Naubandhana: 10 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Naubandhana in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन) is the name of a mountain mentioned in relating with the origin of tribes according to the Nīlamata-purāṇa.—Bṛhadaśva gives, at first, the account of the divisions of time, the destruction of the world at the end of manvantara, the preservation of Manu and the seeds in a ship which was a form of Satī herself and was fastened by Viṣṇu to the mountain later on named as Naubandhana, the birth of the land and the lake of Satī, and the origin of various tribes from Kaśyapa.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन).—A peak of the Himālayas. The peak came to be known by this name on account of the following cause. Once upon a time Hiraṇyakaśipu stole the Vedas and with them hid in the bottom of the ocean. Mahāviṣṇu incarnated himself as fish to restore the Vedas. The world then was submerged in water and the maharṣis escaped in a boat attached to the horns of the Makara fish. On earth flood rose upto the peaks of the Himālayas. The Saptarṣis attached their boat to a peak of the mountain and that came to be known as Naubandhana. (nau = boat; bandha = tie). (Vana Parva, Chapter 187, Verse 50).

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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.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

[«previous next»] — Naubandhana in Hinduism glossary
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन) corresponds to Manoravasarpaṇa: the name, in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, of the mountain on which the vessel of Manu rested. In the Epic the name is Naubandhana, but the view that it is alluded to as Nāvaprabhraṃśana in the Atharvaveda is now abandoned.

Source: Wikisource: A history of Sanskrit literature

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन), “binding of the ship”, corresponds with Nāvaprabhraṃśana: the name of a mountain mentioned in the Atharvaveda, and corresponds with Naubandhana.—The Atharva-veda also mentions two other mountains of the Himālaya. One of these is called Trikakud, the "three-peaked" (in the later literature Trikūṭa, and even now Trikōta), through the valley at the foot of which flows the Asiknī (Chenab). The other is Nāvaprabhraṃśana (“sinking of the ship”), doubtless identical with the Naubandhana (“binding of the ship”) of the epic and the Manoravasarpaṇa of the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa, on which the ship of Manu is said to have rested when the deluge subsided.

Source: Sacred Texts: The Satapatha Brahmana

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन).—According to the version of the Mahābhārata, the peak of the Himālaya to which the ship was tied, was afterwards called Naubandhana, ‘the tying of the ship’. Professor Weber also draws attention to Atharva-veda XIX, 39, 8, where the term nāvaprabhraṃśana or ‘gliding down of the ship’ is used in connection with the summit of the Himavat.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Naubandhana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन).—n. the name of the highest top of the Himālaya, [Matsyopākhyāna] 49.

Naubandhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nau and bandhana (बन्धन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन).—[neuter] [Name] of the highest peak of the Himalaya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naubandhana (नौबन्धन):—[=nau-bandhana] [from nau] n. ‘ship-anchorage’, Name of the highest peak of the Himālayas (to which in the great flood Manu fastened his ship), [Mahābhārata]

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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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