Vivasvat: 7 definitions
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Vivasvat 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)
1a) Vivasvat (विवस्वत्).—See Sūrya.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 13. 8; Vāyu-purāṇa 63. 55.
1b) The name of the sun in the month of Nabhasya (Bhādrapada).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 11. 38; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 23. 9; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 10. 10. Matsya-purāṇa 126. 10.
1c) A son of Aditi: Āditya of the month śrāvaṇa a Prajāpati: born of Kaśyapa and Dākṣāyaṇī—see Sūrya;1 worship in buildings;2 father of Manu.3
- 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 24. 34, 88, 129; III. 1. 6 and 54; 3. 68; 71. 23; Matsya-purāṇa 6. 4; 11. 2-8; Vāyu-purāṇa 52. 91. 65. 53.
- 2) Matsya-purāṇa 253. 43; 268. 21.
- 3) Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 1. 6.
1d) A sage of the Cākṣuṣa Manu.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 9. 23.
1e) An Āditya.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 3. 3; 66. 66; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 15. 131.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Vivasvat (विवस्वत्) refers to the city of Yama, situated on the southern lower slope of mount Meru, according to Parākhyatantra 5.66. Meru is the name of a golden mountained situated in the middle of nine landmasses (navakhaṇḍa): Bhārata, Hari, Kimpuruṣa, Ramyaka, Ramaṇa, Kuru, Bhadrāśva, Ketumāla and Ilāvṛta. Together these khaṇḍas make up the continent known as Jambūdvīpa.
Vivasvat is also known by the name Vaivasvatī or Saṃyamanī and is mentioned in various other sources, eg., the Svacchanda-tantra 10.132-136, Kiraṇa-āgama 8.51-54, Mṛgendra-āgama vidyāpāda 13.47-54, Sarvajñānottara-tantra adhvaprakaraṇa 34-36 and Mataṅga-āgama vidyāpāda 23.60-63
The Parākhyatantra is an old Śaiva-siddhānta tantra dating from before the 10th century.
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Vivasvat (विवस्वत्) (or Vivasvant?) is the presiding deity the building-plot associated with the object named Vaidūrya, as discussed in the thesis entitled “concept of ritual deposit of Khmer temples in northeastern Thailand from 10th-13th century A.D.” by Naiyana Munparn.—(Also see: Acharya, Architecture of Mānasāra, 111).—Note: Vivasvat is denoted in the Thai language as วิวัสวัต (wiwatwat).
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vivasvat (विवस्वत्).—m.
1) The sun; त्वष्टा विवस्वतमिवोल्लिलेख (tvaṣṭā vivasvatamivollilekha) Kirātārjunīya 17. 48;5.48; R.1.3;17.48; एकः श्लाध्यो विवस्वान् परहितकर- णायैव यस्य प्रयासः (ekaḥ ślādhyo vivasvān parahitakara- ṇāyaiva yasya prayāsaḥ) Nāg.3.18.
2) Name of Aruṇa.
3) Name of the present Manu.
4) A god.
5) The Arka plant.
-tī f. The city of the sun; L. D. B.
Vivasvat (विवस्वत्).—m. (-svān) 1. A god. 2. The sun. 3. Aruna, the charioteer of the sun. 4. The seventh or present Manu; also Vaivaswata. f. (-tī) The city of the sun. E. vi implying variety, vas to cover or hide, aff. kvip; vivas here said therefore to imply various covering, as a garment of light, i. e. the rays of the sun, and matup poss. aff.
1) Vivasvat (विवस्वत्):—[=vi-vasvat] [from vi-vas] vi-vasvat or vi-vasvat mfn. shining forth, diffusing light, matutinal (applied to Uṣas Agni etc.; sadane vivasvataḥ, ‘at the seat of Fire’), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘the Brilliant one’, Name of the Sun (sometimes regarded as one of the eight Ādityas or sons of Aditi, his father being Kaśyapa; elsewhere he is said to be a son of Dākṣāyaṇī and Kaśyapa; in epic poetry he is held to be the father of Manu Vaivasvata or, according to another legend, of Manu Sāvarṇi by Sa-varṇā; in [Ṛg-veda x, 17, 1] he is described as the father of Yama Vaivasvata, and in [Ṛg-veda x, 17, 2] as father of the Aśvins by Saraṇyū, and elsewhere as father of both Yama and Yamī, and therefore a kind of parent of the human race), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
3) [v.s. ...] the Soma priest, [Ṛg-veda ix, 14, 5 etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of Aruṇa (charioteer of the Sun), [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] of the seventh or present Manu (more properly called Vaivasvata, as son of Vivasvat), [Ṛg-veda viii, 52, 1]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a Daitya, [Mahābhārata]
7) [v.s. ...] a god, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of the author of the hymn, [Ṛg-veda x, 13] (having the patronymic Āditya), [Anukramaṇikā]
9) [v.s. ...] Name of the author of a Dharma-śāstra (cf. -smṛti)
Vivasvat (विवस्वत्):—[vi-vasvat] (svān) 5. m. A god; the sun, or his charioteer; 7th Menu. f. City of the sun.
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.
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Nirukta and the Vedic interpretation (study) (by Shruti S. Pradhan)
Page 299 < [Chapter 1 - Group “A”]
Page 298 < [Chapter 1 - Group “A”]
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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 24 - Vivasvat (the Rising Sun) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Part 25 - Vivasvat (a Form of the Sun-god) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Part 5 - The twelve Ādityas in the form of the twelve months < [Chapter 4 - Vedic Influence on the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 4.4 < [Chapter 4 - Brahma-yajna]
Verse 4.1 < [Chapter 4 - Brahma-yajna]
Verse 4.5 < [Chapter 4 - Brahma-yajna]
Poetic spirit of the Rigvedic Seers (study) (by Pubali Chakraborty)
Part 10 - Fictitious Seer Belonging to Fictitious Family < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 33 - Story of Saranyu: Rigveda X.17 < [Chapter 6 - Deities of Rigveda VII.50–X.17]
Part 31-32 - Deities of Rigveda X.9-16; Three Agnis < [Chapter 6 - Deities of Rigveda VII.50–X.17]
Part 7-9 - Deities of Rigveda I.164-165; The three Agnis; The year < [Chapter 4 - Deities of Rigveda I.126–IV.32]
Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)