A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Sat-tala
This page describes Sat-tala which is located on page 254 of the third 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 “Sat-tala” according to 84 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: तया चोद्धृतयोत्खाता लोकाः सप्त-तला दृढाः निपेतुर् गिरयो ऽनेका विचेलुर् दृढ-दिग्-गजाः taya coddhritayotkhata lokah sapta-tala dridhah nipetur girayo neka vicelur dridha-dig-gajah taya—by this; ca—also; uddhritaya—lifted; utkhatas—devastated; lokah—the worlds; sapta-tala—seven tala planets; dridhah—solid; nipetur—fell; girayo— English translation of verse 1. 7. 11: mountains; anekas—many; vicelur—stumbled; dridha—sturdy; dik—of the directions; gajah—the...
Read full contents: Verse 1.7.11
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari [by K. A. Subramania Iyer]
The words kaka and tala stand for the actions of coming and falling. Commentary [The arrival of the crow is the standard of comparison for the arrival of Caitra, not mentioned in the compound. Similarly, the falling of the tala tree is the standard for the coming of the bandit which is also not mentioned in the compound. In other words kaka and tala are not connected with each other at all....
Read full contents: Verse 3.14.611
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) [by A. Yamuna Devi]
The sashabda is also classified into: (a) shamya–clapping by right hand; (b) tala-clapping by left hand; (c) sampata–clapping both hands together and (d) dhruva–snapping the fingers and moving the hand. Scholars generally opine that the word ‘tala comes from tala (the palm of the hand) and primarily refers to the beating of time by the clapping of hands. For eg. Meghasandesha (79) read— talaih shinjavalayasubhagaih nartito kantaya me | But generally it is used in the sense of ‘time measure ....
Read full contents: Tala (beat) or Measure of time
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