Kahoda, Kahoḍa: 7 definitions
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Kahoda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 EncyclopediaKahoḍa (कहोड).—(KAHOḌAKA—KHAGODAKA). A sage the disciple and son-in-law of Uddālaka. He was the father of the sage Aṣṭāvakra.
Uddālaka had another name "Śvetaketu". He was a sage who had personally seen and talked to the goddess Sarasvatī. It was at that time that Kahoḍaka became his disciple. Kahoḍaka who was of a gentle nature served his preceptor for a long time and won his favour. He was immensely pleased and after teaching the necessary things gave his daughter Sujātā in marriage to Kahoḍaka. In due course, Sujātā became pregnant. One day, the child in the womb cried out that there was a mistake in his father’s recitation of the Vedas. Kahoḍaka was displeased at this. He cursed the child that he would be born with a body having eight bends (curves). So the boy was named "Aṣṭāvakra" (one who has eight bends). Sujātā who was poor, once sent Kahoḍaka to King Janaka for some money. Kahoḍaka who was defeated in a disputation was immersed in water. Aṣṭāvakra rescued his father. (See under Aṣṭāvakra).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKahoḍa (कहोड).—A madhyamādhvaryu.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 33. 16.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Apam Napat: Indian MythologyKahoda was a disciple of Uddalaka. Having pleased his Guru by his devotion, he won the hand of Uddalaka's daughter Sujata in marriage. He joined his father-in-law in teaching. However, he was not as skilled as Uddalaka, and made numerous mistakes in reciting the Vedas.
His unborn child had imbibed the Vedas, due to the fact that his mother Sujata used to be seated near the place where her father Uddalaka was teaching. When this child heard the mistakes made by his father, he began correcting them, even from the womb! Humiliated before his students, Kahoda became very angry. He cursed his son to be born a cripple. The child was born with eight deformations in his body, and was hence known as Ashtavakra.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKahoḍa (कहोड).—[masculine] [Name] of a man, [neuter] of his work.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kahoḍa (कहोड):—m. ([gana] śivādi), Name of a man with the [patronymic] kauṣītaki, or kauṣītakeya, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata]
2) Kāhoḍa (काहोड):—m. a [patronymic] [from] kahoḍa [gana] śivādi.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Kahika, Kahola, Ashtavakra, Kaushitakeya, Lahoda, Kahodi, Kaushitaka, Khagodara, Uddalaka, Kukardama, Kaushitaki, Sujata.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 139 - The Greatness of Agnipāleśvara < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 157 - Pippalāda-tīrtha < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 135 - The Greatness of Sābhramatī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa II, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Second Kāṇḍa]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 33 - Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
Education in the Epic Period < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]