Kalanara, Kala-nara, Kālanara: 5 definitions
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Kalanara 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)
Kālanara (कालनर).—(Kālānala, Vāyu-purāṇa) the son of Sabhānara, and father of Sṛñjaya.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 23. 1; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 13.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kālanara (कालनर).—(in astrology) the figure of a man's body.
Derivable forms: kālanaraḥ (कालनरः).
Kālanara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and nara (नर).
1) Kālanara (कालनर):—[=kāla-nara] [from kāla] 1. kāla-nara m. Name of a son of Sabhā-nara (a son of Anu), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 23, 1] (cf. kālānala.)
2) [=kāla-nara] [from kāla] 2. kāla-nara m. ‘a time-man’ id est. (in [astrology]) the figure of a man’s body on the various limbs of which the twelve signs of the zodiac are distributed for the purpose of foretelling future destinies [commentator or commentary] on [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka]
3) Kālānara (कालानर):—See kālānala.
Kālanara (कालनर):—1. (1. kāla + nara) m. Nomen proprium des Sohnes von Sabhānara, eines Sohnes des Anu, [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 23, 1.] — Vgl. kālānara und kālānala .
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Kālanara (कालनर):—2. (2. kāla + nara) m. = kālapuruṣa [1.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 278.]
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Kālānara (कालानर):—m. Nomen proprium des Sohnes von Sabhānara [Viṣṇupurāṇa 444.] — Vgl. kālanara und kālānala .
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Kālanara (कालनर):—2. [Oxforder Handschriften 336,b,5 v. u. 337,a,7.]
Kālanara (कालनर):—1. m. = kālapuruṣa 1).
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Kālanara (कालनर):—2. m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Sabhānara.
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Kālānara (कालानर):—m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Sabhānara.
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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Starts with: Kalanaracu.
Full-text: Kalanala, Sabhanara, Kalapurusha, Anudruhyuvamsha, Adhiratha, Turvasuvamsha, Anga, Karna, Kekaya, Ushinara, Prajapati, Shrinjaya, Shibi.
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Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 18 - Yayāti’s son Anu < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
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Page 834 < [Marathi-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 345 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 3]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 23 - The History of the Dynasties of Anu, Druhyu, Turvasu and Yadu < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)