Shraddhadeva, Śrāddhadeva, Shraddha-deva: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śrāddhadeva can be transliterated into English as Sraddhadeva or Shraddhadeva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Śrāddhadeva (श्राद्धदेव).—A tīrtha on the Sarasvatī.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 1. 22.
1b) A son of Niṣādajara.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa 71. 120.
1c) (Manu: a son of Vivasvata and Samjñā: Seventh Manu (s.v.) Manu Vaivasvata. Satyavrata in previous birth.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 6. 40; VIII. 13. 1 and 9; 24. 11; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 63. 215; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 1. 30.
1d) Yama; the former birth of Gaveṣuṇa; a destroyer of Indra; father of Ekalavya.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 182.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚrāddhadeva (श्राद्धदेव).—
1) a deity presiding over funeral rites.
2) an epithet of Yama.
3) a Viśvadeva q. v.
4) a Pitṛ or progenitor.
Derivable forms: śrāddhadevaḥ (श्राद्धदेवः).
Śrāddhadeva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrāddha and deva (देव). See also (synonyms): śrāddhadevatā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrāddhadeva (श्राद्धदेव).—m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Yama. 2. A god presiding our funeral rites. 3. A Vishwadeva. E. śrāddha the funeral ceremony called Shradd'ha, and deva deity; as judge and monarch of the dead.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚraddhādeva (श्रद्धादेव).—[adjective] trusting in (a) god.
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Śrāddhadeva (श्राद्धदेव).—[masculine] the god of the funeral oblation (Manu or Yama Vaivasvata, also Vivasvant etc.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śraddhādeva (श्रद्धादेव):—[=śraddhā-deva] [from śraddhā > śrad] (śraddhā-) mfn. trusting in the deity, faithful, believing, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad] (cf. śrāddha-d).
2) Śrāddhadeva (श्राद्धदेव):—[=śrāddha-deva] [from śrāddha] m. any god presiding over Śr° rites ([especially] applied to Yama, lord of the dead, but also to his brother Manu Vaivasvata, who in a former mundane age was Manu Satya-vrata; also applied to Vivasvat himself, and even to Brāhmans), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrāddhadeva (श्राद्धदेव):—[śrāddha-deva] (vaḥ) 1. m. Yama.
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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 corpusŚrāddhadēva (ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧದೇವ):—[noun] Yama, the Lord of the world in which pitřs (manes) live.
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: Shraddha, Deva, Teva.
Starts with: Shraddhadevata, Shraddhadevatanirnaya, Shraddhadevatva.
Full-text (+15): Shraddhadevatva, Shraddhadevata, Vaivasvata Manu, Shraddhadeya, Nriga, Prishadhra, Dandaka, Dishta, Citrasena, Sharyati, Narishyanta, Sukanya, Ila, Vivasvan, Nabhaga, Vikukshi, Ikshvaku, Dhrishta, Nimi, Sudyumna.
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