Vilohita: 8 definitions
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Vilohita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Vilohita (विलोहित).—A Rākṣasa (giant) who was the son of Kaśyapa. It is mentioned in Vāyu Purāṇa, Chapter 69, that Vilohita had three heads, three legs and three hands.
2) Vilohita (विलोहित).—A hell. (See the section Naraka under Kāla).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Vilohita (विलोहित).—A Vānara chief.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 243.
1b) One of the 11 Rudras.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 153. 19.
1c) The second son of Khaśā (s.v.) with three heads, three feet, three hands, black eyes, etc.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 76, 80-3.
1d) (Viloha)—a hell, to which go the thieves and those who transgress established rules.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 6. 2 and 14.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraVilohita (विलोहित) refers to a “colour”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army and from wars. [...] If the disc should appear black resembling the colour of the stem of dūrvā grass (Agrostis linearis) or yellow, there will be much death in the land. If of the colour of the flower pāṭali (Bignonia Suaveolenis) ‘trumpet flower’ there will be fear from lightning. If the eclipsed disc be of the colour of red dust [i.e., pāṃśu-vilohita], the Kṣatriyas will suffer and there will be no rain. If of the colour of the rising sun, of lotus, of the rainbow, there will be suffering from weapons”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVilohita (विलोहित).—a.
1) Of a purple colour.
2) Reddish, red; धनुर्धरः कोपविलोहिताक्षः (dhanurdharaḥ kopavilohitākṣaḥ) R.16.77.
-taḥ Name of Rudra.
-tā One of the tongues of fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVilohita (विलोहित).—nt., (1) blood (? = Sanskrit lohita): Śikṣāsamuccaya 81.14 (verse) vṛkkau vilohitaṃ pittaṃ, in a list of parts of the body. The alternative would seem to be to take vi = (a)pi, with Prakritic v. for p; I do not think this likely; (2) -saṃjñā = vilohitaka-, q.v.: Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 59.8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vilohita (विलोहित):—[=vi-lohita] [from vi] 1. vi-lohita m. a kind of disease, (perhaps) bleeding of the nose, [Atharva-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] 2. vi-lohita mfn. (vi-) deep-red, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Harivaṃśa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] of Rudra and Fire (is identified with R°), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
5) [v.s. ...] a kind of onion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a hell, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
7) Vilohitā (विलोहिता):—[=vi-lohitā] [from vi-lohita > vi] f. Name of one of the 7 tongues of fire ([varia lectio] su-lohitā), [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVilōhita (ವಿಲೋಹಿತ):—[noun] the colour of blood; red colour.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Treatment of Vilohita (Polypus) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Ear and Oral diseases < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Śīrṣakti (headache) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
22. Eleven incarnations of Śiva < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
1. Epithets of Rudra-Śiva tracked in the Saṃhitā literature < [Chapter 6b - Epithets (References)]
2. Rudra-Śiva in the Upaniṣadic Literature < [Chapter 4 - Rudra-Śiva in the Post-Brāhmaṇic Literature]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2 - Śaivism: The Śiva-cult < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 18 - Śiva’s Eleven Incarnations < [Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā]
Chapter 16 - Uplift from the hell < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)