Sharavati, Śarāvatī, Sāravatī: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śarāvatī can be transliterated into English as Saravati or Sharavati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śarāvatī (शरावती).—(River) a mahānadī.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 108. 78.
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Sāravatī (सारवती) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the Vṛttamuktāvalī, ascribed to Durgādatta (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., sāravatī) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Sāravatī (सारवती) refers to “(being) endowed with a core”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Bodhisattva Gaganagañja explains to Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī what kind of concentration should be purified: “[...] (28) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Being endowed with a core (sāravatī-samādhi)’, all promises will be carried out; (29) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Circle of diamond’, supernormal knowledges will be never given up; (30) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Vajra-essence’, they will go to the essence of awakening; [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
India history and geography
Śarāvatī (शरावती) or Śarāvatīnadī is the name of a North-Indian Tirtha (sacred place) mentioned in the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī authored by Varadarāja (A.D. 1600-1650), a pupil of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita.—Varadarāja in his Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī refers to several works which ought to be studied by a Pandit. In the same text are listed some Ghats of Benares (Varanasi). We also find in this work a list of holy places or tīrthas on folio 6 of the manuscript [e.g., śarāvatī-nadī] which appears to have been composed say between A.D. 1600 and 1650.—[Cf. the manuscript of the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī at the Government Manuscripts Library, B.O.R. = Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona]
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śarāvatī (शरावती).—Name of a town of which Lava was made ruler by Rāma; (sa niveśya) शरावत्यां सतां सूक्तैर्जनिताश्रुलवं लवम् (śarāvatyāṃ satāṃ sūktairjanitāśrulavaṃ lavam) R.15.97.
Sarāvatī (सरावती).—name of a city and river: Divyāvadāna 21.26, 27 (v.l. sarvā°, savārā°). Corresponds to Pali Sallavatī (or Saḷa°, Salala°, ? Salaḷa°), see Vin. i.197.23 with crit. app., and Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names) s.v. Salaḷavatī (a form which I do not know in the texts).
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Sāravatī (सारवती).—(1) name of a samādhi: Mahāvyutpatti 610; Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 1425.5; (2) in Gaṇḍavyūha 342.2 (prose) dharmakāya-bhedya-sāravatī- dhātu-niryātāṃ, said of a ‘night-goddess’, adept in religion. The word sāravatī seems to qualify dhātu closely, but what the combination means is not clear to me; solid element or the like? Cf. Gaṇḍavyūha 350.25 niḥsattvavatī-dhātu-jñāna- pratilabdho, said of a Bodhisattva, who has attained to knowledge of the unsubstantial element(s), sc. of worldly existence; here too a fem. adj. stem qualifies dhātu in a [compound]
Śarāvatī (शरावती).—f. (-tī) A river so named. E. śara a sort of grass, matup aff., fem. form, and the final of the first word made long.
1) Śarāvatī (शरावती):—[=śarā-vatī] [from śara] f. (for śara-v) ‘full of reeds’, Name of a river, [Mahābhārata; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] of a town, [Raghuvaṃśa]
3) Saravatī (सरवती):—[=sara-vatī] [from sara] f. Name of the river Vitastā, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
4) Sāravatī (सारवती):—[=sāra-vatī] [from sāra-vat > sāra] f. a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]
5) [v.s. ...] a [particular] Samādhi, [Buddhist literature]
Śarāvatī (शरावती):—(tī) 3. f. A river so named.
Śarāvatī (शरावती):—(von 1. śara) f. Nomen proprium [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 120. 1, 219.]
1) eines Flusses [Amarakoṣa.1,2,3,33.2,1,6.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 952] nebst Schol. [Mahābhārata.6,327.] ([Viṣṇupurāṇa 182]). [Oxforder Handschriften 24,a, Nalopākhyāna 2.] [PRĀYAŚCITTEND. 11,b,4.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde.1,94. Anhang LII.] —
2) einer Stadt [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 97.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 1, Anhang XI, Nalopākhyāna 21.] —
3) eines buddhistischen Klosters [WASSILJEW 58.] [TĀRAN. 51. 293.]
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
Śarāvati (ಶರಾವತಿ):—
1) [noun] that which has or is covered with, thickets of grass Saccharum sara.
2) [noun] name of a river in the western Karnāṭaka, which joins the Arabian sea.
3) [noun] (mus.) in Karnāṭaka system, name of a rāga (musical mode) derived from the main mode Māraraṃjani.
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Saravati (ಸರವತಿ):—[noun] = ಸರವತ್ತಿಗೆ [saravattige].
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Sāravati (ಸಾರವತಿ):—[noun] the plant Cordia macleodii of Boraginaceae family; (?).
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 (+0): Sara, Cara, Vati.
Starts with (+0): Sharavatinadi.
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