Airavata, Airāvata, Āirāvata, Aīrāvata: 30 definitions

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Airavata means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Airāvata (ऐरावत):—(von irāvant)

1) m. n. a) m. patron. des Dhṛtarāṣṭra, eines fabelhaften Schlangenwesens (sarpa) [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 10, 29.] [Pañcatantra] [BR.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 35.] [Mahābhārata 1, 797. fgg. 829. 1550] (verschieden von Dhṛtarāṣṭra). [?14, 1714. 1732. Harivaṃśa 228. 376. 9156. Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 103. Medinīkoṣa t. 192.] — b) m. Nomen proprium des bei der Quirlung des Oceans hervorgekommenen Prototyps der Elephanten (auch das appell. nāga bezeichnet sowohl die Schlange als auch den Elephanten), des Weltelephanten des Ostens und des Vehikels von Indra, [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 42. 2, 5.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 170. 177.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 103.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 192.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2627. 3, 1676. 13219. 14370. 13, 831. fgg.] [Bhagavadgītā 10, 27.] [Indralokāgamana 1, 40.] [Harivaṃśa 268. 7469. 13113.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 6, 23. 3, 36, 9. 5, 12, 32. 55, 2. 6, 36, 103.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 86, 8.] [Bhartṛhari 2, 85.] [Vikramorvaśī 119.] [Meghadūta 63.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 73.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 153.] appell. zur Bezeichnung besonders ausgezeichneter Elephanten: airāvatānaindraśirānnāgānvai priyadarśanān . kharān śīghrāṃsusaṃyuktānmātulo smai dhanaṃ dadau .. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 70, 22.] — c) m. n. eine besondere Art Regenbogen, gedacht als Indra's gerader und langer Bogen, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 180.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 104.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 193.] (mahāghanāḥ) sairāvatāḥ sāśanayaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 188.] (āsthitau) prāvṛṣeṇyaṃ payovāhaṃ vidyudairāvatāviva (Sch. der Calc. Ausg.: = śacīndrāviva) [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 36.] An den beiden eben augeführten Stellen kann airāvata auch eine Art Blitz bezeichnen; vgl. [Mahābhārata 13, 7391] : ṛtūnutpātānvividhānyadbhutāni meghānvidyutsarvamairāvataṃ ca . Nach [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 10] und [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1104] bedeutet airāvatī f. Blitz, nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] und [Medinīkoṣa] auch eine bes. Art Blitz. airāvata als m. n. kennt der gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 31] und [Siddhāntakaumudī 251], a, pen. — d) m. Orangenbaum (ein anderer Name des Baumes nāgaraṅga steht gleichfalls mit nāga in Verbindung) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 18.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 153.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Ein anderer Fruchtbaum, Artocarpus Lacucha (lakuca) Roxb., [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Das n. bezeichnet die Frucht [Suśruta 1, 211, 11. 214, 5.] — e) m. oder n. eine wüste, wasserlose Gegend (das Gegentheil würde man eher erwartet haben) oder Name einer best. wüsten Gegend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 121,] [Scholiast] — f) n. pl. Name eines Varṣa [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 946.] irāvatīnāṃ nivāsa airāvatānyapi pañca Sch. — g) Name des nördlichen Theils der Mondbahn [Viṣṇupurāṇa 226,] [Nalopākhyāna 21.] airāvatapatha [Mahābhārata 3, 11836.] —

2) f. vatī a) Nomen proprium des Weibchens von Indra's Elephanten [SVĀMIN] zu [Amarakoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Blitz s. u. 1,c. — c) Name einer Pflanze (vaṭapatrī) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 2, 226, 2.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Flusses, = irāvatī [Mahābhārata 8, 2055.] — e) Name einer bestimmten Strecke der Mondbahn [Viṣṇupurāṇa 226,] [Nalopākhyāna 21.] Vgl. 1,g.

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Airāvata (ऐरावत):—

1) a) Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Oxforder Handschriften 31,a,39.] — b) [Halāyudha 1, 61. 104.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 81, 20.] — c) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 30, 8.] suracāpakhaṇḍamṛju yadrohitamairāvataṃ dīrgham [?47, 20. Nīlakaṇṭha zu Mahābhārata 3, 188] : meghasyopari yo meghaḥ sa airāvataḥ. airāvatī Blitz [Halāyudha 1, 60.] — e) vgl. iriṇa . — f) varṣamairāvatam [Mahābhārata 6, 232.] — g) umfasst Punarvasu, Puṣya und Āśleṣā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 1.] —

2) d) [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra.2,28.] [Oxforder Handschriften 41,a,34.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Airāvata (ऐरावत):——

1) m. — a) Nomen proprium — α) eines Schlangendämons. — β) des Elephanten Indra’s [322,27.] patha m. [Mahābhārata 3,162,34.] — b) eine Elephantenart. — c) Artocarpus Lacucha_Roxb. — d) *Orangenbaum. — e) = airāvatī d). — f) Name einer Sonne [Indische studien von Weber 10,275.] —

2) m. n. eine Art von Regenbogen. —

3) f. ā = airāvatī d) [VP.².4,276.] —

4) f. ī — a) Nomen proprium — α) des Weibchens von Indra’s Elephanten. — β) eines Flusses. — b) *Blitz überh. oder eine bes. Art Blitz. — c) ein Farnkraut. — d) die Strecke der Mondbahn , welche die Mondhäuser Punarvasu , Puṣya und Āśleṣā umfasst. —

5) n. — a) die Frucht von Artocarpus Lacucha. — b) Nomen proprium eines Varṣa. *Pl. [Hemacandra's Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 946.]

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