Mahanandi, Maha-nandi, Mahānandī, Mahānandi: 6 definitions
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Mahanandi 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
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstraMahānandī (महानन्दी) refers to classification of a temple/buidling (prāsāda), according to Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra chapter 60. The temple is mentioned in a list of thirty-six Prāsādas having activities of the townsmen entailing Sādhārās. The Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra is an 11th-century encyclopedia dealing with various topics from the Vāstuśāstra.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMahānandī (महानन्दी).—A Magadha King who was the son of Nandivardhana. He was the last King of the Śiśunāga dynasty. King Nanda was the son of Mahānandī by a Śūdra woman. According to Matsya Purāṇa, Vāyu Purāṇa and Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, he ruled the country for 46 years.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMahānandi (महानन्दि).—The son of Nandivardhana, the last of the ten Śiśunāgas (Śiśunābhas) who ruled for a total period of 362 years; had a son, Mahāpadma by a Śūdra woman; ruled for 43 years, 1050 years after Parīkṣit. The latter ruined the Kṣatriya families; contemporaneous with them were the Aikṣvākas 24, Pāñcālas 25, Kālakas 24, Haihayas 24, Kalingas 32, Śākas 25, Kuravas 36, Maithilas 28, Sūrasenas 23, Vītihotras 20.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 1. 7-9; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 227; Matsya-purāṇa 272. 12-18. Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 320-25; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 24. 18-19.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahānandi (महानन्दि):—[=mahā-nandi] [from mahā > mah] m. Name of a king, [Purāṇa]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Maha, Nandi, Nanti.
Starts with: Mahanandin.
Full-text: Mahapadma, Shishunaga, Sahanandi, Shishunaka, Nanda, Nandivardhana, Mahananda.
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