Parivesha, Pariveṣa, Pariveśa, Parīveṣa, Parīveśa: 18 definitions
Introduction:
Parivesha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit terms Pariveṣa and Pariveśa and Parīveṣa and Parīveśa can be transliterated into English as Parivesa or Parivesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Parivesh.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationPariveṣa (परिवेष) refers to the thousands of “circlets all round” the sun, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.34. Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] When Vīrabhadra set off thus, bad omens were seen by Dakṣa and the Devas. [...] [...] The quarters became dirty and gloomy. The sun appeared spotted and terrifying with thousands of circlets all round (pariveṣa)”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPariveṣa (परिवेष).—The circle round the sun and moon indicates danger to the Kingdom.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 233. 8.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: JyotiṣaPariveṣa (परिवेष, “halos”) refers to the fifty-sixth chapter of the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. It is similar to the 34th chapter of Vārahamihira’s work known as the Bṛhatsaṃhitā. The Gārgīyajyotiṣa is one of the most comprehensive of Garga’s texts and written in the form of a dialogue between Krauṣṭuki (Ṛṣiputra) and Garga discussing astral and other omens, comprising a total of sixty-two chapters (viz., pariveṣa), known as aṅgas and summarized in the Aṅgasamuddiśa (“enumeration of the divisions”, introductory portion).
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraPariveṣa (परिवेष) refers to “halos (round the sun and moon)”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “A true Astrologer is also one who has thoroughly mastered the Science of Saṃhitā. [...] It treats of the prediction of immediate rain from surrounding phenomena; of judging the nature of the future crops from the growth of plants and flowers; of the halos round the sun and moon [i.e., paridhi-pariveṣa]; of lines of clouds crossing the solar disc at rising and setting; of the winds; of meteoric falls; of false fires; of earthquakes; of the red sky immediately before sunrise and after sunset; of the fanciful shapes of clouds; of dust storms; of thunderbolts; of the price of food grains; of gardening; [...]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryparivēṣa (परिवेष).—m S A halo (solar or lunar).
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPariveśa (परिवेश) or Parīveṣa (परीवेष) or Pariveṣa (परिवेष) or Parīveśa (परीवेश).—
1) Waiting at meals, distributing food, serving up meals.
2) A circle, circlet, halo (of lustre &c); स्वकिरणपरिवेषोद्भेदशून्याः प्रदीपाः (svakiraṇapariveṣodbhedaśūnyāḥ pradīpāḥ) R.5.74;6.13; Śiśupālavadha 5.52;17.9.
3) Especially, the halo round the sun or moon लक्ष्यते स्म तदनन्तरं रविर्बद्धभीमपरिवेषमण्डलः (lakṣyate sma tadanantaraṃ ravirbaddhabhīmapariveṣamaṇḍalaḥ) R.11.59; अद्यापि तत् सपरिवेषशशिप्रकाशमास्यं स्मरामि (adyāpi tat sapariveṣaśaśiprakāśamāsyaṃ smarāmi) Bil. Ch.; Uttararāmacarita 46.
4) The circumference of a circle.
5) The disc of the sun or moon.
6) Anything which surrounds or protects. उज्जासानाय परितः परिवेषकृतां द्विषाम् (ujjāsānāya paritaḥ pariveṣakṛtāṃ dviṣām) Śiva B.26.64;28.23.
Derivable forms: pariveśaḥ (परिवेशः), parīveṣaḥ (परीवेषः), pariveṣaḥ (परिवेषः), parīveśaḥ (परीवेशः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPariveśa (परिवेश).—m.
(-śaḥ) 1. Surrounding, encompassing. 2. The circumference of a circle. 3. The disk of the sun or moon, a halo round the sun or moon. 4. Waiting at or serving up meals. E. pari round, viś or viṣ to encompass, aff. ghañ; hence also pariveṣa .
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Pariveṣa (परिवेष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) 1. Surrounding, encircling. 2. The circumference of a circle. 3. The disk of the sun or moon. 4. Distributing rice, &c. to a party, serving up a meal: see the last.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPariveśa (परिवेश).—ºveśaka -veśaka, ºveśana -veśana, ºveśavant -veśavant, see pariveṣa, -ṣaka, -ṣaṇa, -ṣavant.
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Pariveṣa (परिवेष).— (and erroneously pariveśa pariveśa), i. e. pari-viṣ + a, m. 1. Surrounding; kṛtāṅgarakṣā-, Surrounded by a body-guard, [Pañcatantra] 258, 6. 2. A circle, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 74. 3. A halo, 11, 59.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPariveṣa (परिवेष).—[masculine] arrangement, preparation or distribution of food, waiting at meals; circumference, circle, [especially] a halo round the sun or moon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pariveśa (परिवेश):—[=pari-veśa] [from pari-viś] See veṣa under pari-viṣ.
2) Pariveṣa (परिवेष):—[=pari-veṣa] [from pari-viṣ] m. (also spelt veśa) winding round or that with which anything is wound round, [Harṣacarita]
3) [v.s. ...] dressing or offering of food, [Atharva-veda]
4) [v.s. ...] a circle, circumference, the disc of the sun and moon or a halo round them, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (cf. parī-v)
5) [v.s. ...] a wreath or crown (of rays), [Viddhaśālabhañjikā; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
6) [v.s. ...] anything surrounding or protecting (e.g. kṛtāṅgarakṣā-p, surrounded by a bodyguard, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary])
7) [v.s. ...] putting on, clothing, dressing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Parīveṣa (परीवेष):—[=parī-veṣa] [from parī] m. a halo round the sun or moon, [Harivaṃśa] (cf. pari-v).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pariveśa (परिवेश):—[pari-veśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Surrounding the disk of the sun or moon.
2) Pariveṣa (परिवेष):—[pari-veṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. Idem; serving up a meal, distributing food.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pariveśa (परिवेश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Parivesa.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPariveśa (परिवेश) [Also spelled parivesh]:—(nm) environment; enclosure; precincts.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Parivesa (परिवेस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pariviṣ.
2) Parivesa (परिवेस) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Pariveśa.
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusParivesa (ಪರಿವೆಸ):—
1) [noun] a serving or taking care of sick, aged, children or guests.
2) [noun] a religious service performed to a deity or a revered person; worshipping.
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Parivēśa (ಪರಿವೇಶ):—[noun] = ಪರಿವೇಷ - [parivesha -] 6.
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Parivēṣa (ಪರಿವೇಷ):—
1) [noun] an enclosing, encircling or being enclosed, encircled.
2) [noun] something that encloses, as a fence or wall; an enclosure.
3) [noun] a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the centre; a circle.
4) [noun] the outer boundary, of a circular area; circumference.
5) [noun] a headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty; a crown.
6) [noun] an apparent ring of light encircling the sun, moon or other luminous body, caused by the refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere; a halo.
7) [noun] the surroundings or environment of something.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Pariveśa (परिवेश):—n. → परिवेष [pariveṣa]
2) Pariveṣa (परिवेष):—n. 1. circle; halo; 2. halo round the sun or moon; 3. circumference of a circle; 4. disc of the sun or moon; 5. anything which surrounds or protects; surrounding; atmosphere; environment; setting;
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.
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