Shatabahu, Śatabāhu: 5 definitions
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Shatabahu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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 Śatabāhu can be transliterated into English as Satabahu or Shatabahu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚatabāhu (शतबाहु).—An Asura.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VII. 2. 4.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraŚatabāhu (शतबाहु) is the name of a flying ascetic and former king of Māhiṣmatī, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.2 [Rāvaṇa’s expedition of conquest] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, “While Daśānana was seated in his council, delighted, a flying ascetic, named Śatabāhu, arrived. Daśāsya left his lion-throne, took off his jeweled slippers, and stood to receive him, like a peacock a cloud. [...] The best of Munis, questioned by Rāvaṇa with folded hands about the reason for his coming, replied with the harmless speech: ‘I am Śatabāhu. I was king of Māhiṣmatī. I am afraid of this living in worldly existence, like a tiger afraid of fire. I bestowed my kingdom on my son, Sahasrakiraṇa, and resorted to the vow which resembles a chariot on the road to emancipation’. [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚatabāhu (शतबाहु).—(1) m., name of a son of Māra, unfavorable to the Bodhisattva: Lalitavistara 309.18; (2) m., name of a yakṣa: Mahā-Māyūrī 22; (3) m., name of a nāga king: Mahā-Māyūrī 246.23; (4) f. (n. sg. °hur), name of a nāga maid: Kāraṇḍavvūha 4.3; (5) f., name of a rākṣasī: Mahā-Māyūrī 243.27.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śatabāhu (शतबाहु):—[=śata-bāhu] [from śata] mfn. (?) having a h° arms (a boar), [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] small animal of a noxious kind, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of an Asura, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] of an evil demon (māra-putra), [Lalita-vistara]
5) [v.s. ...] f. (u) Name of a goddess, [Catalogue(s)]
6) [v.s. ...] of a Nāga female, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
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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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Full-text: Sahasrakirana.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 6: Rāvaṇa’s conquests < [Chapter II - Rāvaṇa’s expedition of Conquest]
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The Story of Lord Nrisimhadeva
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 5: Kalpasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)