Paulastya: 13 definitions
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Paulastya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य).—The demons born in the race of Pulastya are called Paulastyas. They were born like the brothers of Duryodhana. Rāvaṇa born in the family of Pulastya is also called Paulastya. (Chapter 67, Ādi Parva).
1a) Paulastya (पौलस्त्य).—A name of Rāvaṇa.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 63. 196; Vāyu-purāṇa 88. 195.
1b) A Ṛṣi.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 61. 84; 62. 42, 53.
1c) A Deva in the 11th antam.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 17.
1d) One of the seven sages.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 100. 83; 97, 106, 116.
1e) A Devagaṇa; one of the Niśācara Rākṣasa clans;1 of Agastya family.2
1f) A Rākṣasa clan;1 sons of Dānāgni and Sujamghī.2
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.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
1) Paulastya (पौलस्त्य) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—For the list of works, see chapter 1, verses 14b-27. The list [including Paulastya-saṃhitā] was said to have comprised “108” titles, these, different saṃhitās named after different manifestations of the Lord or different teachers. They are all said to be authoritative as the ultimate promulgator of all these is the same Nārāyaṇa.
2) Paulastya (पौलस्त्य) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. Jñānapāda chapter 1, verses 99-114]—First is explained the folly of following more than one Saṃhitā for a single series of rituals. Then the names of the 108 Tantras of the Pāñcarātra corpus are named [e.g., Paulastya]. Even those who repeat these 108 titles will gain salvation.
3) Paulastya (पौलस्त्य) or Paulastyasaṃhitā is also mentioned in the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (dīkṣā) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.—
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य) or Paulastyasaṃhitā is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a tāmasa type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika. b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa (e.g., Paulastya-saṃhitā).
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य) refers to one of the works/authors included in the Śilpasaṅgraha—a Sanskrit compilation containing various works on Śilpa, giving detailed rules for the construction of temples and for the making, for purposes of worship, of images of various deities, a description of which is added.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य).—
1) An epithet of Rāvaṇa; पौलस्त्यः कथमन्यदारहरणे दोषं न विज्ञातवान् (paulastyaḥ kathamanyadāraharaṇe doṣaṃ na vijñātavān) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.4; R.4.8;1.5;12.72.
2) Of Kubera.
3) Of Bibhīṣaṇa.
4) The moon.
Derivable forms: paulastyaḥ (पौलस्त्यः).
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य).—m.
(-styaḥ) 1. Kuvera. 2. Ravana. 3. Either of the brothers of Ravana, Vibhishana or Kumbhakarna. 3. The moon. f. (-styī) The sister of Ravana, Surpanak'Ha. E. pulastya a saint so named, and aṇ aff. of descent.
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य).—i. e. pulastya + a, patronym., f. tī, Descended from Pulastya; epithet of Kuvera, Rāvaṇa, etc., [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 83, 2.
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य).—[masculine] patron. of Kubera.
1) Paulastya (पौलस्त्य):—mfn. relating to or descended from Pulasti or Pulastya, [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) m. [patronymic] of Kubera or Rāvaṇa, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) of Vibhīṣaṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) ([plural]) the brothers of Dur-yodhana, [Mahābhārata]
5) ([plural]) a race of Rākṣasas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) the moon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Name of an author
8) m. (-smṛti f. Name of [work])
9) m. [wrong reading] for paurastya, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य):—(styaḥ) 1. m. Kuvera; Rāvana or his brother. f. (stī) His sister.
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य):—
1) adj. zu Pulasti oder Pulastya in Beziehung stehend, von ihm stammend: vaṃśa, kula [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 22, 15. 4, 10, 13.] —
2) m. patron. von pulasti (pulastya) gaṇa gargādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.4,1,105.] [SAṂSK. K. 184,b,8.] Name eines Astronomen [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 862.] Beiname Kuvera's [Amarakoṣa 1. 1, 1, 64.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 316.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 189.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 498.] [Medinīkoṣa y. 94.] [Halāyudha 1, 78.] Rāvaṇa’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2 8, 6. 3, 3, 316.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 706.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 5, 3790.] [Harivaṃśa 1877. fg. 2340.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4, 5.] [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 80. 10, 5. 12, 72.] [Spr. 1824.] Vibhīṣaṇa’s [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] pl. Bez. der Brüder Duryodhana's [Mahābhārata 1, 2724. 2726.] —
3) m. Bez. des Mondes [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 6. 55. fg.]
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Paulastya (पौलस्त्य):—
2) paulastyā nāma rākṣasāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 8, 24.] — paulastyapavana [Kathāsaritsāgara 122, 67] fehlerhaft für paurastya Ostwind.
Paulastya (पौलस्त्य):——
1) Adj. zu Pulasti oder Pulastya in Beziehung stehend , von ihm stammend. —
2) m. — a) Patron. von Pulasti oder Pulastya. Bez. — α) Kubera's. — β) *Vibhiṣaṇa's. — γ) Pl. der Brüder Duryodhana's. — δ) Pl. eines Rākṣasa-Geschlechts. — b) der Mond. — c) Nomen proprium eines Astronomen. — [Kathāsaritsāgara 122,67.] fehlerhaft für paurastya.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Paulastyasamhita, Paulastyasmriti, Paulastyatirtha.
Full-text (+15): Paulastyasmriti, Paulasti, Paurastya, Paulastyasamhita, Sujanghi, Sujangha, Danagni, Atimana, Pratima, Nishcara, Atinama, Aidavida, Aidabila, Paulastyatirtha, Dattotri, Pulasti, Purahprahartri, Caitra, Pulastyasmriti, Avyaya.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 8.13.59 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 8 - The race of the sages: Atri and Vasiṣṭha < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Chapter 11 - The creation of Sages (saptarṣi) < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Chapter 69 - The birth of Kārttavīrya < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Brahma Archana Paddhati (text and translation) (by Prabhunath Dwivedi)
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.204 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.26.64 < [Chapter 26 - Descriptions of the Mercy Bestowed on Śuklāmbara and Vijay and the Lord’s Desire to Accept Sannyāsa]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)