Vairini, Vairiṇī: 5 definitions
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Vairini 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVairiṇī (वैरिणी).—One of the wives of Dakṣa, mother of 1000 sons and 60 daughters.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 5. 8; 146. 15.
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Sanskrit Edition and a Translation of Kambala’s Sādhananidhi, Chapter 8Vairiṇī (वैरिणी) is the name of a Deity associated with the syllable “vai” of the Devīhṛdayamantra (Goddess’ heart mantra): one of the four major mantras in the Cakrasaṃvara tradition, as taught in the eighth chapter of the 9th-century Herukābhidhāna and its commentary, the Sādhananidhi. The thirteen letters constituting the mantra are transformed in meditation into thirteen deities. All these female deities [viz., Vairiṇī] have their male consorts who resemble their consort female deities in appearance and are in sexual union with them.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVairiṇi (वैरिणि):—[from vaira] m. a [patronymic] [Catalogue(s)]
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVairiṇi (ವೈರಿಣಿ):—[noun] a woman who hates another, and wishes or tries to injure him; a foe; an enemy.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Asvairini, Kopavairini, Svairini, Vishavairini.
Full-text: Vairin, Vishavairini, Bharu, Abalya, Shaurya, Shabala, Kuhu, Devihridayamantra, Shakta, Daksha.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.5.28 < [Part 5 - Anger (raudra-rasa)]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
3.17. Use of Vibhāvanā-alaṃkāra < [Chapter 3 - Use of Alaṃkāras in Mudrārākṣasa]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 21 - Advice to Propitiate Śiva < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 29 - Gaṅgā-Sahasranāma (A Thousand Names of Gaṅgā) < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Date of the poet Māgha < [Introduction]