Shrigarbha, Śrīgarbha, Shri-garbha: 9 definitions
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Shrigarbha means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Śrīgarbha can be transliterated into English as Srigarbha or Shrigarbha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraŚrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ) is the name of a merchant from Vārāṇasī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 37. Accordingly, as Somasvāmin narrated to Niścayadatta: “... when I was at this stage of my life the youthful Bandhudattā, the daughter of the merchant Śrīgarbha, an inhabitant of that city, and the wife of the great merchant of Mathurā, Varāhadatta, who was dwelling in her father’s house, beheld me one day as she was looking out of the window”.
The story of Śrīgarbha was narrated by Gomukha in order to demonstrate that “it is true that chaste women are few and far between, but unchaste women are never to be trusted”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śrīgarbha, 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’.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāŚrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ) refers to a type of jewel or precious stone, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then the Bodhisattva Ratnavyūha said to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, please pour down rain of all kinds of jewels from the sky’. Immediately after his words, the great rain of immeasurable, incalculable amount of jewels, equal to Mount Sumeru in size, with various kinds of names and colors, poured down from ten directions. To wit, gold, silver, crystal, lapis lazuli, emerald, ruby, white coral (musāragalva), Śrīgarbha gem, stainless jewel, red coral gem, moonstone, sunstone, illuminating gem, brightening gem, Jambū-light gem, fire-light gem, [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ).—
1) an epithet of Viṣṇu.
2) a sword.
Derivable forms: śrīgarbhaḥ (श्रीगर्भः).
Śrīgarbha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrī and garbha (गर्भ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ).—m. (or semi-MIndic śirig°), (1) a kind of gem, reddish in color: śirigarbhapiñjalehi (padumehi) Mahāvastu ii.301.4; in 302.3 read, śirigarbha-piñjarehi (Senart with mss. -pañjarehi; so one ms., v.l. śiriṣa-g°, Senart em. wrongly śirīṣa-g°); śrīgarbha-ratnam Mahāvyutpatti 5961 = Tibetan rin po che (= ratna) dpal gyi (= śrī) sñin po (= heart, essence); śirigarbhehi maṇiratnehi Mahāvastu ii.311.6; similarly 318.4; śrīgarbha-siṃhāsane Lalitavistara 51.4 (here of a throne occupied by the Bodhisattva in the Tuṣita heaven); id. Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 2.7 (here on earth, on Gṛdhrakūṭa, near Rājagṛha); (2) name of one or more Bodhisattvas: Mahāvyutpatti 666; Daśabhūmikasūtra 2.6; Gaṇḍavyūha 442.9; one that is predicted for Buddhahood under the name Vimalanetra, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 21.11, 13; 26.5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ).—m.
(-rbhaḥ) 1. Vishnu. 2. A sword. E. śrī fortune, and garbha womb or origin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Śrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Maṇḍana and Śrīkaṇṭha, contemporary of Maṅkha. Śrīkaṇṭhacarita 25, 50.
2) Śrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ):—Śūdrāhnikācāra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ):—[=śrī-garbha] [from śrī] mfn. having welfare for its inner nature (applied to the sword and punishment), [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [Harivaṃśa]
3) [v.s. ...] of a Bodhi-sattva, [Buddhist literature]
4) [v.s. ...] of a merchant, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
5) [v.s. ...] of a contemporary of Maṅkha, [Catalogue(s)]
6) [v.s. ...] (with kavīndra) of a poet, [ib.]
7) Śrīgarbhā (श्रीगर्भा):—[=śrī-garbhā] [from śrī-garbha > śrī] f. Name of a Rādhā, [Pañcarātra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrīgarbha (श्रीगर्भ):—[śrī-garbha] (rbhaḥ) 1. m. Vishnu.
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Partial matches: Shri, Garbha.
Starts with: Shrigarbha kavindra, Shrigarbhakutavinarditaraja, Shrigarbhaprabhasa, Shrigarbharatna, Shrigarbhavati.
Ends with (+6): Amalashrigarbha, Buddhashrigarbha, Buddhishrigarbha, Candanashrigarbha, Chandanashrigarbha, Devashrigarbha, Gunapadmashrigarbha, Gunashrigarbha, Jyotirjvalanarchishrigarbha, Jyotirjvalanarcishrigarbha, Kusumashrigarbha, Merushrigarbha, Narayanashrigarbha, Padmashrigarbha, Punyashrigarbha, Pushpashrigarbha, Ruchirashrigarbha, Rucirashrigarbha, Salendrarajashrigarbha, Samantasampurnashrigarbha.
Full-text (+13): Narayanashrigarbha, Devashrigarbha, Pushpashrigarbha, Jyotirjvalanarcishrigarbha, Utpalashrigarbha, Shrigarbharatna, Vimalashrigarbha, Padmashrigarbha, Rucirashrigarbha, Buddhishrigarbha, Merushrigarbha, Punyashrigarbha, Shrigarbhaprabhasa, Shrigarbha kavindra, Shudrahnikacara, Pinjara, Pinjala, Mandana, Bandhudatta, Vimalanetra.
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