A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Pundra
This page describes Pundra which is located on page 569 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Pundra” according to 38 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Skanda Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
He is a base Brahmana who makes (applies) the Pundra mark devoid of any gap (in the middle). For he drives me away along with Lakshmi who reside there (in the gap of the Pundra mark). 34. The base Brahmanas who make the vertical Pundra mark without gap within, really place (the imprint of the) the foot of a dog on their foreheads. There is no doubt about this. 35....
Read full contents: Chapter 2 - The Application of Tripundra
Sanatkumara Samhita
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:अङ्कनं शङ्ख-चक्राद्यैः सच्-छिद्र-पुण्ड्र उच्यतेदास-शब्द-युतं नाम मन्त्रो युगल-सम्ज्ञकम् ankanam shankha-cakradyaih sac-chidra-pundra ucyate dasa-shabda-yutam nama mantro yugala-samjnakam Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents: ankanam—the mark; shankha-cakradyaih—of the conchshell, disc, and other signs; sac-chidra-pundra—Vaishnava tilaka; ucyate—is said; dasa-shabda-yutam—withe the word "dasa"; nama—name; mantrah—mantra; yugala-samjnakam—the two...
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
Panini 4.2.69 lays down the adding of the ‘an’ affix in the sense of habitation, and Sutra 4.2.81 lays down the elimination of this affix; it is in accordance with this that we have the form ‘Pundra’ (which is formed of the term ‘pundra’ with the ‘an’ affix);—and the elimination is not according to Panini 1.2.54. The assertion that these people have become ‘low-born’ is based upon the fact that in these countries we do not meet with any dear division of the ‘four castes.’...
Read full contents: Verse 10.44
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