Kishora, Kiśora: 20 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kiśora can be transliterated into English as Kisora or Kishora, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kishor.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kiśora (किशोर).—A Dānava who took part in the Tārakāmaya.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 173. 21; 177. 7.
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Kiśora (किशोर) or Kiśorī refers to:—An adolescent boy (girl). (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Kiśora (किशोर) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Kiśora] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
kiśōra (किशोर).—m S A youth or lad, a male from his birth to the end of his fifteenth year; a minor in law.
kiśōra (किशोर).—m A youth, lad; a minor in law.
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
Kiśora (किशोर).—[Uṇādi-sūtra 1.65]
1) A colt, cub, the young of any animal; केसरिकिशोरः (kesarikiśoraḥ) &c. ततः किशोरा म्रियन्ते (tataḥ kiśorā mriyante) Av.12. 4.7.
2) A youth, lad, a boy below fifteen, a minor in law (aprāptavyavahāraḥ); न बालो न किशोरस्त्वं बलश्च बलिनां वरः (na bālo na kiśorastvaṃ balaśca balināṃ varaḥ) Bhāgavata 1.43.39.
3) The sun.
-rī 1 A young one of any animal (as horse), mare; उद्दामेव किशोरी नियतिः खलु प्रत्येषितुं याति (uddāmeva kiśorī niyatiḥ khalu pratyeṣituṃ yāti) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.19.
2) A maiden, a young woman.
3) A daughter; भजामस्त्वां गौरीं नगपतिकिशोरीमविरतम् (bhajāmastvāṃ gaurīṃ nagapatikiśorīmaviratam) Sundaralaharī.
Derivable forms: kiśoraḥ (किशोरः).
Kiśora (किशोर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Young, infantine. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A colt. 2. The sun. 3. Benjamin, (Styrax benzoin.) 4. A youth, a lad, one from his birth to the end of his fifteenth year: a minor in law ajātavyavahāraḥ becoming, after his fifteenth year, subject to suits at law or jātavyavahāra E. kim what, used contemptuously, śa to go, and oran Unadi affix; also kan added kiśorakaḥ.
Kiśora (किशोर).—m. and f. rī. 1. A solt, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 40, 39; 5, 26, 21. 2. A youth [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 12, 20; 24, 11. 3. m. The name of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 2439.
Kiśora (किशोर).—[masculine] ī [feminine] colt; young animal i.[grammar], also lad, lass.
1) Kiśora (किशोर):—m. a colt, [Atharva-veda xii, 4, 7; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) a youth, lad, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Benjamin or Styrax Benzoin (= taila-parṇy-oṣadhi), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Name of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa]
Kiśora (किशोर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A colt; the sun; Benzoin. a. Young.
Kiśora (किशोर):—(kiśora [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 1, 65])
1) m. Füllen [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1233.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 537.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 135.] tataḥ kiśo.āḥ mriyante va.sāṃśca ghā.uko.bṛkaḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 4, 7.] kiśorastvatisaṃharṣātkiśora iva coditaḥ . abhavaddaityasainyasya madhye ravirivoditaḥ .. [Harivaṃśa 2439.] rājānaṃ mātaraṃ caiva dadarśānugatau pathi . nibaddha iva pāśena kiśoro mātaraṃ yathā .. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 40, 39.] sā cirasyātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā mātṛnandanamāgatam . abhicakrāma saṃhṛṣṭā kiśoraṃ baḍavā yathā .. [20, 20.] f. kiśorī [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 20,] [Scholiast] kiśorīm und kiśoryam ved. [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 107.] upāvṛttā kiśorīva ceṣṭamānā mahītale [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 26, 21.] suptāḥ savasanāḥ kāścitkāścidāmuktavāsasaḥ . vyāviddharasanoddāmāḥ kiśorya iva cāparāḥ .. [13, 35.] —
2) m. f. Jüngling, Jungfrau [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] devapravarau caturbhujau śyāmau kiśorau [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 12, 20.] (kanyakāḥ) sarvāḥ kiśoravayasaḥ (kiśora adj.!) [3, 23, 26.] yāṃ vīkṣya cārusarvāṅgīṃ kiśorīm [4, 24, 11.] —
3) m. Sonne [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
4) m. Name einer Pflanze (tailaparṇyoṣadhi) [Medinīkoṣa] —
5) m. Nomen proprium eines Dānava [Harivaṃśa 2439. 2651. 3115.] — Vgl. kaiśora .
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Kisora (किसोर):—m. = kiśora
1)
2) [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 976, 6.]
Kiśora (किशोर):——
1) m. — a) Füllen. — b) Jüngling. — c) *die Sonne. — d) *eine best. Pflanze. — e) Nomen proprium eines Dānava. —
2) f. kiśorī — a) ein weibliches Füllen. — b) Jungfrau.
Kiśora (किशोर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kisora.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Kiśora (किशोर) [Also spelled kishor]:—(a) adolescent; youthful; —[avasthā] adolescent age; ~[tā] adolescence; youthfulness; hence [kiśorī] (nf).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Kisora (किसोर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kiśora.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kiśōra (ಕಿಶೋರ):—[adjective] being in the first or an early stage of life; young; not matured.
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Kiśōra (ಕಿಶೋರ):—
1) [noun] a young male lion, tiger, deer, horse, etc.
2) [noun] a boy from birth to the age of 15 years.
3) [noun] a very small northern constellation near the celestial equator and Pegasus; the Equuleus.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Kiśora (किशोर):—n. masc. youth; adolescent; teenager;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
kisora (ကိသောရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[kasa+ora．kiṃ+sara+a．kasa gamane,oro,assi,kiñci saratīti vā kisoro,bindulopoç aso ca．,ṭī369]
[ကသ+ဩရ။ ကိံ+သရ+အ။ ကသ ဂမနေ၊ ဩရော၊ အဿိ၊ ကိဉ္စိ သရတီတိ ဝါ ကိသောရော၊ ဗိန္ဒုလောပေါ,အသော စ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ၃၆၉]
[Pali to Burmese]
kisora—
(Burmese text): မြင်းငယ်။
(Auto-Translation): Pony.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ora, Kasa, Kaca.
Starts with (+0): Kishora-avastha, Kishora-maitri, Kishoracarita, Kishoradasa, Kishorajiya, Kishoraka, Kishorashashi, Kishoravadava-go-mahishy-adhikrita, Kishoravasthe, Kishoravilasa.
Full-text (+16): Nandakishora, Divirakishora, Vrajakishora, Ramakishora, Kishora-maitri, Kishora-avastha, Mayurakishora, Kishoravilasa, Kishoracarita, Kaishora, Marjalakishoranyaya, Markatakishoranyaya, Kishoraka, Kishor, Kishori, Markkata-kicoraniyayam, Marccara-kicoraniyayam, Apoganda, Namdakumara, Kishor-maitri.
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