Vidhuma, Vidhūma, Vidhūmā: 15 definitions
Introduction:
Vidhuma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
1) Vidhūmā (विधूमा):—One of the twelve guṇas associated with Vahni, the third seat of the Svādhiṣṭhāna-chakra. According to tantric sources such as the Śrīmatottara-tantra and the Gorakṣasaṃhitā (Kādiprakaraṇa), these twelve guṇas are represented as female deities. According to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā however, they are explained as particular syllables. They (e.g. Vidhūmā) only seem to play an minor role with regard to the interpretation of the Devīcakra (first of five chakras, as taught in the Kubjikāmata-tantra).
2) Vidhūmā (विधूमा):—One of the sixteen yoginīs representing the sixteen petals of the Dūtīcakra. The sixteen petals comprise the outer furnishment, whereupon the abode of the Dūtīs is situated. The Dūtīs refer to the eighty-one “female messengers/deties” of the Dūtīcakra.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Kavya (poetry)
Vidhūma (विधूम) is the name of a vasu who fell in love with an apsara named Alambuṣā at the Court of Brahmā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 9. After being cursed by Indra, Vidhūma got reborn as Sahasrānīka, the son of King Śatānīka.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vidhūma, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vidhūma : (adj.) smokeless; passionless.
Vidhūma, (& vidhuma) (adj.) (vi+dhūma) “without smoke, ” i.e. passionless, quiet, emancipated S. I, 141 (K. S. : “no fume of vice is his”); Sn. 460 (=kodhadhūma-vigamena v. SnA 405), 1048 (cp. Nd2 576 with long exegesis); Pv IV. 134 (=vigata-micchā-vitakkadhūma PvA. 230). (Page 623)
vidhūma (ဝိဓူမ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vi+dhūma．vidhūma-saṃ,prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝိ+ဓူမ။ ဝိဓူမ-သံ၊ ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vidhūma—
(Burmese text): အခိုး-မရှိ-ကင်း-သော (က) အမျက်ဒေါသဟူသော အခိုးမှ ကင်းသော။ (ခ) မိစ္ဆာဝိတက်ဟူသော အခိုးမှ ကင်းသော။ (ဂ) ကာယဒုစရိုက်စသော အခိုးမှ ကင်းသော။
(Auto-Translation): Free from anger (a) free from the anger called hatred. (b) free from the anger called desire. (c) free from the anger that causes bodily harm.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
vidhūma (विधूम).—a S That is without smoke, smokeless.
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
Vidhūma (विधूम).—a. Smokeless.
Vidhūma (विधूम).—adj. smokeless; loc. ºme, at the time when there is no smoke in the kitchen, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 56.
— Cf. [Latin] fumus; (originally breath), cf. dhmā.
Vidhūma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and dhūma (धूम).
Vidhūma (विधूम).—[adjective] smokeless.
1) Vidhūma (विधूम):—[=vi-dhūma] [from vi] mf(ā)n. smokeless, not smoking (said of fire), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc. (me ind. when no smoke is seen, [Manu-smṛti vi, 56])
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Vasu, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Vidhūma (विधूम):—(2. vi + dhūma)
1) adj. (f. ā) nicht rauchend: Feuer [GṚHYAS. 1, 25.] [Mahābhārata 1, 4111. 8320. 5, 2945.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 34, 20. 4, 33, 31. 5, 3, 5. 49, 23. 7, 20, 27. 42, 3.] [Suśruta 1, 114, 10.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 28, 77.] agneḥ śikhā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 114, 5 (125, 5 Gorresio).] vidhūme wenn kein Rauch mehr (aus der Küche) zu sehen ist [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 56.] [Mahābhārata 14, 1277.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 41, 6.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Vasu [Kathāsaritsāgara 9, 23.]
Vidhūma (विधूम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vidhūma.
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
Vidhūma (विधूम):—(a) smokeless.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Vidhūma (विधूम) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vidhūma.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vidhumandala, Vidhumasa, Vidhumauli, Vidhumaya, Vidhumita.
Full-text: Vidhumita, Vidhume, Alambusha, Sahasranika, Ambarisha, Dhuma, Mrigavati.
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Search found 5 books and stories containing Vidhuma, Vi-dhuma, Vi-dhūma, Vidhūma, Vidhūmā; (plurals include: Vidhumas, dhumas, dhūmas, Vidhūmas, Vidhūmās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 5 - Redemption from Curse of Alaṃbuṣā and Vidhūma < [Section 1 - Setu-māhātmya]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.36.9 < [Sukta 36]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 317 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter IX < [Book II - Kathāmukha]