Vatarashana, Vātaraśana: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vātaraśana can be transliterated into English as Vatarasana or Vatarashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVātaraśana (वातरशन).—A class of gods performing śrāddha.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 10. 110; Vāyu-purāṇa 73. 62.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vātaraśana (वातरशन):—[=vāta-raśana] [from vāta > vā] a mfn. (vāta-) wind-girt, having (only) air for a girdle (said of Munis and Ṛṣis), [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a naked monk (= dig-ambara, dig-vāsas), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] [patronymic] of seven Ṛṣis (viz. of Ṛṣya-śṛṅga, Etaśa, Karikrata, Jūti, Vāta-jūti, Vipra-jūta, and Vṛṣāṇaka), [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā]
4) [=vāta-raśana] b See p. 934, col. 3
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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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Partial matches: Rasana, Vata.
Full-text: Vatajuti, Viprajuti, Karikrata, Juti, Vrishanaka.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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