Sarvadhara, Sarvādhāra, Sarva-adhara: 5 definitions
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Sarvadhara 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)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationSarvādhāra (सर्वाधार) refers to “one who is the support of all”, and is used to describe Śiva, according the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.15. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] On arrival there, after paying respects to the lord [Śiva] with great excitement we lauded Him with various hymns with palms joined in reverence. The Devas said: [...] O lord of everything, we bow to Thee who art beyond the perception of the sense-organs; who hast no support; who art the support of all (sarvādhāra); who hast no cause; who art endless; the primordial and the subtle”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySarvādhāra (सर्वाधार).—a receptacle of everything.
Derivable forms: sarvādhāraḥ (सर्वाधारः).
Sarvādhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and ādhāra (आधार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Sarvadhara (सर्वधर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a grammarian. Quoted by Rāyamukuṭa, by Bhānujī Oxf. 183^a, by Bharatasena on Bhaṭṭikāvya 12, 19, in Dhāturatnākara.
2) Sarvadhara (सर्वधर):—C. on Durgasiṃha’s Kātantravṛtti (ākhyāta).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sarvadhara (सर्वधर):—[=sarva-dhara] [from sarva] m. Name of a lexicographer, [Colebrooke; Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] n. Name of [work]
3) Sarvādhāra (सर्वाधार):—[from sarva] m. a receptacle of everything, [ib.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sharva, Adhara, Carva, Dhara, Tara.
Starts with: Sarvadharasvarupa.
Full-text: Sarvadharasvarupa, Shilpalekha, Shadabhijna, Katantrasutra.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.9.46 < [Chapter 9 - Brahmā’s Prayers]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Vivekachudamani (by Shankara)
Sankalpa Suryodaya of Venkatanatha (Critical Study) (by R. Laxmi)
The characters of Abhinivesa and Durvasana < [Chapter 4a - Characterisation of the play]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 294 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
Eulogy of Gauri by Andhaka < [Purana, Volume 10, Part 1 (1968)]