Vishvadeva, Vishva-deva, Viśvadevā, Viśvadeva: 11 definitions
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Vishvadeva 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.
The Sanskrit terms Viśvadevā and Viśvadeva can be transliterated into English as Visvadeva or Vishvadeva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1a) Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव).—A Pārāvatā god.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 13. 95; 36. 13.
1b) The Agni at Brahmasthānam.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 29. 28.
1c) See Viśvedevas.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 12.
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.60.37) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Viśvadeva) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Viśvadevā (विश्वदेवा) is another name for Bhadrodanī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.103-105 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Note: Narhari’s Bhadrodanī may be Rājabalā of Dh. [Dhanvantari?]. Together with the names Viśvadevā and Bhadrodanī, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव).—see under विश्व (viśva) m. above.
Viśvadeva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśva and deva (देव).
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव).—m.
(-vaḥ) A Viśvadeva, a deity of a particular class: see viśva. f.
(-vā) A plant, (Hedysarum lagopodioides.) E. viśva all, div to sport, aff. ghañ .
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव).—m. a deity of a particular class, see
Viśvadeva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśva and deva (देव).
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव).—[adjective] all-divine; [masculine] [plural] the All-gods (cf. viśva).
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the paramaguru of Madhusūdana Sarasvatī. L. 1136.
1) Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव):—[=viśva-deva] [from viśva] mfn. (viśva-) all-divine, [Ṛg-veda; Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a god, [Harivaṃśa]
3) [v.s. ...] of a teacher, [Catalogue(s)]
4) [v.s. ...] Pl. a [particular] class of deities, the Viśve Devāḥ (See viśva above), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Harivaṃśa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
5) Viśvadevā (विश्वदेवा):—[=viśva-devā] [from viśva-deva > viśva] f. Uraria Lagopedioides, [Suśruta]
6) [v.s. ...] Hedysarum Lagop°, [Horace H. Wilson]
7) [v.s. ...] a species of red-flowering Daṇḍôtpala, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव):—[viśva-deva] (vaḥ) 1. m. A Vishwadeva. f. Hedysarum plant.
Viśvadeva (विश्वदेव):—
1) m. pl. alle Götter; die Viśve Devāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 106, Scholiast] [Ṛgveda 6, 51, 7. 10, 125, 1.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 2, 22.] [Harivaṃśa 11294.] devā daśa smṛtāḥ [Jaṭādhara] in [Oxforder Handschriften 190,a,24.] im comp. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 44,6.] —
2) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 106, Scholiast 2, 2, 35, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1, Scholiast] gaṇa manojñādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 133.] allgöttlich: Indra [Ṛgveda 8, 87, 2. Vāyu 1, 142, 12.] Bṛhaspati [4, 50, 6.] Savitar [5, 82, 7. Soma 9, 92, 3. 103, 4.] Mahāpuruṣa [Harivaṃśa 14115. 14119] (viśvedeva die neuere Ausg.). Bez. eines best. Gottes: viśvadevena devena (viśvedevena viśveśaḥ die neuere Ausg.) sahāyudhyata vīryavān [13190.] viśvadevabhakta = viśvadevānāṃ (etwa Verehrer der Viśve Devāḥ) viṣayo deśaḥ gaṇa aiṣukāryādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 54.] —
3) f. ā Uraria logopodioides Dec. [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 59, 21. 137, 4. 317, 11.] = hrasvagavedhukā [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] eine rothblühende Species von daṇḍotpala [Ratnamālā 166.] — Vgl. vaiśvadeva, vaiśvadevaka .
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