Mandukeya, Māṇḍukeya, Māṇḍūkeya: 6 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMāṇḍukeya (माण्डुकेय).—The sage-poet who was instructed in the Ṛg Samhitā by Indrapramati; his pupil was Devamitra.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 6. 56; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 4. 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.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarMāṇḍūkeya (माण्डूकेय).—Name of an ancient writer of a Pratisakhya work referred to in the Rk Pratisakhya, cf. R.Pr.I.2.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMāṇḍūkeya (माण्डूकेय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Ṛkprātiśākhya 3, 8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maṇḍukeya (मण्डुकेय):—[from maṇḍu] m. [varia lectio]for māṇḍukeya, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
2) Māṇḍūkeya (माण्डूकेय):—[from māṇḍūka] m. [patronymic] of a teacher ([plural] his descendants), [Gṛhya-sūtra; Aitareya-āraṇyaka]
3) [v.s. ...] n. the doctrine of M°, [Gṛhya-sūtra]
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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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Full-text: Mandukeyiya, Shuravira, Devamitrashakalya, Mandukya, Indrapramati, Shakalya, Dhak, Manduka.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
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