Bhairava: 37 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBhairava (भैरव):—1. (von bhīru)
1) adj. grausig [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 303.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3,] [?708.Medinīkoṣa v. 46. Halāyudha 4, 20.] śvāpada [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 26, 14.] vapus [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 77.] svarūpa [Oxforder Handschriften 59,a,1.] saṃgrāma [MB. 1, 215.] Wunde [Suśruta 1, 83, 19.] svara, niḥsvana, rava, rāva, śabda [2, 388, 5.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1213. 6278. 4, 1525. 4, 1525. 10, 392] (die ed. Bomb. liest ravān st. raṇe) . [Hiḍimbavadha 4, 20.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 9, 21.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 30, 6.] bhairavajarjaraśabda [39, 5.] f. ī [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 9, 22.] ā (in beiden Ausgg.) [Harivaṃśa 5599.] kurvāṇaṃ bhairavaṃ mahat Grausiges [Mahābhārata 4, 1396.] ati [14, 2471] (yuddha) . [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 368] (bherīrava). bhairavam adv.: prākrośan [Mahābhārata 2, 2690. 2695.] nadan [8, 63] (ed. Bomb. bhairavaṃ st. bhairavān). bhairavamuccairviravan [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 30, 3.] subhairavam [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 11, 36.] bhairavābhirute yuddhe [70, 29.] —
2) m. a) eine Form Śiva’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.1,1,44.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 198.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 87,7.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 59,7.] [Oxforder Handschriften 69,b, Nalopākhyāna 2. 88,a,23. 91,b,6. 101,a,31.b,8. 13. 17. 238,b,16. 309,b,27. 320,a,2.] [Burnouf 551.] [WILSON, Sel. Works] [?I,21 u.s.w.] bhūloka [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 311.] Es werden acht Formen Bhairava's aufgeführt: mahā, saṃhāra, asitāṅga, ruru, kāla, krodha, tāmracūḍa, candracūḍa (statt der zwei letzten auch kapāla und rudra) [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 25,b, Nalopākhyāna 5] und im [Śabdakalpadruma] oder: asitāṅga, ruru, caṇḍa, krodha, unmatta, kapālin (kupati [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]), bhīṣaṇa und saṃhāra [ŚAṂKARAVIJAYA] in [Oxforder Handschriften 250,a,18. fgg.] und [TANTRASĀRA im Śabdakalpadruma] oder: vidyārāja, kāma, nāga, sacchanda, lamvita, deva, ugra und vighna [VĀMANA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher im Śabdakalpadruma] nāmāvalī [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1302.] bhairavatantra [Oxforder Handschriften 95,a,46. 104,a,11. 108,b,24.] bhairavastotra (ein Abschnitt des Rudrayāmala) [299,a, No. 729.] bhairava = ugrabhairava [Oxforder Handschriften 257,a,2.] — b) ein den Bhairava darstellender Mann [WILSON, Sel. Works I, 258.] — c) ein Śivagaṇādhipa [Kalikāpurāṇa 44 im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) ein Sohn Śiva’s von der Tārāvatī, der Gattin Candraśekhara’s, Königs von Karavīrapura, [Kalikāpurāṇa 49 im Śabdakalpadruma] — e) Nomen proprium eines Nāga [Mahābhārata 1, 2158.] eines Yakṣa [Oxforder Handschriften 18,b,38.] — f) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [HALL 173.] [Oxforder Handschriften 101,b,13.] Autors des Pheṭkāriṇītantra [98,b,35.] eines Lehrers der Haṭhavidyā [233,b,38.] zweier Fürsten [137,b, No. 267. 273,a, No. 648.] eines Jägers [Hitopadeśa 34, 18.] — g) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — h) Bez. eines Rāga (einer musikalischen Weise) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Asiatick Researches III, 73. 77]; vgl. bhairavī c. —
3) f. ī a) eine best. Form der Durgā [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 206.] [Halāyudha.1,17.] [Oxforder Handschriften 88,a,23. 93,b,13 fgg.] bhairavyā dhāraṇayantram [96,b,5.] kavaca [94,a,40.] cakra [92.a, Nalopākhyāna 1.] tantra [?95,a,47 (Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1335).] prayoga [94,b,24.] mantrāḥ [93,b,12.] yantra [94,b,10.] stotra [94,a,40.] Vgl. tripura . — b) ein zwölfjähriges Mädchen, welches bei der Durgā-Feier diese Göttin vertritt, [ANNADĀKALPA im Śabdakalpadruma] u. kumārī . [WILSON, Sel. Works I, 257. fg.] — c) Bez. einer Ragiṇī (vgl. bhairava 2,h.) [Asiatick Researches] [?III,77. Gītagovinda Einl. VIII.] bhairavīrāga [37, 5.]
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Bhairava (भैरव):—2. (von 1. bhairava 2, a.)
1) adj. f. ī zu Bhairava in Beziehung stehend: guṭikā, vaṭikā [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 963.] —
2) n. so v. a. bhairavatantra s. u. 1. bhairava 2,a. bhairavāṣṭakam d. i. siddhibhairava, māyika, kaṅkāla, kālāgni, śakti, yoginī, mahā und bhairavanāthatantra [Oxforder Handschriften 109,a,20. fgg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBhairava (भैरव):—1. —
1) Adj. (f. ā) und ī) grausig. m Adv. —
2) m. — a) eine Form Śiva's. die wiederum achtfach unterschieden wird. Auch = ugrabhairava. — b) *Schakal [Rājan 19,8.] — c) ein best. Rāga. — d) Nomen proprium — α) des Anführers einer zu Śiva gehörigen Schar. — β) eines Sohnes des Śiva. — γ) eines Schlangendämons. — δ) eines Yakṣa. — ε) verschiedener Manner. — ζ) eines Flusses. —
3) f. ā — a) Beiname der Nirṛti [Varāhamihira’s Yogayātrā 6,10.] — b) Pl. eine Klasse von Apsaras [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 2,82.] —
4) f. ī — a) eine Form der Durgā. — b) ein zwölfjähriges Mädchen , welches bei der Durgā-Feier diese Göttin vertritt. — c) eine best. Rāgiṇī oder Rāga.
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Bhairava (भैरव):—2. —
1) Adj. (f. ī) zu ^1. bhairava 2)a) in Beziehung stehend. —
2) m. Pl. eine best. Secte [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa] —
3) n. Titel eines Tantra.
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Starts with (+60): Bhairava acarya, Bhairava bhatta, Bhairava daivajna, Bhairava dikshita tilaka, Bhairava mishra, Bhairava Mudra, Bhairava tripathin, Bhairava-gadyana, Bhairavacarya, Bhairavadashaka, Bhairavadatta, Bhairavadikshitatilaka, Bhairavadipadana, Bhairavadipadanavidhi, Bhairavadipana, Bhairavagama, Bhairavagratas, Bhairavajna, Bhairavajogi, Bhairavaka.
Ends with (+69): Adibhairava, Akashabhairava, Anandabhairava, Anjanabhairava, Arogyabhairava, Ashitangabhairava, Ashtabhairava, Ashtangabhairava, Atibhairava, Batukabhairava, Bhishanabhairava, Bhootala bhairava, Bhoothaala bhairava, Bhutabhairava, Camundabhairava, Candabhairava, Chandabhairava, Chhandabhairava, Divyajnabhairava, Dvatrimshabhairava.
Full-text (+3147): Kalabhairava, Krodhabhairava, Ashtabhairava, Bhairavam, Batukabhairava, Svacchandabhairava, Bhairavarupa, Asitanga, Unmatta, Bhairavashtaka, Bhairavatantra, Bhrigutunga, Bhairavakaraka, Kuntisha, Tridandisha, Ardhanarisha, Tumburubhairavesha, Tamracudabhairava, Samharabhairava, Bhairavatva.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 2.24.8-9 < [Chapter 24 - The Story of Asuri Muni in the Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verses 2.20.34-37 < [Chapter 20 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 6.1.30 < [Chapter 1 - Jarāsandha’s Defeat]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 33 - March of The Victorious Lord Śiva < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 39 - The annihilation of the army of Śaṅkhacūḍa < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 21 - The Incarnation and the story of Maheśa < [Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā]
Varahi Tantra (English Study) (by Roberta Pamio)
Chapter 22 - The the Six Āmnāyas < [Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra]
Chapter 16 - Paścimāmnaya (Western Tradition) < [Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra]
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
4. Birth of Kālī from Ambikā’s Forehead < [Chapter 3]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.5.70 < [Part 5 - Permanent Ecstatic Mood (sthāyī-bhāva)]
Verse 2.4.82 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
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