत).—A wrestler (Pahalvān). While the Pāṇḍavas were living incognito in the city of Virāṭa, once Brahmotsava (Brahmā festival) was celebrated all over the country. Wrestling was an important item of the Brahmā festival. Jīmūta was the most famous of the wrestlers who took part in the festival. He struck several wrestlers down. At last King Virāṭa asked Bhīma to wrestle with Jīmūta. Bhīmasena accepted the invitation. In the wrestling Jīmūta was killed. (Mahābhārata Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 16).

3) Jīmūta (जीमूत).—A hermit. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Chapter 111, Stanza 23 that this hermit got a treasure of gold called Jaimūta from the Himālayas.

4) Jīmūta (जीमूत).—The horse of the King Vasuṃanas. See under Vasumanas.

1a) Jīmūta (जीमूत).—A son of Vyoma and father of Vikṛti (Vimala, Matsya-purāṇa).^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 24. 4; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 70. 41; Matsya-purāṇa 44. 40-41; Vāyu-purāṇa 95. 40; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 12. 41.

1b) A son of Vapuṣmān after whom came a kingdom.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 14. 32, 33; Vāyu-purāṇa 33. 28, 29; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 4. 23, 29.

1c) A monkey chief.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 240.

1d) A mountain that entered the sea from fear of Indra.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 121. 75.

1e) A region of Śālmalidvīpa adjoining the Balāhaka hill.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 19. 44; Vāyu-purāṇa 49. 40.

2) Jimūta (जिमूत).—Clouds of the Āgneya type without lightning; under the control of Pravāha air.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 22. 36; Vāyu-purāṇa 51, 5, 31.

Jīmūta (जीमूत) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IV.12.24) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Jīmūta) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

context information

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.

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

1) Jīmūta (जीमूत) refers to one of the eight kinds of daṇḍaka according to Kavikarṇapūra (C. 16th century) in his Vṛttamālā 61. Kavikarṇapūra was an exponent on Sanskrit metrics belongs to Kāmarūpa (modern Assam). Accordingly, “If there exist eleven ra-s after two na-s, then it is Jīmūta”.

2) Jīmūta (जीमूत) refers to one of the seventy-two sama-varṇavṛtta (regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 334th chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (eg., the jīmūta metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.

context information

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

jīmūta : (m.) rain-cloud.

context information

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.

Marathi-English dictionary

jīmūta (जीमूत).—m S A cloud. jīmūtavarṇa a S Cloud-colored. Ex. nīḷa jīmūtavarṇa raghuvīra ||.

jīmūta (जीमूत).—m A cloud jimūtavarṇa a Cloud- coloured.

Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jīmūta (जीमूत).—[jayati nabhaḥ, jīyate anilena jīvanasyodakasya mūtaṃ bandho yatra, jīvanaṃ jalaṃ mūtaṃ baddham anena, jīvanaṃ muñcatīti vā pṛṣo° Tv. cf. Uṇ.3.91]

1) cloud; जीमूतेन स्वकुशलमयीं हारयिष्यन् प्रवृत्तिम् (jīmūtena svakuśalamayīṃ hārayiṣyan pravṛttim) Me.4.

2) A mountain.

3) A nourisher, sustainer.

4) An epithet of Indra.

Derivable forms: jīmūtaḥ (जीमूतः).

Jīmūta (जीमूत).—m.

(-taḥ) 1. A cloud. 2. A mountain. 3. A grass, (Andropogon serratus.) 4. A name of Indra. 5. A nourisher, a sustainer. 6. A plant: see ghoṣaka. 7. A species of the Dandaka metre. E. ji to excel or surpass, Unadi affix tan and mūṭ augment, or jī for jīva life, and mūta who urines. jayati nabhaḥ jīyate anilena vā .

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