Parimala: 22 definitions
Introduction:
Parimala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Parimal.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Parimala (परिमल).—A work on Grammar attributed to Amaracandra.
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Parimala (परिमल) is the name of an author of works dealing with prosodoy (chandas or chandaśśāstra) quoted by Kṣemendra (11th century) in his Suvṛttatilaka. The Suvṛttatilaka is a monumental work of Sanskrit prosody in which the author discusses 27 popular metres which were used frequently by the poets (e.g., Parimala).
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Parimala (परिमल) refers to “fragrance” (viz., of a flower), as mentioned in a list of five synonyms, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Parimala] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Parimala (परिमल) refers to “fragrant odors”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 9, “on kinds of must”]: “3. When he sports in a lake full of blooming lotuses, with spouting jets of water (from his trunk), with water that sends forth abundance of fragrant odors (parimala-bhara), enjoying the young lotus stalks, when gaily he devotes himself to pasturage, moving freely at will, from such joys, O king, arises equilibrium of the bodily, humors (i.e., healthy condition) of an elephant”.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Parimala (परिमल) refers to the “fragrence” part of a Puṣpa (“flower”); and represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants. [...] Puṣpa is so called as it promotes virtue by eliminating sins and ugliness and fulfils desires immensely. The fragrance of a flower is oily in nature and called parimala. The nectar is called makaranda. It is stored within the floral cavity.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
India history and geography
Parimala (परिमल) is the name of a work ascribed to Amaracandra (C. 1225-1300 C.E.): a Jain author of Śvetāmbara sect and disciple of Jinadatta Sūri (author of Vivekavilāsa). Most of his works (e.g., the Parimala) are published in Kāvyamālā Series, Gaekward Oriental Series and Kashi Sanskrit Series. Also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” I. pp. 332-33..
Parimala (परिमल) is the name of a Poet mentioned in the 13th century Saduktikarṇāmrita by Śrīdhara Dāsa (son of Vaṭu Dāsa) who was a chief over several districts (called a mahāmaṇḍalika).—The Sadukti-Karnamrita is a collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. There are 446 poets identified (for example, Parimala) some of which in the feminine gender (intended for females) while others are of Buddhist monks etc.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
parimala (परिमल).—m S pop. parimaḷa. m An exquisite fragrance.
parimala (परिमल).—m parimaḷa m An exquisite fragrance.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Parimala (परिमल).—
1) Fragrance, perfume, scent; परिमलो गीर्वाणचेतोहरः (parimalo gīrvāṇacetoharaḥ) Bv.1.63,66,7,71; यः पण्यस्त्रीरतिपरिमलोद्गारिभि- र्नागराणामुद्दामानि प्रथयति शिलावेश्मभिर्योवनानि (yaḥ paṇyastrīratiparimalodgāribhi- rnāgarāṇāmuddāmāni prathayati śilāveśmabhiryovanāni) Meghadūta 25.
2) Pounding or trituration of fragrant substances.
3) A fragrant substance.
4) Copulation; 'संभोगः स्यात् परिमले (saṃbhogaḥ syāt parimale)' इति वैजयन्ती (iti vaijayantī); अथ परिमलजामवाप्य लक्ष्मीम् (atha parimalajāmavāpya lakṣmīm) Kirātārjunīya 1.1.
4) A meeting of learned men.
5) A stain, spot, dirt.
Derivable forms: parimalaḥ (परिमलः).
Parimala (परिमल).—[pari-mala], m. 1. Fragrance, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 33. 2. A fragrant substance, Panc. 47, 8. 3. Sexual intercourse, [Kirātārjunīya] 10, 1.
Parimala (परिमल).—[masculine] fragrance, perfume.
1) Parimala (परिमल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—q. v. poet. Quoted in Gaṇaratnamahodadhi p. 117, Śp. p. 46, Kṣemendra in Aucityavicāracarcā and Suvṛttatilaka.
Parimala has the following synonyms: Padmagupta.
2) Parimala (परिमल):—vedānta. Rādh. 6. See Vedāntaparimala.
3) Parimala (परिमल):—Quoted by Kaivalyāśrama Oxf. 108^a.
4) Parimala (परिमल):—a grammar in verse, by Amaracandra. Lahore. 6.
5) Parimala (परिमल):—Kalpataruṭīkā, sāṃkhya (?). K. 140.
—vedānta, by Padmapādācārya (?). NW. 276.
6) Parimala (परिमल):—Rasamañjarīṭīkā by Śeṣa Cintāmaṇi.
1) Parimala (परिमल):—[=pari-mala] m. ([Prakrit] [from] √mṛd?) fragrance, or a fragrant substance, perfume ([especially] arising from the trituration of fragrant substances), [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] copulation, connubial pleasure, [Kirātārjunīya] (See below)
3) [v.s. ...] a meeting of learned men, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] soil, stain, dirt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a poet (also called Padmagupta), [Catalogue(s)]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce works. and Comms.
Parimala (परिमल):—[pari-mala] (laḥ) 1. m. An exquisite scent; meeting of the learned; trituration of perfumes; copulation; a stain.
Parimala (परिमल):—m.
1) Wohlgeruch ( [Halāyudha 1, 77]) ein wohlriechender Stoff: bhṛto vātāḥ [Bhartṛhari 1, 33. 36.] [Spr. 434. 592.] [Meghadūta 26. 68, v. l.] [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 60, 1.] [Gītagovinda 1, 32.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 372.] masṛṇacandanapaṅkamiśrakastūrikāparimalotthavisarpigandhā [Caurapañcāśikā 8.] karpūrāgurukastūrikādiparimalaviśeṣān preṣayan [Pañcatantra 47, 8. 265, 8. ed. orn. 49, 14.] [Amaruśataka 84.] navaparimalagandha [Spr. 1452.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Spr. 247.] Nach [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1391.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 291] und [Medinīkoṣa 1. 155] ein durch Reiben erzeugter Wohlgeruch; nach [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 13.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] (st. timarda ist wohl vimarda zu lesen) und [Halāyudha 4, 84] das Zerreiben (wohlriechender Stoffe); nach [Medinīkoṣa] ein beim Coitus sich entwickelnder Wohlgeruch (suratopamardavikasaccharīrarāgādisaurabhe; vgl. [Meghadūta] [?26); vgl. 3.] —
2) eine Versammlung von Gelehrten [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) ehelicher Genuss (saṃbhoga) [Vaijayantī] beim Schol. zu [Kirātārjunīya 10, 1.] jā lakṣmīḥ [Kirātārjunīya 10,] [?1; vgl. 1.] am Ende. —
4) Nomen proprium eines Dichters [Oxforder Handschriften 124,a.] —
5) Titel eines Werkes [Oxforder Handschriften 108,a.] eines Commentars des Amarakandra zur Kāvyakalpalatāvṛtti [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 2,339 (161,a).] parimala oder vollständig vedāntakalpataruparimala Titel eines Commentars des Apyāyadīkṣita zum Vedāntakalpataru [Colebrooke I, 333. 337.] mahākṛtyā Bez. eines Zauberspruchs [Oxforder Handschriften 98,a,15.]
Parimala (परिमल):—m. —
1) Wohlgeruch Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
2) ein wohlriechender Stoff. —
3) *eine Versammlung von Gelehrten. —
4) ehelicher Genuss. —
5) Titel verschiedener Werke [Private libraries (Gustav) 1.] —
6) Nomen proprium eines Dichters.
Parimala (परिमल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Parimala.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Parimala (परिमल) [Also spelled parimal]:—(nm) fragrance, aroma.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Parimala (परिमल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit words: Parimal, Mṛd.
2) Parimala (परिमल) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Parimala.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Parimala (ಪರಿಮಲ):—[noun] = ಪರಿಮಳ [parimala].
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Parimaḷa (ಪರಿಮಳ):—
1) [noun] a pleasing smell or odor; sweet scent, as of flowers; fragrance; perfume.
2) [noun] a grinding of fragrant substances.
3) [noun] anything that has or is blended with a perfume.
4) [noun] (fig.) a sweet smelling flower.
5) [noun] ಪರಿಮಳದ ಗಜಣಿ [parimalada gajani] parimaḷada gajaṇi the grass Cymbopogonmartinii ( = Andropogon martini) of Poaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Parimala (परिमल):—n. 1. fragrance; perfume; scent; 2. pounding or trituration of fragrant substances; 3. fragrant substance; sweet odor; 4. copulation; 5. meeting of learned men; 6. a stain; spot;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Pari, Mala.
Starts with (+0): Parimalabhara, Parimalabhrit, Parimaladale, Parimaladiruka, Parimaladravya, Parimalagolisu, Parimalaja, Parimalakanti, Parimalakara, Parimalakattu, Parimalakkulampu, Parimalam, Parimalambogu, Parimalamriga, Parimalasama, Parimalashali, Parimalatailam, Parimalatiraviyam, Parimalavenney, Parimalisuha.
Full-text (+40): Mahakrityaparimala, Vyakhyaparimala, Parimalasama, Parimalatiraviyam, Parimalakkulampu, Parimaladravya, Parimalavenney, Parimal, Parimalabhrit, Parimalatailam, Parimalakanti, Vedantaparimala, Parimalaja, Parimalashali, Parimalam, Rasaparimala, Padmagupta, Hemaravinta-parimalaniyayam, Parimalamriga, Parimalita.
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