Shatadhara, Śatadhara, Śatadhāra, Shata-dhara: 8 definitions
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Shatadhara 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 terms Śatadhara and Śatadhāra can be transliterated into English as Satadhara or Shatadhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚatadhara (शतधर).—A son of Devavarma, ruled for eight years.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 335.
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.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5Śatadhāra (शतधार) refers to an instrument having a hundred edges, used in the cleansing of food offerings, according to verse 25.64b-73a of the 8th-century Īśvarasaṃhitā. Accordingly, “... they [the kinds of śāli, green gram (mudga) and others] shall be brought at first to the place of threshing to be threshed. The place for the purpose shall be smeared with cow-dung, adorned with mortar cleaned with Śatadhāra and sanctified with kuśa water. He (priest) shall utter Praṇava and face east or north”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚatadhāra (शतधार).—a.
1) flowing in a hundred streams.
2) having a hundred edges.
-ram the thunderbolt of Indra.
Śatadhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and dhāra (धार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatadhāra (शतधार).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) 1. Flowing in many streams. 2. Having many edges. n.
(-raṃ) The thunder-bolt. E. śata, dhārā an edge, ṭac added.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śatadhara (शतधर):—[=śata-dhara] [from śata] m. Name of a king, [Vāyu-purāṇa; Kādambarī]
2) Śatadhāra (शतधार):—[=śata-dhāra] [from śata] mf(ā)n. (śata-) having a h° streams, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
3) [v.s. ...] having a h° (id est. numberless) points or edges, [Ṛg-veda]
4) [v.s. ...] m. ‘h° -edged’, the thunderbolt, [Vāsavadattā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatadhāra (शतधार):—[śata-dhāra] (raṃ) 1. n. The thunderbolt. a. Having many streams or edges.
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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 corpusŚatadhāra (ಶತಧಾರ):—[noun] the thunderbolt, as the weapon of Indra.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dhara, Shata.
Starts with: Shatadharaka, Shatadharavana.
Full-text: Shatadharavana, Ud.
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