Kurupandava, Kurupāṇḍava: 4 definitions
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Kurupandava 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
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)Kurupāṇḍava (कुरुपाण्डव) refers to the “(battle between the) Kuru and Pāṇḍava”, according to the Mahābhārata 10.8.64–68.—Accordingly, “Good sir, they saw her, Kālarātri, standing, smiling, alone, blue-black in hue, with red mouth and eyes, garlands and unguents of crimson, red robes, a noose in one hand, a peacock feather [in her hair], binding men, horses and elephants with her horrifying fetters while she stood, capturing many headless ghosts trapped in her noose, leading those asleep in their dreams to other Nights. And at all times the best soldiers saw the son of Droṇa slaughtering. From the time when the battle between the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies (kurupāṇḍava-sena) began, they saw [both] that evil spirit and the son of Droṇa. The son of Droṇa later felled those who had first been struck by this divinity [Kālarātri], terrorizing all creatures while shouting out ferocious bellows”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKurupāṇḍava (कुरुपाण्डव).—([masculine] [dual] & [plural]) the descendants of Kuru and Pāṇḍu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKurupāṇḍava (कुरुपाण्डव):—[=kuru-pāṇḍava] [from kuru] m. [dual number] and [plural] the descendants of Kuru (id est. of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra) and of Pāṇḍu, [Mahābhārata i, 2234; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
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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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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.28 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 7 - Characters in the Ūrubhaṅga < [Chapter 8 - Utsṛṣṭikāṅka (critical study)]
Part 2 - Summary of the Ūrubhaṅga < [Chapter 8 - Utsṛṣṭikāṅka (critical study)]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 2 - The Evils of the Kali Age < [Book 12 - Twelfth Skandha]
Bhasa’s Mahabharata Plays < [April 1951]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)