Vilambi: 10 definitions
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Vilambi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Vilambi (विलम्बि) refers to the thirty-second of the sixty-year cycle of Jupiter, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The years of the seventh yuga are—1. Hemalamba, 2. Vilambi, 3. Vikāri, 4. Śarvarī and 5. Plava. In the first of these years crops will generally be injured and there will be storm and rain; in the second year crops will not grow in abundance and the rainfall will not be much; in the third year mankind will be afflicted with fears and there will be much rain; in the fourth year there will be famine; in Plava, the fifth year, there will be prosperity in the land and also much rain”.
Vilambi (विलम्बि) refers to the thirty-second saṃvatsara (“jovian year)” in Vedic astrology.—The native whose birth occurs in the ‘samvatsara’ of ‘vilambi’ is deceitful, extremely avaricious or greedy, lazy, phlegmatic (that is, his predominant humour is Phlegm), weak, fatalist and has the habit of speaking without purpose, serviceable, defeated by his wife, contented, keeps his thoughts secret, and is of restless nature.
According with Jataka Parijata, the person born in the year vilambi (2018-2019 AD) will be prosperous, resorted to by the Brahmana community and disinterestedly benevolent.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Vilambi (विलम्बि) is the thirty-second of sixty years (saṃvatsara) in the Vedic lunar calendar according to the Arcana-dīpikā by Vāmana Mahārāja (cf. Appendix).—Accordingl, There are sixty different names for each year in the Vedic lunar calendar, which begins on the new moon day (Amāvasyā) after the appearance day of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (Gaura-pūrṇimā), in February or March. The Vedic year [viz., Vilambi], therefore, does not correspond exactly with the Christian solar calendar year.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vilambi : (aor. of vilambati) loitered; tarried; hung about.
vilambī (ဝိလမ္ဗီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vi+labi+ṇī．thī-nitea vilambinī．vilambini-saṃ．vilambi-prā．]
[ဝိ+လဗိ+ဏီ။ ထီ-၌ ဝိလမ္ဗိနီ။ ဝိလမ္ဗိနိ-သံ။ ဝိလမ္ဗိ-ပြာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vilambī—
(Burmese text): တွဲလျားဆွဲ-တွဲလွဲဆွဲ-ချိတ်ဆွဲ-နေသော (ကချေသည်)။ ဝိလမ္ဗန္တ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): "Intertwined - diverged - linked - staying (as if tethered). Observe the Vilambha."
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
vilambī (विलंबी).—a (vilamba S) Dilatory : also that protracts or lengthens out.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Vilaṃbi (विलंबि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vilambin.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vilaṃbi (ವಿಲಂಬಿ):—[adjective] suspending; hanging; dangling.
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Vilaṃbi (ವಿಲಂಬಿ):—[noun] name of the thirty second year, in the Hindu cycle of sixty years.
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Viḷaṃbi (ವಿಳಂಬಿ):—[adjective] suspending; hanging; dangling.
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Viḷaṃbi (ವಿಳಂಬಿ):—[noun] name of the thirty second year, in the Hindu cycle of sixty years.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vilambī (विलम्बी):—adj. 1. hanging down; pendent; 2. dilatory;
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)
Partial matches: La bi, Mi, Vi, Ni.
Starts with: Vilambia, Vilambicaruhara, Vilambika, Vilambin, Vilambisu, Vilambit, Vilambita, Vilambita Laya, Vilambitagati, Vilambitakala, Vilambitam, Vilambitaphala, Vilambitavritti, Vilambitva, Vilampiccai, Vilampicin, Vilampinakanar, Vilampitam.
Full-text (+12): Vilambicaruhara, Vilambin, Colvilampi, Samvatsara, Nativilambita, Vilambita, Vikalam, Edenada, Tribhuvanacandra, Nagacandra-Saiddhantika, Shantivira, Plava, Balacandra, Mailiyakka, Mandasasya, Bahusalila, Atyudvega, Pracurasalila, Pracurapavana, Bhuritoya.
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