Puyavaha, Pūyavaha, Puya-vaha: 6 definitions
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Puyavaha 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.
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPūyavaha (पूयवह).—A hell. (See under Naraka).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPūyavaha (पूयवह).—The name of a hell into which fall those who deal in milk, wine, meat, lākṣa, salt, scents, oils, rasa, sesamum, etc., as also those that fetter or deal in hen, cats, pigs, birds, animals and vegetables, astrologers, etc.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 2. 148. 164, 165; Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 147, 162, 163; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 6. 4, 18-9.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPūyavaha (पूयवह).—Name of a particular hell; Bhāgavata 5.26.7.
Derivable forms: pūyavahaḥ (पूयवहः).
Pūyavaha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūya and vaha (वह). See also (synonyms): pūyoda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūyavaha (पूयवह):—[=pūya-vaha] [from pūya > pūy] m. ‘filthy-streamed’, Name of a [particular] hell, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
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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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Ends with: Krimipuyavaha.
Full-text: Puyoda, Krimipuyavaha, Naraka.
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