Shivadatta, Śivadatta, Shiva-datta: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śivadatta can be transliterated into English as Sivadatta or Shivadatta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationŚivadatta (शिवदत्त) refers to “that which is provided by Śiva”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.47 (“The ceremonious entry of Śiva”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “Then the chief of mountains caused the investiture rite with the sacred thread for Pārvatī and Śiva with the Vedic hymns recited enthusiastically. Then Viṣṇu, the other gods and the sages entered the inner apartments of the palace of the mountain enthusiastically at the request of Himācala. After performing the conventional rites in accordance with the Vedic injunctions and the social customs they decorated Pārvatī with the ornaments provided by Śiva (śivadatta). [...]”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚivadatta (शिवदत्त).—The father of the Mṛga which met with Mṛgi Paraśurāma at Puṣkara: a Brahman of Kauśika gotra in the Drāviḍa country; his sons were converted into deer; after seeing Agastya, went to heaven.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 35, 11-34.
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: KathāsaritsāgaraŚivadatta (शिवदत्त) is the name of a Brāhman from Hastināpura, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 74. Accordingly, as a Akṣakṣapaṇaka said to Bhīmabhaṭa: “... there lived in Hastināpura a Brāhman named Śivadatta, a very rich man, and I am his son, and my real name is Vasudatta. And in my youth I learnt skill in arms as well as in the Vedas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śivadatta, 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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚivadatta (शिवदत्त).—the discus of Viṣṇu (sudarśana).
Derivable forms: śivadattam (शिवदत्तम्).
Śivadatta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śiva and datta (दत्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚivadatta (शिवदत्त).—n.
(-ttaṃ) The discus of Vishnu. E. śiva Siva, and datta given.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚivadatta (शिवदत्त).—[masculine] names of men.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Śivadatta (शिवदत्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a writer on dharma, is quoted by Hemādri in Pariśeṣakhaṇḍa 2, 594.
2) Śivadatta (शिवदत्त):—son of Caturbhuja, composed in 1677: Śivakoṣa and its
—[commentary] Śivaprakāśa.
3) Śivadatta (शिवदत्त):—Nalodayaṭīkā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śivadatta (शिवदत्त):—[=śiva-datta] [from śiva] m. ‘given by or presented to Ś°’, (with śarman, miśra and sūri) Name of three authors, [Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] of various other men, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] n. the discus of Viṣṇu, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚivadatta (शिवदत्त):—[śiva-datta] (ttaṃ) 1. n. The discus of Vishnu.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shiva, Datta, Civa.
Starts with: Shivadatta mishra, Shivadatta sharman, Shivadatta suri, Shivadattamala, Shivadattapura.
Full-text (+14): Shivakosha, Shivadattapura, Ganapatimanasapujana, Shivadatta sharman, Gangabhaktirasodaya, Vamadatta, Caturbhuja, Ramakumara mishra, Suri, Shivadatta suri, Shivadatta mishra, Bhaskararaya, Dhanapati mishra, Dhama, Bhaskaranandanatha, Bhasurananda, Bhaskararaja dikshita, Bhasuranandanatha, Narasimhadhvarin, Bhaga.
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