Yamala, Yāmala: 21 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Yamala (यमल).—A Dānava king.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 29. 124.
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)
Yāmala (यामल) is the name of an Āgama or Tantra mentioned in the Kakṣapuṭatantra verse 1.5-7.—“At a previous time, when Pārvatī asked him, Śaṅkara told of the attainments of vidyā in the wide worldly life, in various ways. I observed each teaching taught also by the troops of Gods, Siddhas (those who have attained supernatural power), Munis (saints), Deśikas (spiritual teachers), and Sādhakas (tantric practicioners). They are [, for example]: Yāmala... I shall carefully extract all the above-mentioned āgamas, which are transmitted from mouth to mouth, like butter extracted from coagulated milk”.
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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Yamala (यमल) is associated with Guru which represents one of the five Aṅgas or “limbs” (of a tāla—time-measure), according to the Tālalakṣaṇam, a work ascribed to Kohala—a celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Yāṣṭika, Śārdūla, Kāśyapa etc.—The Tālalakṣaṇa begins by mentioning the four types of aṅgas (druta, laghu, guru, pluta) according to the views found in Saṅgītacūḍamaṇi. Āñjaneyamatam also gives the same four aṅgas. Tālakalāvilāsam gives a more detailed account of the aṅgas and gives specific names for each of the five aṅgas. Guru is associated with Dvimātra, Vakra, Dīrgha, Yamala.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Yāmala (यामल).—Yāmala is a special class of Tāntric Literature, the principal ones being eight in number: Rudra, Skanda, Brahma, Viṣṇu, Yama, Vāyu, Kubera and Indra. Two old texts–Piṅgalāmata and Jayadratha –belong to the Yāmala group. Besides the above, there are other Yāmalas like Āditya and Gaṇeśa.
India history and geography
Yamala.—(IE 7-1-2), ‘two’. Note: yamala is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
Yāmala (यामल) or Yāmalatantra is the name of a Tantra categorized as “Viṣṇukrānta”, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=Śrī Kamaleśa Puṇyārka or श्री कमलेश पुण्यार्क].—This book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the यामल-तन्त्रम् [yāmala-tantram] or यामल [yāmala].
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Yamala, (fr. yama3) a pair Abhp 628.—yamalī occurs in BSk. only as a kind of dress, at Divy 276; AvŚ I. 265. (Page 551)
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
yamala (यमल).—n S A pair, a brace, a couple.
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yamala (यमल).—a S Twin, one of twins.
yamala (यमल).—n A pair, a couple. a Twin, one of twins.
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
Yamala (यमल).—a. Twin, one of a couple.
-laḥ The number 'two'.
-lau (dual) A pair.
-lam, -lī A pair, couple.
-lā A kind of hiccough.
-lī A dress consisting of two pieces.
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Yāmala (यामल).—
1) A pair, couple.
2) Name of a class of Tantra works; cf. रुद्रयामल (rudrayāmala).
Derivable forms: yāmalam (यामलम्).
Yamala (यमल).—n.
(-laṃ) A pair, a brace, a couple. f. (-lī) 1. A sort of dress, a bodice and petticoat. 2. A pair. f.
(-lā) Violent hic cough. E. yam to refrain, to cease, aff. kalac; or yamaṃ yogaṃ lāti lā-ka .
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Yāmala (यामल).—n.
(-laṃ) A pair, a couple, a brace. E. yamala, aṇ pleonastic aff.
Yamala (यमल).—[yama + la], I. n. A pair. Ii. f. lī, A sort of dress, a body and petticoat.
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Yāmala (यामल).—i. e. yamala + a, n. A pair.
Yamala (यमल).—[adjective] twin, paired, doubled; [masculine] a twin.
Yāmala (यामल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra. Devanātha in the Tantrakaumudī (L. 2010) speaks of three, Narapati (Cambr. 69) mentions seven. The Devītantra (Oxf. 109^a) and the Vāmakeśvaratantra (Āryavidyāsudhākara p. 160) report of eight. Oxf. 97^a. 101^b. 103^b. 104^a. See Ādiyāmala, Kṛṣṇayāmala, Gaṇeśayāmala, Grahayāmala, Brahmayāmala, Brahmāṇḍayāmala, Bhairavayāmala, Rudrayāmala, Viṣṇuyāmala, Śaktiyāmala, Siddhayāmala. Bṛhadyāmala mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa.
1) Yamala (यमल):—[from yam] a mf(ā)n. twin, paired, doubled, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a singer in a duet, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of the number ‘two’ [Sūryasiddhānta]
4) [v.s. ...] [dual number] twins, a pair, couple, brace, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
5) Yamalā (यमला):—[from yamala > yam] f. a kind of hiccough, [Suśruta]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a Tantra deity, [Catalogue(s)]
7) [v.s. ...] of a river, [Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya]
8) [v.s. ...] a sort of dress (consisting of body and petticoat), [Horace H. Wilson] (also f(ī) , [Divyāvadāna])
9) Yamala (यमल):—[from yam] n. a pair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) b See p. 846, col. 3.
11) Yāmala (यामल):—n. = yamala, a pair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) Name of a class of Tantra works (of which 3 or 7 or 8 are mentioned; cf. rudra-yāmala), [Catalogue(s)]
1) Yamala (यमल):—(laṃ) 1. n. A pair. f. (lī) A sort of dress. (lā) Strong hiccough.
2) Yāmala (यामल):—(laṃ) 1. n. A pair.
Yamala (यमल):—(von 2. yama)
1) adj. verzwillingt, gepaart, doppelt (n. Paar [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 38.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1425.] [Medinīkoṣa 1. 125.] [Halāyudha 4, 15]) [Suśruta 1, 66, 1.] chidrāḥ [2, 247, 11.] yamalairvegaiḥ [495, 1.] yamalā bhadrapadāḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 105, 2.] yamalaṃ jātaṃ ca kusumaphalam [46, 33.] yamalodbhava Geburt von Zwillingen [46, 53.] śānti eine Sühnungshandlung nach der Geburt von Zwillingen [SAṂSK. K. 91],a. yamalau Zwillinge [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 106, 4.] yamalābhyāmarjunābhyām ein Paar Arjuna-Bäume (die Kṛṣṇa im Wege standen und von ihm entwurzelt wurden) [Harivaṃśa 3451] (yamābhyām die neuere Ausg.). yamalārjunau personificirt als Feinde Kṛṣṇa’s und später als Verwandlungen Nalakubara's und Maṇigrīva’s, zweier Söhne des Kubera, angesehen, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 219.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 6, 35. 7, 23, 1, 42.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 10, 23. fgg.] yamalārjunakau [Harivaṃśa 5876.] yamalārjunabhañjana Beiname Viṣṇu’s oder Kṛṣṇa’s [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 221.] [Scholiast] [PAÑCAR. 4, 1, 23. 3, 132.] yamala m. als Bez. der Zahl zwei [Sūryasiddhānta 8, 5. 7.] —
2) f. ā a) eine best. Form des Schluchzens (hikkā) [Suśruta 2, 494, 15. 495, 2.] — b) Nomen proprium einer Tantra-Gottheit [Oxforder Handschriften 109], a, [27.] Vgl. yāmala . — c) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 1, 54.] —
3) f. ī ein Paar Stöcke [Medinīkoṣa]
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Yāmala (यामल):—n.
1) = yamala Paar [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 38.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1424.] —
2) Bez. einer Klasse von Tantra - Schriften [Oxforder Handschriften.7,b,2. 88,a,5. fgg. 90], a, [Nalopākhyāna 1. 97], a, [No. 151. 101], b, [44. 103], b, [9. 104], a, [17. 109], a, [1.] tā f. [29.] Häufig fälschlich jāmala geschrieben; vgl. ādi, kṛṣṇa (u. gaurāṅga), brahma, rudra, siddha .
Yamala (यमल):——
1) Adj. (f. ā ) verzwillingt , gepaart , doppelt ; von einem Sänger so v.a. Duettsänger S. S. S. 118. —
2) m. — a) Zwilling , Du. Zwillinge. — b) Bez. der Zahl zwei. —
3) f. ā — a) eine best. Form des Schluchzens (singultus). — b) Nomen proprium . — α) einer Tantra-Gottheit. . — β) eines Flusses. —
4) *f. ī ein Paar Stöcke. —
5) *n. Paar.
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Yāmala (यामल):—n. —
1) *Paar. —
2) eine best. Klasse von Tantra-Schriften. Nom.abstr. tā f.
Yamala (यमल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jamala.
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
Yamala (ಯಮಲ):—[noun] = ಯಮ - [yama -] 5, 6 & 8.
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Yamaḷa (ಯಮಳ):—[noun] = ಯಮ - [yama -] 5, 6 & 8.
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Yāmaḷa (ಯಾಮಳ):—
1) [noun] a set of two things regarded as one unit; a pair.
2) [noun] two children or animals brought forth at a birth; twins.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Yamala (यमल):—adj. twin-born; twin;
2) Yāmala (यामल):—n. a twin baby; couple; adj. of/relating to a twin baby or couple;
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)
Starts with (+3): Yamalacariyar, Yamalacattiram, Yamalacchada, Yamalachaya, Yamaladijananashantisutrani, Yamalai, Yamalajananashanti, Yamalaka, Yamalakamam, Yamalakamtaka, Yamalakkini, Yamalakshana, Yamalam, Yamalanusariprashna, Yamalapatra, Yamalapattraka, Yamalapuratanar, Yamalarjuna, Yamalarjunau, Yamalasara.
Full-text (+113): Rudrayamala, Brahmayamala, Adiyamala, Ganeshayamala, Vishnuyamala, Rasayamala, Shaktiyamala, Yamalasara, Siddhayamala, Krishnayamala, Yamalacchada, Shriyamala, Yamalayana, Samketayamala, Yamalashanti, Yamalacattiram, Jamala, Yamalam, Yamalasu, Yamalapuratanar.
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