Shvetodara, Śvetodara, Shveta-udara: 6 definitions
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Shvetodara 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 Śvetodara can be transliterated into English as Svetodara or Shvetodara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚvetodara (श्वेतोदर).—A mountain on the south of the Mānasa.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 36. 23; 39. 56; 42. 30.
Ṣa
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 dictionaryŚvetodara (श्वेतोदर).—an epithet of Kubera.
Derivable forms: śvetodaraḥ (श्वेतोदरः).
Śvetodara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and udara (उदर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvetodara (श्वेतोदर).—m.
(-raḥ) Kuvera. E. śveta white, and udara the belly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śvetodara (श्वेतोदर):—[from śveta > śvit] m. ‘having a white belly’, a kind of snake, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Kubera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] of a mountain, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvetodara (श्वेतोदर):—[śveto+dara] (raḥ) 1. m. Kuvera.
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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.
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