Shandilya, Śāṇḍilya, Śāṇḍilyā, Shamdilya: 26 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śāṇḍilya and Śāṇḍilyā can be transliterated into English as Sandilya or Shandilya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) is the Sanskrit name of one of Bharata’s sons, mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra 1.26-33. After Brahmā created the Nāṭyaveda (nāṭyaśāstra), he ordered Bharata to teach the science to his (one hundred) sons. Bharata thus learned the Nāṭyaveda from Brahmā, and then made his sons study and learn its proper application. After their study, Bharata assigned his sons (eg., Śāṇḍilya) various roles suitable to them.
According to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 35.—“Kohala and others together with Vātsya, Śāṇḍilya, and Dhūrtila (Dattila) stayed in this earth for some time as mortals, and put into practice this Śāstra which augments the intellect of men, deals with the deeds of the three worlds and is a specimen of all other Śāstras”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—A great maharṣi. Some details about him are given hereunder.
King Śatānīka and his wife Viṣṇumatī, who had no issues approached the maharṣi in great sorrow. As a result of eating rice given by the maharṣi Viṣṇumatī became the mother of a son, who became in later years famous as emperor Sahasrānīka. (Kathāsaritsāgara, Kathāmukhalambaka, Taraṅga 1).
A member of Yudhiṣṭhira’s court. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 17).
He had an ascetic daughter. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 54, Verse 5).
He once opined that the gift of a mere ox-cart was equal to the gift of water in a golden pot. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 65, Verse 19).
He visited Bhīṣma on his bed of arrows. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 47, Verse 6).
King Sumanyu once gave the maharṣi plenty of food materials. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 173, Verse 22).
2) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—A maharṣi born in the dynasty of Kaśyapa, son of Marīci. As Agni was born in the family of the maharṣi it came to be called 'Śāṇḍilyagotrīya' (born in the family of Śāṇḍilya). King Sumanyu once gave him food and other edible things. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 137, Verse 22).
3) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—A King, a great devotee of Śiva. As a youth he became a philanderer with the result that the honour of women was in jeopardy. The King being a devotee of Śiva even Yama could not punish him. At last, when Śiva came to know of the immorality of his devotee he cursed the King to be turned into a tortoise for thousand years.
4) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—A maharṣi, who desired to worship Viṣṇu not in the Vedic method for which purpose he even wrote a book to propagate non-vedic principles. For the above sinful action he had to live in hell and at last he was born as Jamadagni of the Bhṛgu dynasty. (Vṛddhahārītasmṛti, 180, 193).
5) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—A maharṣi whose Bhaktisūtras (Aphorisms on devotion) are as famous as those of Nārada. He taught bhakti in a scientific way (by Śāṇḍilya science).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—Agni, as son of Śāṇḍili.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 10. 91.
1b) A Dānava.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 199. 18.
1c) The sons of Devala.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 70. 28.
Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.60.19) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Śāṇḍilya) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical studyŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) is the son of Devala Muni: the son of Ekaparṇā and Asita, according to one account of Vaṃśa (‘genealogical description’) of the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, [...] By the power of [Kaśyapa’s] penance two sons namely Vatsara and Asita were born. Devala muni was the son of Asita born of Ekaparṇā. Devala attained great perfection by worshipping Śambhu. From Devala was born Śāṇḍilya.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) is the name of a sage (forest hermit), who prepared an oblation for King Śatānīka and his wife Viṣṇumatī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 9. Afterwards, the King and his Queen had a son born to him called Sahasrānīka, who became a crown prince.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śāṇḍilya, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
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’.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)1) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—For the list of works, see chapter 1, verses 14b-27. The list [including Śāṇḍilya-saṃhitā] was said to have comprised “108” titles, these, different saṃhitās named after different manifestations of the Lord or different teachers. They are all said to be authoritative as the ultimate promulgator of all these is the same Nārāyaṇa.
2) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) or Śāṇḍilyasaṃhitā is also mentioned in the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) Śāndilya (शान्दिल्य) is the name of an ancient Sage who taught certain Ṛṣis the means to emancipation, as discussed in the first chapter of the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra Āgama text composed of 4500 verses in 33 chapters dealing with topics such as mantra (formulas), japa (repetitions), dhyāna (meditations), mudrā (gesticulations), nyāsa (concentrations) etc.—Description of the chapter [śāstra-avataraṇa]:—[...] Aurva tells the story of how he and other Ṛṣs during the kṛtayuga-age sought also to know the means to emancipation. Yet they, despite their penances, discovered nothing until they approached the sage Śāṇḍilya (1-39). Śāndilya, residing on Mount Gandhamādana, told the assembled sages that what he is about to tell them—which he commences to do only after he has placed his hand on their heads with a viṣṇuhasta-gesture symbolizing that a guru-śiṣya relationship has been established between himself and them—was what he himself learned at the badaryāśrama-hermitage from Nārada. [...]
2) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) was an ancient “master of many fields of knowledge” who taught Sanaka the rahasyāmnāya (the esoteric levels of the Veda), as discussed in chapter 1 (Jñānakāṇḍa) of the Pārameśvarasaṃhitā: an important Pāñcarātra text of 8700 verses followed closely by the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam—dealing with priestly concerns such as their daily routines, occasional liturgies and expiatory services.—Description of the chapter [śāstrāvatāra]: [...] Bhagavān appears and tells Sanaka to meet Śāṇḍilya, who as a master of many fields of knowledge will teach him the rahasyāmnāya or the esoteric levels of the Veda. This teaching, composed in the anuṣṭubh-meter has as foremost among its expositions the Sāttvata, Pauṣkara and Jayākhya (1-19). Moreover, Śāṇḍilya is a recognized master of the practice of the pañcakālas and Bhagavān tells Sanaka that he may also learn from him how to follow these observances as well as how to live according to devout ways of the bhāgavata-dharma (20-21). [...]
3) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) or Śāṇḍilyasaṃhitā is the name of a Pāñcarātra Āgama text written in roughly 3600 verses and 4 sections (khaṇḍas) dealing with devotion towards Kṛṣṇa, who in this text is identified with the Supreme. Most of the work is concerned with modes of ethical behavior and pious practices to be observed by devotees.
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) or Śāṇḍilyasaṃhitā is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a sāttvika type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika (e.g., Śāṇḍilya-saṃhitā). b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa.
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (p)Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) refers to one of the five preceptors mentioned in the Īśvarasaṃhitā of the Pāñcarātra division of the Vaiṣṇava Āgamas.—The Īśvarasaṃhitā is said to be a derivative of the Sāttvatasaṃhitā which is the very essence of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. [...] The Īśvarasaṃhitā (I.21) states that Śāṇḍilya, Aupagāyana, Mauṃjāyana, Kauśika and Bharadvāja were the important preceptors who preached the Pāñcaratra doctrine to the people individually for five days and nights.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) or Śāṇḍilyamuni is the name of a Master associated with the Pīṭha named Dakṣiṇādi, according to the Kulakriḍāvatāra, a text paraphrased by Abhinavagupta in his Tāntrāloka.—The lineage (ovalli) Yogin is associated with the following:—Prince: Vindhya; Master: Śāṇḍilya-muni; Pīṭha: Dakṣiṇādi; Ghara (house): Śarabilla; Pallī (village): Akṣara; Town: Piṇḍa; Direction: south-west; Grove: Khaira; Vow-time: 25 years; Mudrā: right little finger; Chummā: “Navel”.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismŚāṇḍilya was the name of at least two prominent rishis. The name was derived from the Sanskrit words śaṇ (full) and dilam (the moon), with the derivative ya added, meaning the one of the “full moon”, thereby implying a priest or a descendant of the Moon God.
Śāṇḍilya, 1) One rishi was a son of the sage Asita and grandson of the rishi Kashyapa, and the founder of the Śāṇḍilya gotra. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad states that he was a disciple of Vaatsya rishi. He was also the composer of the Śāṇḍilya Upanishad. According to the Bhagavata Purana, he was instrumental in settling certain metaphysical doubts of King Parikshit of Hastinapura and King Vajra of Dwaraka.
Śāṇḍilya, 2) He was a son of the sage Vasistha, had his hermitage in the Shāradāvanam, or forest of Sharada, of a village in the Bolair Valley of Kashmir. The village has been identified with the modern town of Sharda, on the banks of the River Kishanganga, in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, India.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) is the name of a mendicant, according to chapter 5.1 [śāntinātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, as an astrologer said to king Śrīvijaya:—“[...] Hear, O king. My father, Śāṇḍilya, became a mendicant with Prince Baladeva when he adopted mendicancy. After that I became a mendicant, confused by love for my father. Then I learned the whole collection of omens. Undeviating knowledge may be only from the teaching of the Jinas, not elsewhere. Profit and loss; pleasure and pain; life and death; victory and defeat: I know these eightfold omens. [...]”.
Source: HereNow4u: Lord Śrī MahāvīraŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—A scholar named Śāṇḍilya used to stay in Brāhmaṇanagara in the Magadha region. He had two wives Sthaṇḍilā and Kesarī. One day, in the last part of the night Sthaṇḍilā saw auspicious dreams and a god came into her womb, after completing his time in the fifth heaven. After nine months, Sthaṇḍilā gave birth to a beautiful son who was great and of good deeds. The scholars predicted that this boy will possess knowledge of all the scriptures and his fame will spread across the earth. The parents named him ‘Indrabhūti’. This boy later became Lord Mahāvīra’s first Gaṇadhara and became famous as Gautama.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sandilya in India is the name of a plant defined with Aegle marmelos in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Feronia pellucida Roth (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Pl. Coast Corom. (1798)
· Taxon (1979)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1800)
· Taxon (1981)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (2003)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśāṇḍilya (शांडिल्य).—m A tribe, or an individual of it, of Brahmans about Ratnagiri &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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—
1) Name of a sage, the author of a law-book.
2) The Bilva tree.
3) A form of Agni.
Derivable forms: śāṇḍilyaḥ (शाण्डिल्यः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—m.
(-lyaḥ) 1. A tree, (Ægle marmelos.) 2. A Muni from whom one of the three principal families of the Kanouj or Kanyacubja Brahmans is said to be descended. 3. A form of Agni or fire. E. śaṇḍila a saint, yañ aff. of descent, &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—i. e. śaṇḍila, a proper name, + ya, patronym., f. lī ([Pañcatantra] 122, 1), Descended from Śaṇ- ḍila, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 83. m. The name of a Muni, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).—[masculine] [Name] of [several] teachers.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Śp. p. 91. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa] [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva]
2) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—of Śūrasena. See Bālabodha.
3) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—Mahābhārataṭīkā. Quoted W. p. 104. Ibid. p. 105 he is called Śāṇḍilyalakṣmaṇa.
4) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—Śāṇḍilyasūtra or Bhaktimīmāṃsāsūtra.
5) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—and śāṇḍilyāyana Quoted in Ṣaṭtriṃśanmata according to Hemādri in Pariśeṣakhaṇḍa 1, 1454.
6) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—Quoted in Nidānasūtra W. p. 74.
7) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—Quoted in Karmapradīpa 17, 219, in Lāṭyāyanaśrautasūtra 1, 1, 26. 6, 4. 7, 14. 16, etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—[from śāṇḍila] mfn. derived from or composed by Śāṇḍilya etc., [Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] m. [patronymic] [from] śaṇḍila [gana] gargādi
3) [v.s. ...] Name of various teachers, authors etc. ([especially] of a Muni or sage from whom one of the three principal families of the Kanouj or Kānyakubja Brāhmans is said to be descended; he is the author of a law-book and of the Bhakti-sūtra or aphorisms enjoining ‘love or devotion to God’ as one of the three means of salvation a doctrine said to have been formulated in the 12th century; See bhakti, [Religious Thought and Life in India 63])
4) [v.s. ...] of Agni, [Harivaṃśa]
5) [v.s. ...] Aegle Marmelos, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
6) [v.s. ...] n. Name of various works of Śāṇḍilya ([especially] = -sūtra and = lyopaniṣad).
7) Sāndilya (सान्दिल्य):—[wrong reading] for śāṇḍilya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य):—(lyaḥ) 1. m. A tree (Ægle marmelos); name of sage; of Agni.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saṃḍilla, Saṃḍella.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚāṃḍilya (ಶಾಂಡಿಲ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] the tree Aegle marmelos of Rutaceae family; stone apple tree.
2) [noun] name of a sage who wrote a law book and aphorisms on 'love and devotion to goḍ.
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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