Shvetagiri, Shveta-giri, Śvetagiri: 4 definitions
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Shvetagiri 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 term Śvetagiri can be transliterated into English as Svetagiri or Shvetagiri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Śvetagiri (श्वेतगिरि) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—This is the second mountain to the north of the Mahāmeru, which is situated in the middle of Jambūdvīpa. It is regarded as the principal mountains of the continent know as Hiranmaya varṣa.
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’.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Svetagiri (Vedagiri) refers to Veḷḷaṟai, one of the 108 Vaishnava Divya Desam (divyadeśas or divyasthalas), located in the topographical division of Cōḻanāṭu (“Chola country”), according to the 9th century Nālāyirativviyappirapantam (shortly Nālāyiram).—Tradition would record the Vaiṣṇava divyadeśas or divyasthalas are 108. The divyadeśa is a base of the cult of Viṣṇu in Viṣṇuism [Vaiṣṇavism] tradition. The list of 108 [viz., Svetagiri] seems to have reached maturation by about the early 9th century CE as all the deśas are extolled in the hymns of the twelve Āḻvārs.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śvetagiri (श्वेतगिरि):—[=śveta-giri] [from śveta > śvit] m. wh° mountain, snowy range of hills (See under śveta above), [Catalogue(s)]
Śvetagiri (श्वेतगिरि):—m. Nomen proprium eines Berges: māhātmya [MACK. Coll. 1, 88.]
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: Shveta, Giri.
Starts with: Shvetagirimahatmya.
Full-text: Shvetagirimahatmya, Nilagiri, Vellarai, Vedagiri, Ramyaka, Colanatu, Shringavan, Kamarupa, Lavana.
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