Sarvatomukha, Sarvatōmukha, Sarvatas-mukha: 13 definitions
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Sarvatomukha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Kavya (poetry)
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख) refers to “water”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 16.49.
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’.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख) refers to “n. of a type of flag § 4.20.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
1) Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख) refers to “(the Liṅga that) faces everywhere”, according to Tantric texts such as the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “[...] The gods then began to praise Bhairava again. He offers them a boon and they ask him for the Liṅga that “faces everywhere” (sarvatomukha) and the teaching that concerns the all-pervasive (vyāptibhūta) Liṅga. So he shows them the Path of Pervasion (vyāptimārga) after having fashioned the manifest Liṅga whose field are the qualities of the Six Paths. He showed them his body by means of the teaching concerning the Six Paths along which the universe, physical, metaphysical, energetic and the corresponding mantras and phonemes are emitted”.
2) Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख) refers to “omnipresent”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “[...] (9) Above that is the principle of Unstruck Sound; the head of ‘A’ (aśira), it is omnipresent [i.e., sarvatomukha]. Like (the sound of a) mad bee, that is said to be lucid meditation. [...] (Perfect) contemplation (samādhi) is with (these) sixteen aspects and is (attained) within the form of the sixfold deposition (ṣoḍhānyāsa). He who knows this is (a veritable) Lord of Yogis, the others (who do not) are (just) quoting from books. Once attained the plane that is Void and Non-void, the yogi is freed from bondage”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
sarvatōmukha (सर्वतोमुख).—a (S That faces every side.) An epithet of the Deity, of spirit, water, the sky, a spherical stone &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख).—a. of every kind, complete, unlimited; उपपन्ना हि दारेषु प्रभुता सर्वतोमुखी (upapannā hi dāreṣu prabhutā sarvatomukhī) Ś.5. 26. (-khaḥ) 1 an epithet of Śiva.
2) of Brahman; अथ सर्वस्य धातारं ते सर्वे सर्वतोमुखम् (atha sarvasya dhātāraṃ te sarve sarvatomukham) (upatasthire) Kumārasambhava 2.3 (having faces on all sides).
3) the Supreme Being.
4) the soul.
5) a Brāhmaṇa
6) fire.
7) heaven or Svarga (of Indra). (-kham) 1 water; पिपासतः काश्चन सर्वतोमुखं तवार्पयन्तामपि काममोदनम् (pipāsataḥ kāścana sarvatomukhaṃ tavārpayantāmapi kāmamodanam) N.16.49.
2) sky.
Sarvatomukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarvatas and mukha (मुख).
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख) or Sarvvatomukha.—n.
(-khaṃ) 1. Water. 2. Sky, heaven. m.
(-khaḥ) 1. Siva. 2. Brahma. 3. Soul, spirit. 4. A Brahman. 5. Swarga, the heaven of Indra. 6. Agni. E. sarvatas on every side, mukha countenance.
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख).—I. adj., f. khī. 1. facing every quarter, i. e. to every quarter (of the world), [Sundopasundopākhyāna] 2, 13. 2. complete, unrestrained, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 122. Ii. m. 1. Brahman. 2. a Brāhmaṇa. 3. soul, spirit. 4. paradise. Iii. n. 1. sky. 2. water.
Sarvatomukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarvatas and mukha (मुख).
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख).—[feminine] ī (having the face) turned everywhere; all-sided, complete, perfect.
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Āpast. a sacrifice in which four jyotiṣṭoma are offered in four enclosures placed in the four directions of the sky. Oppert. Ii, 4374. 10378.
1) Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख):—[=sarvato-mukha] [from sarvato > sarva] mf(ī)n. facing in all dir°, turned ev° where, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] complete, unlimited, [Kāvya literature]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of military array, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
4) [v.s. ...] soul, spirit, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Brahmā (‘having four faces’), [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] of Śiva, [ib.]
7) [v.s. ...] a Brāhman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] of Agni, [Mahābhārata]
9) [v.s. ...] the heaven, Svarga, [ib.]
10) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]
11) [v.s. ...] n. water, [Catalogue(s)]
12) [v.s. ...] sky, heaven, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख):—[sarvato-mukha] (khaṃ) 1. n. Water; sky. m. Shiva; Brahmā; spirit; a Brāhman; Indra's heaven.
Sarvatomukha (सर्वतोमुख):—
1) adj. (f. ī) a) nach allen Seiten das Gesicht habend, überallhin gekehrt [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 32, 4.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 7, 9, 4.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 6, 3, 14.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 12. 6, 3.] [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 82. 94. 143. 146. 155] (ati) jagmatuḥ mukhau [Mahābhārata 1, 7663.] rakṣantaḥ mukhāḥ [7, 1527.] Brahman [Kumārasaṃbhava.2,3.] [Oxforder Handschriften 75,b,37.] [PAÑCAR.4,3,15.] die Sonne [Mahābhārata 3, 154.] tejas [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 7, 26.] caitanya [SARVADARŚANAS. 85, 8.] — b) allseitig, vollkommen, vollständig: prabhutā [Śākuntala 122.] vaidagdhya [MĀLATĪM. 129, 6. 7.] —
2) m. a) eine best. Truppenaufstellung [KĀM. NĪTIS. 19, 50.] — b) die Seele; ein N. Brahman's und Śiva’s [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 5, 9.] [Medinīkoṣa kh. 19.] ein Brahmane [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] der Himmel [Śabdamālā] ebend. —
3) n. a) Wasser [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1070.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Oxforder Handschriften 103], a, 28. — b) der Luftraum [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Sarvatōmukha (ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ):—
1) [adjective] of all types, kinds.
2) [adjective] involving all facets or aspects (of someone or something).
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Sarvatōmukha (ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ):—
1) [noun] the all facets or aspects (of someone or something).
2) [noun] the state of being entire; completeness.
3) [noun] the Supreme Being.
4) [noun] Brahma.
5) [noun] Śiva.
6) [noun] water.
7) [noun] the soul.
8) [noun] fire.
9) [noun] the heaven, the abode of gods.
10) [noun] the sky.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Sarvato, Mukha, Sarvatas.
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