Kutantai, Kuṭantai: 4 definitions
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Kutantai means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Tamil. 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
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Kuṭantai (Śārṅgapāṇi temple, Bhāskarakṣetra) refers to one of the 108 Vaishnava Divya Desam (divyadeśas or divyasthalas), located in the topographical division of Cōḻanāṭu (“Chola country”), according to the 9th century Nālāyirativviyappirapantam (shortly Nālāyiram).—Tradition would record the Vaiṣṇava divyadeśas or divyasthalas are 108. The divyadeśa is a base of the cult of Viṣṇu in Viṣṇuism [Vaiṣṇavism] tradition. The list of 108 [viz., Kuṭantai] seems to have reached maturation by about the early 9th century CE as all the deśas are extolled in the hymns of the twelve Āḻvārs.
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’).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kutantai refers to one of the 108 divyadesas according to Priyavaccan Pillai’s compendium of the Ramayana based on the Nalayirativviyappirapantam.—Kutantai is the venue of Sarangapanisvami, Lord that holds the dhanus-sarnga, i.e. Rama. The temple is in ratha-vimana form and assigned to the Chola Period. The Nadidevatas are offering anjali to the Lord.
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.
India history and geography
Kuṭantai (“curve”) is a name related to the historical geography and rulers of ancient Tamil Nadu, occuring in Sangam literature such as the Akanāṉūṟu and the Puṟanāṉūṟu.—Notes: Kumpakōṇam/Kuṃbhakoṇam, literally “curve” (Puṟam. 321, VIS 246), the Tēvāram hymns (Kalidos 2006: II, 290) lsit the Śaiva-sthalas Kuṭamukku (3.317), Kuṭantaik-kārōṇam (4.72), Kuṭantaik-kīḻkōṭṭam (2. 253) and Kuṭavāyil (2.158). Kuṭantai is a Cōḻanāṭu divyadeśa among the forty (Rajarajan 2017a: 683-84, Rajarajan et al. 2017b: 219-74).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Tamil dictionary
Kuṭantai (குடந்தை) noun < குட. [kuda.] Curve; வளைவு. குடந்தையஞ் செவியகோட்டெலி [valaivu. kudanthaiyagn seviyagotteli] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 321).
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Kuṭantai (குடந்தை) noun < குடமூக்கு. [kudamukku.] Kumbakonam. See கும்பகோணம். கன்னார் மதில்சூழ் குடந் தைக் கிடந்தாய் [kumbagonam. kannar mathilsuzh kudan thaig kidanthay] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருவாய்மொழி [nalayira thivyappirapandam thiruvaymozhi] 5, 8, 3).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Full-text: Tirukkutantai, Karonam, Sharngapani, Bhaskarakshetra, Colar, Colanatu, Kumbakonam, Kan.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 454 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Nayanar 32: Murkha (Murkka) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
Chapter 65 (b) - Thirunatuthogai, Thiru Idaiyatruthokai and Urthogai (Hymn 91) < [Volume 3.5 - Pilgrim’s progress: to the North]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 5.8.7 < [Section 8 - Eighth Tiruvaymoli (Ara-amute)]
Pasuram 10.9.7 < [Section 9 - Ninth Tiruvaymoli (Cul vicumpu ani mukil)]
Pasuram 5.8.4 < [Section 8 - Eighth Tiruvaymoli (Ara-amute)]
South-Indian Horizons (by Jean-Luc Chevillard)
Chapter 3 - The Tirukkuṟuntāṇṭakam and the Tiruneṭuntāṇṭakam of Tirumaṅkaiyāḻvār [trl] < [Section 1 - Studies in Devotional, Contemporary, Classical and Folk Literatures]
Chapter 1 - Processions in the medieval South Indian temple < [Section 3 - Studies in History, Epigraphy and Archaeology]
Historical sequence of the Vaiṣṇava Divyadeśas. Sacred venues of Viṣṇuism < [Volume 74 (2013)]
Antiquity of the divyakṣetras in Pāṇḍināḍu < [Volume 73 (2012)]