Rudradhyaya, Rudrādhyāya: 6 definitions
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Rudradhyaya 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)
Rudrādhyāya (रुद्राध्याय).—Given by Nārada to Śīlavatī, the woodcutter's wife to redeem her husband, by reciting it after a ceremonial bath.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 7. 51.
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Rudrādhyaya (रुद्राध्यय) (also called Nīlāsūkta) is the name of a Mantra associated with Balabhadra (recited during wood-carving and consecration rites).—Navakalevara is the name of a festival (symbolizing the cycle of birth, death and re-birth) which is celebrated at Puri: a sacred site home to the eternal abode of Śrī Jagannātha (a form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa).—A piece of wood cut from one of the dārus, called the nyāsadāru (nyāsa meaning placement, or deposition) is contemplated as the deity, and remains the focus of all the consecration rituals performed by the Brahmins. The nyāsadāru is propitiated with an elaborate abhiṣeka, with the Brahmins reciting Puruṣasūkta for Jagannātha, Rudrādhyaya or Nīlāsūkta for Balabhadra, and the Śrīsūkta for Subhadrā. [...]
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Rudrādhyāya (रुद्राध्याय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—vaid. Kh. 61. Report. Iii. Jac. 697. Taylor. 1, 309. Peters. 1, 118.
—[commentary] Peters. 2, 185. See Rudra, Rudrajapa.
—Taittir. W. p. 38. Bp. 284.
—[commentary] by Sāyaṇa. Bp. 284.
—Maitrāyaṇīya. Peters. 3, 385.
—Vs. Bp. 284.
—from the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. Burnell. 194^b.
2) Rudrādhyāya (रुद्राध्याय):—vaid. Fl. 155.
3) Rudrādhyāya (रुद्राध्याय):—from the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā. L.. 49. 50 (inc.). Peters. 5, 53 (with a C. by Uvaṭa). See Rudrajapa. C. by Haridatta Miśra. Hr. Notices Vol. Xi, Pref. p. 9.
Rudrādhyāya (रुद्राध्याय):—[from rudra > rud] m. Name of [particular] prayers addressed to R°, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
[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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Rudradhyayatika.
Full-text: Rudradhyayatika, Rudradhyayin, Namakacamakabhashya, Rudrajapa, Shatarudriya, Rudrajapya, Shadanga, Shadangarudra, Shveta, Rudra, Skandapurana.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 71 < [Volume 1, Part 2 (1904)]
Page 75 < [Volume 1, Part 2 (1904)]
Page 5 < [Volume 1, Part 2 (1904)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 21 - The Greatness of Rudrādhyāya < [Section 3 - Brāhmottara-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 167 - The Greatness of Mārkaṇḍeśvara (mārkaṇḍa-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 48 - The Description of Somanātha < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Saura-purana (analytical study) (by Priyanku Chakraborty)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Atharvaveda ancillary literature (Study) (by B. R. Modak)
Part 1.4 - The Ardra (Orionis) < [Chapter 2b - A Topical Analysis of the Atharvaveda-Parisistas]