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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Svabāla (स्वबाल) refers to “one’s own son”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.14 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, after Brahmā spoke to the Ocean: “After saying so he called Śukra and performed his coronation. Brahmā then took leave of the ocean and disappeared. Thereafter the ocean with blooming eyes saw the son, took him to his abode joyously. With a joyous heart he nurtured the boy (svabāla) with diverse great means. The boy grew into a beautiful youth of exquisite limbs and wonderful splendour. [...]”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Svabala (स्वबल).—An Asura in the sabhā of Hiraṇyakaśipu.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 161. 80.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Svabala (स्वबल) refers to “one’s own army”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army [i.e., svabala] and from wars. If the eclipse should occur at rising or setting, the crops of Śarat (October and November) will perish and princes will suffer. In total eclipses if the eclipsed sun or moon should be subject to malefic planetary influence, there will be death and famine in the land”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvabāla (श्वबाल):—[=śva-bāla] [from śva > śvan] [wrong reading] for -vāla.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shva, Bala.

Starts with: Svabalashraya.

Ends with: Ashvabala.

Full-text: Nasti, Trasana, Samstava.

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