Yatudhana, Yatu-dhana, Yātudhāna: 16 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Yātudhāna (यातुधान).—One of the sons of Kaśyapa and Surasā. All Rākṣasas who were born in this family are known as "Yātudhānas".
Yātudhāna (यातुधान) refers to a group of deities, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.40 (“The Marriage Procession of Śiva”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Going along, seated on the elephant Airāvata in the midst of his armies, Indra, the lord of god, shone well fully decorated in various ways. Many other sages enthusiastic about the marriage of Śiva shone well on their way. Śākinīs, Yātudhānas Vetālas, Brahmarākṣasas, Bhūtas, Pretas and Pramathas, Tumburu, Nārada, Hāhā, Hūhū, Gandharvas and Kinnaras went ahead playing on their musical instruments with great delight. [...]”.
1a) Yātudhāna (यातुधान).—The father of Jantudhāna; had ten sons, all Rākṣasas, and followers of the Śun god.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 86-90; 8. 61; Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 128; 75. 45.
1b) Evil spirits hurting children;1 rushed to devour Manu engaged in meditation;2 put to flight by Kṛṣṇa;3 freedom by association with the wise;4 one of the three Rākṣasa clans moving about in the day time and ruining the śrāddha.5
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa II. 10. 39; VI. 8. 25; X. 6. 27; Vāyu-purāṇa 47. 16; 52. 5; 66. 118.
- 2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 1. 17.
- 3) Ib. X. 63. 10.
- 4) Ib. XI. 12. 3.
- 5) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 3. 97; 8. 61; 11. 81.
Yātudhāna (यातुधान) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. XIV.8.6, XIV.8) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Yātudhāna) 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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Yātudhāna (यातुधान) refers to “evil spirits”, according to the Pātravidhi—a manual of the Lakulīśa Pāśupata school of Śaivism dealing with purification of the initiate’s vessel (pātra) and other concerned issues.—Accordingly, “Now the breaking of rules concerning the vessel is fivefold: [...] (34) [...] The breach of rules concerning the vessel, again, should be known [to take place] in seven cases of violation of the vow: [...] (36–37) The vessel particularly of ascetics will become impure with these flaws. Whatsoever specific disciplinary rules the ascetic might follow who eats from such an impure vessel, by that deed [of him] the demons and evil spirits (yātudhāna) are delighted. (38)”.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Yātudhāna (यातुधान) in the Rigveda and later denotes a ‘sorcerer’, ‘wizard’, or ‘magician’. The sense of the Rigveda is clearly unfavourable to sorcery. The feminine, Yātudhānī, is also found in the Rigveda and later.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Yātudhāna (यातुधान) is another name for Jātudhāna: protector deity of the south-western cremation ground.—Jātudhāna also appears as Yātudhāna, a kind of evil spirit or demon responsible for sorcery or withcraft (yātu). He is described in the Śmaśānavidhi 16 and Adbhutaśmaśānālaṃkāra as blue-black (nīla), standing on a corpse, holding sword and skull bowl, naked, with men’s skulls on his head as a chaplet.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Yātudhāna (यातुधान).—an evil spirit, a demon; निघातयिष्यन् युधि यातुधानान् (nighātayiṣyan yudhi yātudhānān) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.21; R.12.45.
Derivable forms: yātudhānaḥ (यातुधानः).
Yātudhāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yātu and dhāna (धान).
Yātudhāna (यातुधान).—m.
(-naḥ) A goblin, an evil spirit. E. yātu the same, dhā to have, aff. lyuṭ .
Yātudhāna (यातुधान).—[masculine] ī [feminine] a kind of demons or evil spirits.
Yātudhāna (यातुधान):—[=yātu-dhāna] [from yātu > yā] m. = yātu, a kind of evil spirit or demon (f(ī). ), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
Yātudhāna (यातुधान):—[yātu-dhāna] (naḥ) 1. m. A goblin.
Yātudhāna (यातुधान):—(1. yātu + 2. dhāna) m. = 1. yātu (2) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 56.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 187.] [Halāyudha 1, 73.] [Ṛgveda 1, 35, 10.] a.yā murīya.yadi yātu.hāno.asmi.yadi.vāyusta.apa.pūruṣasya [7, 104, 15. 16. 24. 10, 87, 2. 3. 7. 10. 120, 4.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 13, 7.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 7, 1. fgg. 4, 3, 4. 6, 32, 2. 13, 3. 7, 70, 2. 19, 46, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7, 4, 1, 29.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 37, 14.] [Mahābhārata 3, 8438. 12248. 5, 3571. 4851. 13, 184. 14, 185.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 27. 5, 10, 16. 6, 33, 3. 7, 59, 20.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 45.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 175.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 80.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 10, 39. 5, 21, 18. 6, 6, 28.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 3, 12.] fem. ī [Ṛgveda 1, 191, 8. 10, 118, 8.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 5.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 28, 2. 4. 2, 14, 3. 4, 9, 9. 18, 17. 20, 6. 19, 39, 8.] [Mahābhārata 13, 4453.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 19, 20. 8, 10, 47. 10, 6, 3.]
Yātudhāna (यातुधान):——
1) m. = ^1. yātu 1)b). —
2) f. yātudhānī f. zu 1).
Yātudhāna (यातुधान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jāuhāṇa.
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
Yātudhāna (ಯಾತುಧಾನ):—[noun] = ಯಾತು - [yatu -] 1, 3 & 5.
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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Partial matches: Dhana, Tana, Yadu.
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