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)

[«previous next»] — Rudradhyaya in Purana glossary

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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
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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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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

[«previous next»] — Rudradhyaya in Vaishnavism glossary

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. [...]

Source: Dhiti blog: The Navakalevara Ceremony at Puri
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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’).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Rudradhyaya in Sanskrit glossary

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.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Rudrādhyāya (रुद्राध्याय):—[from rudra > rud] m. Name of [particular] prayers addressed to R°, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Rudradhyaya in German

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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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