Sarvapashu, Sarvapaśu, Sarva-pashu: 3 definitions

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Sarvapashu 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.

The Sanskrit term Sarvapaśu can be transliterated into English as Sarvapasu or Sarvapashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«previous next»] — Sarvapashu in Kavya glossary
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)

Sarvapaśu (सर्वपशु) refers to “all creatures”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 225-226).—Accordingly, while describing the shire of the Goddess Caṇḍikā, “[Then follows the image of the Goddess Caṇḍikā, which matches the conception of Kālarātri in the passage from the Mahābhārata:] Her feet were never bereft of cloths [dyed with] red lac thrown upon the mound of her seat [on the altar] as if they were the lives of all creatures (sarvapaśu-jīvita) arrived there for shelter; she resembled an inhabitant of the Underworld because of the intense darkness obstructed [only] by the flashes from axes, spears, etc., weapons deadly for beings, that seemed to hold nets of hair stuck from decapitations because of the reflections of black yak-tail whisks cast [upon their surfaces]; [...]”.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sarvapashu in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sarvapaśu (सर्वपशु):—[=sarva-paśu] [from sarva] m. ‘all animal’, Name of a blockhead, [Catalogue(s)]

2) [v.s. ...] [plural] all animal sacrifices, [Lāṭyāyana]

3) [v.s. ...] mfn. fit for every animal or animal sacrifice, consisting entirely of animal sac°, [ib.; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sarvapashu 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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