Kashinatha, Kāśinātha, Kāśīnātha, Kashi-natha: 11 definitions

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Kashinatha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 terms Kāśinātha and Kāśīnātha can be transliterated into English as Kasinatha or Kashinatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

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Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (shaktism)

Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ) is possibly the author of the 17th century Kaulagajamardana (“crushing the Kaula elephant”) authored by Kāśīnātha or Kṛṣṇānandācala.—Citing an article by Chakravarti, Gourdiaan and Gupta attribute the Kaulagajamardana to the seventeenth or eighteenth-century Kāśīnātha Bhaṭṭa 'Bhaḍa' (also known as Śivānandanātha). However, the colophon of the edition cited above says the author is Kṛṣṇānandācala, the principal student of Kailāsācalayati.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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India history and geography

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)

Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ) or Kāśīnātha Sāmudrikācārya is the grandfather of Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (18th century): credited with a text named Vṛttaratnāvalī. Cirañjīva was the son of Śatāvadhāna Rāghavendra, grandson of Kāśīnātha Sāmudrikācārya and disciple of Raghudeva Nyāyālaṅkāra.

Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (history)

Kāśinātha is the grandfather of Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century), author of the Kāvyavilāsa.—Kāśinātha was born to Dakṣa. Kāśinātha was a famous soothsayer or sāmudrakācarya of his time who could tell the past and future of persons by simply looking at them. He had three sons—Rājendra, Rāghavendra and Mahendra or Mahesh.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ).—an epithet of Śiva.

Derivable forms: kāśīnāthaḥ (काशीनाथः).

Kāśīnātha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāśī and nātha (नाथ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ).—m.

(-thaḥ) A name of Siva. E. kāśī Kasi or Benares, and bhāva lord or master.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—kāśīnātha, son of Kṛṣṇadatta, father of Balabhadra (Mahānāṭakaṭīkā). Bp. 357.

2) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—son of Balabhadra, grandson of Sarvānandamiśra, father of Candravandya, father of Śivarāma, father of Raghunātha (Sāṃkhyatattvavilāsa). Hall. p. 7.

3) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Ajīrṇamañjarī or Amṛtamañjarī med. B. 2, 70 (kāvya). 4, 216. Ben. 63 (Kāśīrāja). Bik. 627. NW. 592 (Kāśīrāja). Peters. 2, 195. Kāśīnāthī med. B. 4, 220. Gūḍhārthadīpikā Śārṅgadharasaṃhitāṭīkā. W. p. 286 (Kāśīrāja). [Oudh 1876-1877], 32 (Kāśīrāma). Xi, 34 Kāśīrāma). Rasakalpalatā med. NW. 592.

Kāśīnātha has the following synonyms: Kāśīrāja, Kāśīrāma.

4) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—a descendant of Yajñamūrti, a Tailaṅga: Asiddhinirūpaṇavyākhyā [nyāya] Hall. p. 54. Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhitivyākhyā Asiddhigranthātmikā. Ben. 174.

5) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Kāśikā Amarakośaṭīkā. B. 3, 36.

6) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā. Kh. 65. Sārasvatabhāṣya [grammatical] Kh. 70. Rādh. 10.

7) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Jyotiṣasaṃgraha. [Mackenzie Collection] 121.

8) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—composed under king Kṛṣṇacandra of Nadiyā: Tārabhaktitaraṅgiṇī. L. 1607. Oudh. Xviii, 84. 86.

9) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Prakriyāsāra [grammatical] K. 84. Śiśubodha [grammatical] Kāśīn. 18. Oudh. Xiii, 78 ([nyāya]).

10) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Praśnapradīpa or Praśnadīpikā jy. Lagnacandrikā. Śīghrabodha.

11) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Yaduvaṃśakāvya. Peters. 3, 395.

12) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Rāmacarita mahākāvya. Io. 1184.

13) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Vṛndāvanayamakaṭīkā. Kāvyamālā.

14) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Vairāgyapañcāśīti vedānta. Oudh. Xi, 16.

15) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Śivabhaktisudhārṇava. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 136.

16) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Śrāddhakalpa. K. 198.

17) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Saṃvatsaraprakaraṇa jy. L. 2793.

18) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Saṃkṣiptakādambarī. Io. 866.

19) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Sūtrapāda, vedānta. Oppert. 2733.

20) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—son of Ananta, nephew of Yajñeśvara, grandson of Kāśyupādhyāya, compiled in 1791: Dharmasindhusāra. Prāyaścittenduśekhara. B. 3, 110. Vedastutiṭīkā. Oudh. Xvii, 10.

21) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Jātakaratna.

22) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Dhātumañjarī.

23) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Bhāgavatavyavasthā.

24) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Bhairavāṣṭaka.

25) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Mahārudrapaddhati.

26) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Vaidyakapaddhati. See Kāśīnāthapaddhati.

27) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—composed in 1736: Laṅghanapathyanirṇaya med.

28) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Prakriyākaumudīṭīkā, called Sāra.

29) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Śaktipūjātaraṅgiṇī.

30) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—Ṣaṭtriṃśatikā jy.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kāśinātha (काशिनाथ):—[=kāśi-nātha] [from kāśi > kāś] m. Name of a man.

2) Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—[=kāśī-nātha] [from kāśī > kāś] m. ‘lord of Benares’, Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] of several men

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāśīnātha (काशीनाथ):—[kāśī-nātha] (thaḥ) 1. m. Shiva.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāśinātha (ಕಾಶಿನಾಥ):—[noun] Śiva, the presiding deity of the city ಕಾಶಿ [kashi].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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