Kamalaksha, Kamala-aksha, Kamalākṣa: 13 definitions
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Kamalaksha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit term Kamalākṣa can be transliterated into English as Kamalaksa or Kamalaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष).—A great warrior who fought on the side of the Kauravas. Duryodhana sent this warrior along with Śakuni to attack Arjuna. (Chapter 156, Droṇa Parva. Mahābhārata).
2) Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष).—A son of Tārakāsura. He was one of the famous trio of demons. For details see under 'Tripura'.
Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष) refers to one of the three sons of Tāraka-Asura, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.1 (“Description of Tripura—the three cities”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “O great sage, when the Asura Tāraka was killed by Skanda, the son of Śiva, his three sons performed austerities. The eldest of them was Tārakākṣa, the middle one Vidyunmālī and the youngest Kamalākṣa. All of them were of equal strength. They were self-controlled, well prepared, disciplined, truthful, of steady mind, heroic and inimical to the gods. [...]”.
1a) Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष).—A Dānava who entered the ocean.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 61. 4.
1b) A tīrtha sacred to Mahotpala.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 13. 34.
Kamalāksa (कमलाक्स) refers to one of the three sons of the demon Tāraka, according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the Saurapurāṇa in two chapters 34 and 35 relates the Tripuradhana myth thus:—“[...] The demon Tāraka who was killed by Kārttikeya had three sons namely Vidyunmāli, Tārakākṣa and Kamalāksa. These powerful demons propitiated Brahmā with their formidable penance. They received the boon that they would not be killed by the Devas and the Asuras. [...] Then the demons consulting each other prayed Brahmā to grant the boon of establishing three cities and live there roaming in the three worlds. [...] Then Maya, the architect, created three cities, the iron one in the earth for Vidyunmāli, the silver one in the midair for Tārakākṣa and the other of gold in the heaven for Kamalāksa”.
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष) is the name of a Buddha under whom Śākyamuni (or Gautama, ‘the historical Buddha’) acquired merit along the first through nine bhūmis, according to the Mahāvastu. There are in total ten bhūmis representing the ten stages of the Bodhisattva’s path towards enlightenment.
Kamalākṣa is but one among the 500 Buddhas enumerated in the Mahāvastu during a conversation between Mahākātyāyana and Mahākāśyapa, both principle disciples of Gautama Buddha. The Mahāvastu is an important text of the Lokottaravāda school of buddhism, dating from the 2nd century BCE.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष).—m (S kamala & akṣa The eye.) A seed of the lotus. Used for beads &c. 2 A flowering shrub, and n its flower.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष).—
1) The lotus-seed.
2) Viṣṇu; कमलाक्षः पद्मबीजे विष्णावपि पुमान् भवेत् (kamalākṣaḥ padmabīje viṣṇāvapi pumān bhavet) Nm.
Derivable forms: kamalākṣaḥ (कमलाक्षः).
Kamalākṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kamala and akṣa (अक्ष).
Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष).—name of a former Buddha: Mahāvastu i.137.7.
Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष).—[feminine] ī lotus-eyed.
1) Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष):—[from kamala > kam] mf(ī)n. lotus-eyed
2) [from kamala > kam] n. Name of a town, [Matsya-purāṇa]
Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष):—(1. kamala + akṣa Auge)
1) Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,7.] —
2) f. ī Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2624.]
Kamalākṣa (कमलाक्ष):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) lotusäugig [Indische sprüche 7793.] [Dhūrtanāṭaka 47.] —
2) m. oder n. Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit. —
3) f. ī Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kamalākṣa (ಕಮಲಾಕ್ಷ):—
1) [noun] a lotus seed, used as a bead in a rosary.
2) [noun] = ಕಮಲಾಂಬಕ [kamalambaka].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Aksha, Kamala.
Full-text (+10): Mahotpala, Tripura, Akshamala, Kamalekshana, Tarakakhya, Kamalakshi, Rajatapura, Triputra, Putratraya, Jitendriya, Kaniyas, Drohin, Tulyabala, Tarakasuta, Three cities, Three towns, Satyavadin, Hemapura, Vidyunmalin, Devadrohin.
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