Sharngadhara, Śārṅgadhara, Sharnga-dhara: 9 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Sharngadhara 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 Śārṅgadhara can be transliterated into English as Sarngadhara or Sharngadhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर).—Viṣṇu, lived in Mekhalā in Meghakara tīrtham.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 22. 41.

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Asian Agri-History: Drumavichitrikaranam—The Ancient Approach to Plant Mutagenesis

Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर) (1300 CE) is the author of the Upavanavinoda: an encyclopedic work also dealing with ancient Indian agriculture and Plant Mutagenesis (druma-vichitrikaranam). This term means “to make a tree appear extraordinary”. In other words, the term implies that there would be an alteration in the natural trait of the tree. Certain treatises contain a separate chapter on Plant Mutagenesis (druma-vicitrīkaraṇa), such as Śārṅgadhara’s Upavanavinoda (1300 CE).

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society, Volume 4: Reviews and Notices

Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर) or Śārṅgadharatantra is the name of a work related to Ayurveda and medicine referenced by the “cikitsa bidhane tantrasastra”—a Bengali work authored by ‘Krishna Chaitanya Thakur’ in three volumes dealing with the treatments for diseases and disorders collected from Tantric and Ayurvedic texts.—Eastern India is one of the major strongholds of Tantrism in South Asia, and this region, particularly Bengal, has played and still plays a prominent role in the development of Āyurveda. It is indeed a fact that much medically relevant material is to be found in [the Śārṅgadhara-tantra, or other] Tantric texts. The “cikitsā bidhāne tantraśāstra” (by Kṛṣṇacaitanya Ṭhākur) contains wealth of medicines and remedies for a large variety of diseases and disorders, arranged according to the individual diseases or disorders. The material presented is culled from a variety of texts [e.g., śārṅgadhara-tantra], [most of which] seem to be classed as Tantric, but some are quite obviously not so, though their material may be related to that to be found in Tantric texts.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर).—m. epithets of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: śārṅgadharaḥ (शार्ङ्गधरः).

Śārṅgadhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śārṅga and dhara (धर). See also (synonyms): śārṅgapāṇi, śārṅgabhṛt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर).—[masculine] the same; [Name] of an author, paddhati [feminine] his work.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Chandomālā.

2) Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर):—son of Dāmodara, grandson of Rāghavadeva, nephew of Gopāla and Devadāsa, elder brother of Lakṣmīdhara and Kṛṣṇa: Śārṅgadharapaddhati. Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā med.

3) Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर):—son of Devarāja, pupil of Vaikuṇṭhāśrama: Vaidyavallabha or Triśatī.

4) Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर):—Prastāvadīpikā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śārṅgadhara (शार्ङ्गधर):—[=śārṅga-dhara] [from śārṅga] m. (also with śeṣa and miśra) Name of various authors

[Sanskrit to German]

Sharngadhara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śārṅgadhara (ಶಾರ್ಙ್ಗಧರ):—[noun] Viṣṇu, who holds the bow śarŋga.

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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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