Nilalohita, Nīlalohita, Nila-lohita: 16 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित):—Fourth of the eleven emanations of Rudra (ekādaśa-rudra), according to the Aṃśumadbhedāgama and the Śilparatna. The images of this aspects of Śiva should have three eyes, four arms, jaṭāmakuṭas and be of white colour. It should be draped also in white clothes and be standing erect (samabhaṅga) on a padmapīṭha. It should be adorned with all ornaments and with garlands composed of all flowers and it should keep their front right hand in the abhaya and the front left hand in the varada poses, while it should carry in the back right hand the paraśu and in the back left hand the mṛga.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Nīlalohita (नीललोहित) is another name for Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.12 (“The story of Śiva and Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Śiva: “[...] Obeisance to Śiva, the blue-necked, the wearer of ashes on the limbs from the funeral pyre. Obeisance to you Śrīkaṇṭha and Nīlaśikhaṇḍa. Obeisance to you saluted by all, saluted by the Yogins. Obeisance to you, the great lord, whose feet are worshipped by all. You are Brahmā among all the gods, you are Nīlalohita among Rudras; you are the soul in all living beings; you are the Puruṣa of Sāṅkhya system. [...]”.
2) Nīlalohita (बन्धु) refers to the foremost among all the Rudras, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.2 (“The Prayer of the gods).—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Śiva: “[...] Among all kindred beings you are Dharma. In all stages of life you are Sannyāsa. You are the supreme Liberation in all Vargas. Among Rudras you are Nīlalohita. Among all Ādityas you are Vāsudeva; among the monkeys you are Hanumat; among the sacrifices you are Japayajña; among the weapon-bearers you are Rāma. [...]”.
1a) Nīlalohita (नीललोहित).—(Śiva, Mahādeva);1 praised by Śukra by as many as 300 names for His blessings on him.2
1b) The second kalpa.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 290. 3.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित) or Nīlalohitāgama refers to one of upāgamas (supplementary scriptures) of the Aṃśumāgama which is one of the twenty-eight Siddhāntāgama: a classification of the Śaiva division of Śaivāgamas. The Śaivāgamas represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu. The purpose of revealing upāgamas (e.g., Nīlalohita Āgama) is to explain more elaborately than that of mūlāgamas (e.g., Aṃśumān-āgama) and to include any new idea if not dealt in mūlāgamas.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित) refers to the colour “blue and red” and is used to describe Rudra.—In the Vedas, Rudra is said to be “blue and red” (nīlalohita). His throat is blue. His belly is black and his back red —colours that probably relate to those of the sky at sunset. The Śrīmatottara refers to the goddess as Mahāpiṅgalā (the Great Tawny One) who establishes the order of the letters of the Mālinī alphabet. In this respect also, she is like Rudra who is also said to be a ruddy brown. This is because Rudra is the Fire just as the goddess is Saṃvartā, the energy of Fire.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
General definition (in Hinduism)
The name Śiva has been explained as being at least partly of Dravidian origin: in Tamil, for instance, Śivan (Chivan) means red, and the divinity was known to the early Aryans as Nīla-lohita "the Red One with blue (throat)" (referring to the legend found in the Purāṇas of later times and unquestionably mentioned in Rgveda, (X. 130, vii), of Śiva having drunk up the world poison and preserved it in his throat which became marked with blue for this).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित) is another name for Īśāna: protector deity of the north-eastern cremation ground.—The northeast (aiśānī) is associated with Śiva, hence Īśāna also appears as Nīlalohita (Guhyasamayasādhanamālā 34), a synonym of Śiva in epic and Purāṇic tales, and Kapālīśa (Śmaśānavidhi 12). He is described as white, carrying a trident (śūlī), mounted on a bull, and wearing a tiger-skin.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित).—a. dark-blue, purple. (
Nīlalohita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nīla and lohita (लोहित).
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Purple, of a purple colour. m.
(-taḥ) 1. A name of Siva. 2. A mixture of red and blue, purple. f.
(-tā) A vegetable: see bhūmijambū E. nīla blue or black, and lohita red.
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित).—I. adj. blue-red, purple, of a purple colour, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 194. Ii. m. the name of one of the great periods called Kalpas.
Nīlalohita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nīla and lohita (लोहित).
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित).—[adjective] blue-red, [Epithet] of Śiva.
1) Nīlalohita (नीललोहित):—[=nīla-lohita] [from nīla > nīl] mfn. dark-blue and red, purple, dark-red, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Kalpa (See sub voce), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a mixture of blue and red, a purple colour, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) Nīlalohitā (नीललोहिता):—[=nīla-lohitā] [from nīla-lohita > nīla > nīl] f. a kind of vegetable, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a goddess (the wife of Śiva), [Brahma-purāṇa]
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित):—[nīla-lohita] (taḥ) 1. m. Shiva. f. (tā) A vegetable. a. Purple.
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित):—(nīla + lo)
1) adj. schwarzblau und roth, dunkelroth [Ṛgveda 10, 85, 28.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 47.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 17, 4.] tenā.ūna.hyavatanomi [8, 8, 24.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 16. 32. 40. 48. 83.] von Rudra-Śiva (auch subst.) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 198.] [Halāyudha 1, 13.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 58,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 12, 7. 15. 4, 6, 41.] [Mahābhārata 13. 1084.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 57.] [Śākuntala 194.] [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Lassen’s Anthologie 53, 12.] nīlalohitākṣa von Śiva [Śivanāmasahasra] —
2) m. Name eines Kalpa; s. u. kalpa 2,d. —
3) f. ā a) eine best. Pflanze (s. bhūmijambu) [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Name einer Göttin [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 19,a,39.] Śiva’s Gemahlin [Śabdakalpadruma]
Nīlalohita (नीललोहित):——
1) Adj. schwarzblau und roth , dunkelroth. —
2) m. — a) Beiname Śiva's. — b) ein best. kalpa 2)h). —
3) f. ā — a) *einer best. Pflanze. — b) Nomen proprium einer Göttin , angeblich der Gattin Śiva's.
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
Nīlalōhita (ನೀಲಲೋಹಿತ):—
1) [noun] a dark colour that is a blend of black and red.
2) [noun] Śiva.
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 (+0): Lohita, Nila.
Starts with (+0): Nilalohitaksha, Nilalohitantevasin.
Full-text (+13): Nilalokitan, Nilalohitantevasin, Kalpa, Nilalohitaksha, Kapalisha, Ekadasharudra, Ishana, Parigata, Punarbhava, Rudragana, Rudra, Hanuman, Vanara, Arcita, Shastrabhrit, Nilashikhanda, Sarvarcita, Arcitapada, Samyama, Bhasmanga.
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