Navadvipa, Navadvīpa, Nava-dvipa: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Navadvīpa (नवद्वीप) refers to the “nine islands”, according to the Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta.—These nine islands, which occupy an area of land estimated at thirty-two square miles, are surrounded by different branches of the Ganges. In all nine of those islands of the Navadvīpa area there are different places for cultivating devotional service. It is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.23) that there are nava-vidha bhakti, nine different activities of devotional service. There are different islands in the Navadvīpa area for cultivation of these nine varieties of devotional service.
The Navadvīpa are as follows:
- Antardvīpa,
- Sīmantadvīpa,
- Godrumadvīpa,
- Madhyadvīpa,
- Koladvīpa,
- Ṛtudvīpa,
- Jahnudvīpa,
- Modadrumadvīpa and
- Rudradvīpa.
Note: Both Navadvīpa and Vārāṇasī were celebrated for their highly educational activities. At the present time these cities are still inhabited by great, learned scholars, but Vārāṇasī is especially a center for Māyāvādī sannyāsīs who are learned scholars. However, unlike Navadvīpa, there are hardly any devotees in Vārāṇasī. Consequently a discussion of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was very rare in Vārāṇasī.
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’).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Navadvīpa (नवद्वीप).—Name of a place (modern Nuddea, at the confluence of bhāgīrathī and jalaṅgī).
Derivable forms: navadvīpaḥ (नवद्वीपः).
Navadvīpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nava and dvīpa (द्वीप).
Navadvīpa (नवद्वीप):—[=nava-dvīpa] [from nava] m. ‘the new island’, Name of a place now called Nuddea (at the confluence of the Bhāgīrathī and the Jalangī rivers), [Kṣitīśa-vaṃśāvalī-carita]
Navadvīpa (नवद्वीप):—(1. nava + dvīpa) m. die neue Insel, Nomen proprium einer Localität beim Zusammenfluss der Flüsse Bhāgīrathī und Yellinghy, Nuddea [KṢITIŚAV. 26, 3. 47, 2. 51, 14. 52, 4.]
Navadvīpa (नवद्वीप):—m. Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit.
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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Starts with: Navadvipakavyakantha, Navadvipaparikrama.
Full-text (+21): Navadvipaparikrama, Bhaumanavadvipa, Simantadvipa, Ramabhadra siddhantavagisha, Ratnanatha bhattacarya, Navadvipakavyakantha, Antardvipa, Godrumadvipa, Madhyadvipa, Koladvipa, Ritudvipa, Jahnudvipa, Modadrumadvipa, Rudradvipa, Bhagirathi, Ramananda vacaspati, Smarta, Adbhutasarasamgraha, Trilocanadeva nyayapancanana, Kshitivamshavalicarita.
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