Tamravarna, Tāmravarṇa: 10 definitions
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Tamravarna 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇaTāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण).—One of the nine divisions of Bhārata, a region south of mount Meru, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 74. Tāmravarṇa is surrounded by an ocean (sāgara) and is one thousand yojanas in extent. Meru is one of the seven mountains located in Jambūdvīpa, which is ruled over by Āgnīdhra, a grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Tāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण).—A mountain near Patanga in the southern direction.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 38. 8.
1b) A division of the Bhāratavarṣa.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 9; Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 79.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsTāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण):—Coppery colour
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Tāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण) [?] is the name of a Devaputra appointed as one of the Divine protector deities of Parika, according to chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective kingdoms of Jambudvīpa [e.g., the Devaputra Tāmravarṇa in Parika], resembling the time of the past Buddhas.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण).—mfn.
(-rṇaḥ-rṇī-rṇaṃ) Red, copper-coloured. f. (-rṇī) The blossom of sesamum. E. tāmra, and varṇa colour.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण).—[adjective] copper-coloured, dark-red.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण):—[=tāmra-varṇa] [from tāmra] mfn. copper-coloured, dark-red, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka i, 12, 4; Mahābhārata i]
2) [v.s. ...] = rṇaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] = -parṇa q.v.
4) [v.s. ...] See -pakṣa
5) Tāmravarṇā (ताम्रवर्णा):—[=tāmra-varṇā] [from tāmra-varṇa > tāmra] f. the China rose, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTāmravarṇa (ताम्रवर्ण):—[tāmra-varṇa] (rṇaḥ-rṇā-rṇaṃ) a. Copper-coloured. f. The blossom of sesamum.
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Tamra, Varna.
Starts with: Tamravarnaka.
Full-text: Tamravarni, Tamravarnaka, Vidyadharapura, Parika, Dvipa, Bharata.
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