Vallabheshvara, Vallabheśvara: 3 definitions

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Vallabheshvara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 Vallabheśvara can be transliterated into English as Vallabhesvara or Vallabheshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

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Source: Archaeological Survey of India: Śaiva monuments at Paṭṭadakal

Vallabheśvara (वल्लभेश्वर).—The Calikya (king), Vallabheśvara, performer of the Aśvamedha and other sacrifices according to the śrauta rites, born of Hiraṇyagarbha, made the best hill of Vātāpi (or Vātāpi in the best hill) into a fortress unconquerable neither from the top nor from the bottom, for the prosperity of the earth, (Epigraphia Indica vol. XXVII, pages 8-9).

It is clear from this inscription, that by Śaka 465 that is by A.D. 543 Bādāmi became the principal capital of Calukya kings and a fort was built atop on the hill. The fort can be visited even to-day. The king mentioned here is Vallabheśvara who performed aśvamedha i.e. horse sacrifice. Historians accept unanimously that Pulikeśi I was the first to perform horse sacrifice. So Vallabheśvara in question, the performer of horse sacrifice mentioned in the inscription is none other than Pulikeśi I. Practically he is the first king who withheld the Kadamba supremacy and ruled from Bādāmi as an independent king.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vallabheshvara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vallabheśvara (वल्लभेश्वर):—[from vallabha > vall] m. Name of a king, [Piṅgala Scholiast, i.e. halāyudha [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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Vallabheshvara in German

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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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