Vatsara, Vatsarā, Vatsāra: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vatsara (वत्सर).—The younger of the two sons of Dhruva. Utkala, the elder was a man of abstinence. So the younger brother Vatsara became the prince apparent.
Vatsara married the princess named Svarvīthī. Six sons named Puṣpārṇa, Tigmaketu, Īśa, Ūrja, Vasu and Jaya were born to them. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 4).
Vatsara (वत्सर) refers to one of the five years (pañcasaṃvatsara), defined in the Nīlamatapurāṇa. The expression pañcasaṃvatsara indicates the knowledge of five years, namely, Saṃvatsara, Parivatsara, Idvatsara, Anuvatsara and Vatsara.
Vatsara (वत्सर) refers to a “year”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.5.—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada the birth of Menā’s daughter:—“[...] The beloved of the mountain worshipped the Goddess along with Śiva, joyously. She gave charitable gifts always to the brahmins for their satisfaction. Desirous of obtaining a child, she worshipped Śivā everyday for twenty-seven years [i.e., saptaviṃśati-vatsara] beginning it in the month of March-April. Observing a fast on the eighth day of the lunar fortnight, she made charitable gifts of sweets, offerings of oblation rice cakes, puddings and fragrant flowers on the ninth day. [...]”.
1a) Vatsara (वत्सर).—A son of Dhruva.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 11. 14; IV. 10. 1.
1b) A son of Brahmī, was elected to Dhruva's throne as Utkala was engaged in penance and prayer; his wife was Svarvīthī, who bore him six sons.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 13. 11-12.
1c) A part of the five year yuga;1 last year;2 is Prapitāmaha while Ṛtus are Pitāmaha and Ārtavas, Pitṛs.3
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 22. 7; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 21. 132;
- 2) Vāyu-purāṇa 31. 28. Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 8. 72.
- 3) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 13. 21, 115, 120, 138.
1d) A Rudra.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 28. 22; Matsya-purāṇa 141. 19; Vāyu-purāṇa 56, 21; 65. 59.
1e) A sage by tapas; a Kaśyapa and Brahmavādin; sage of the Vaivasvata epoch and a Ṛṣika.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 32. 101-12; 38. 29; Matsya-purāṇa 145. 95; Vāyu-purāṇa 59. 92.
1f) A Sādhya.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 171. 44.
1g) Not to inter-marry with the members of Kaśyapa and Vasiṣṭha gotras.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 199. 10.
2) Vatsarā (वत्सरा).—A Śakti.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 32. 16.
3) Vatsāra (वत्सार).—A gotrakāra son of Kaśyapa; father of Nidhruva and Rebhya (Raibhya, Vāyu-purāṇa); a Brahmavādin.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 8. 29-30; Matsya-purāṇa 145. 106; Vāyu-purāṇa 64. 28; 70. 25.
Vatsara (वत्सर) refers to one of the sons of Dakṣa, according to one account of Vaṃśa (‘genealogical description’) of the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, Dakṣa gets married to Asikni, the daughter of Prajāpati Viraṇa and begot sixty daughters. He gave thirteen daughters to Kaśyapa. [...] Then Kaśyapa created the animals, animates and inanimates and again for the growth of progeny he underwent austere penance. By the power of penance two sons namely Vatsara and Asita were born. From Vatsara two sons were born namely Naidhruva and Raivya.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
vatsara (वत्सर).—m (S) A year. Commonly saṃvatsara.
vatsara (वत्सर).—m A year; commonly saṃvatsara.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vatsara (वत्सर).—[vas-saran Uṇādi-sūtra 3.71]
1) A year; दातास्याः स्वर्गमाप्नोति वत्सरान् रोमसंमितान् (dātāsyāḥ svargamāpnoti vatsarān romasaṃmitān) Y.1.25.
2) Name of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: vatsaraḥ (वत्सरः).
Vatsara (वत्सर).—adj. (= Sanskrit vatsala), affectionate: mss. at Mahāvastu i.155.2; Senart em. °la.
Vatsara (वत्सर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A year. 2. An epithet of Vishnu. E. vas to abide, saran Unadi aff.
Vatsara (वत्सर).—[vatsa + ra], m. A year, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 93.
Vatsara (वत्सर).—[masculine] year (also personif.).
1) Vatsara (वत्सर):—[from vatsa] m. the fifth year in a cycle of 5 or 6 years, (or) the sixth year in a cycle of 6 years, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] a year, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc. (also n., [Maitrī-upaniṣad] and f(ī). , [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan])
3) [v.s. ...] the Year personified, [Manu-smṛti xii, 49] (as a son of Dhruva and Bhrami, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]; also applied to Viṣṇu, [Mahābhārata])
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sādhya, [Harivaṃśa] ([varia lectio] matsara)
5) [v.s. ...] of a son of Kaśyapa, [Catalogue(s)] ([varia lectio] vatsāra).
6) Vatsāra (वत्सार):—[from vatsa] m. Name of a son of Kaśyapa, [Catalogue(s)] (cf vatsara and avatsāra).
Vatsara (वत्सर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A year.
Vatsara (वत्सर):—(vatsara [Uṇādisūtra 3, 71])
1) m. das fünfte (auch das sechste im sechsjährigen Cyclus) Jahr im fünf- oder sechsjährigen Cyclus [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 27, 45. 30, 15.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 5, 7, 4.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 2.] [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 298.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 88.] Jahr überh. [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 13. 20. 3, 4, 16, 95.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 109.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 158.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 62.] [MAITRYUP. 6, 14] [?(Nalopākhyāna). Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 76. Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 205. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 8, 16. 19. 39. 42, 12] (vatsarārdha). [?86, 64. BṚH. 7, 1. Spr. 1846. Viṣṇupurāṇa 224. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 11, 12. 14. fg. 5, 22, 7. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 49, 17 (Nalopākhyāna). 92, 20. Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1166.] āvatsaram [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 30, 11.] āvatsarāntam [Kathāsaritsāgara 23, 20.] rājan [KṚṢIS. 1, 2 v. u.] Personificirt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 49.] als Sohn Dhruva's und der Bhrami [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 10, 1. 13, 11.] unter den Beinn. Viṣṇu’s [Mahābhārata 13, 6999.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Sādhya [Harivaṃśa 11537.] matsara die neuere Ausg. — b) eines Sohnes des Kaśyapa [Oxforder Handschriften 56,b,38.] vatsāra v. l. — Vgl. anu, idā, idvatsara, idu, pari, prati, saṃ . Das Wort ist vielleicht auf vart sich drehen zurückzuführen (vgl. [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 351]); dann wäre vartsara die urspr. Form.
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Vatsāra (वत्सार):—m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Kaśyapa [Oxforder Handschriften 56,b,38.] — Vgl. a .
Vatsara (वत्सर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vacchara.
Vatsara (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 歲 [suì]: “(Skt. vatsara)”.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Vatsara (वत्सर) [Also spelled vatsar]:—(nm) an year.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Vatsara (ವತ್ಸರ):—[noun] a period of twelve months; a calendar year.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vatsara (वत्सर):—n. a year;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Vatsaradi, Vatsaraja, Vatsarajya, Vatsarantaka, Vatsarapancaka, Vatsaraphala, Vatsararambha, Vatsararna, Vatsarna.
Full-text (+131): Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Anuvatsara, Idavatsara, Prativatsaram, Udvatsara, Vatsarantaka, Prativatsara, Anuvatsaram, Tigmaketu, Pushparna, Vatsaradi, Avatsaram, Udavatsara, Svarvithi, Vatsar, Nidhruva, Vathsara, Vacchara, Vatsararna.
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