Merumandara, Meru-mandara, Merumamdara: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMerumandara (मेरुमन्दर).—A mountain. This supports Mahāmeru. The mountains which support it from the four sides are Mandara, Merumandara, Supārśva and Kumuda. (5th Skandha, Bhāgavata).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMerumandara (मेरुमन्दर).—(Mt.) on one side of Meru.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 16. 11.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMerumandara (मेरुमन्दर).—Name of a mountain.
Derivable forms: merumandaraḥ (मेरुमन्दरः).
Merumandara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms meru and mandara (मन्दर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMerumandara (मेरुमन्दर):—[=meru-mandara] [from meru] m. Name of a mountain, [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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMērumaṃdara (ಮೇರುಮಂದರ):—[noun] (jain. archit.) a particular kind of chariot installed in the temple of "Bāhubali".
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Neru, Meru, Mandara.
Full-text: Nagara, Prahasat, Prahasanti, Shucismita, Caitraratha, Prasada, Shiva Temple, Jambu, Vairaja, Mandara, Kumuda, Jambudvipa, Cakrarajarathendra, Meru.
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