Guhyaka, Guhyakā: 20 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGuhyaka (गुह्यक):—(von guhā) m. Bez. einer Klasse von Halbgöttern, welche wie die Yakṣa, von denen sie in der Regel unterschieden werden, das Gefolge von Kuvera bilden. Sie hüten die Schätze des Gottes des Reichthums und haben ihren Namen wohl daher, dass sie in Verstecken und Berghöhlen sich aufhalten. [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 6.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 47.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2604. 5779.] hāṭakaṃ nāma deśaṃ guhyakarakṣitam [2, 1040. 3, 170. 1674. 11834.] guhyakāśca parvataṃ gandhamādanaṃ rakṣanti [8, 2104.] [Indralokāgamana 1, 37.] [Arjunasamāgama 10, 50.] [Harivaṃśa 11555. 12326. 12495.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 17, 30. 30, 20. 4, 44, 30. 5, 89, 5. 10.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 13.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 9, 3.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 72. 210.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 116.] guhyakapūjana [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 27, 5.] = yakṣa [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 194.] [Mahābhārata 5, 7480.] [Meghadūta 5.] Kuvera heisst guhyakādhipati [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 107.] [Mahābhārata 2, 1760.] guhyakeśvara [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 63.]
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Guhyaka (गुह्यक):—= yakṣa [Kathāsaritsāgara 57,32.] [Oxforder Handschriften 69,a,31.] pūjana [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 28 (26), 5.] = kubera [Halāyudha 1, 79.] n. Mysterium in tathāgata. guhyaka [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 19] fehlerhaft für gṛhyaka .
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Guhyaka (गुह्यक):—als Bez. der Zahl eilf [Sūryasiddhānta 13, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGuhyaka (गुह्यक):——
1) m. — a) eine best. Klasse von Halbgöttern. Sie hüten wie die Yakṣa ; von denen sie in der Regel unterschieden werden , die Schätze Kubera's. — b) Bez. der Zahl eilf. — c) *Beiname Kubera's. —
2) n. Mysterium. — Bisweilen mit gṛhyaka verwechselt.
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.
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Starts with: Guhyakadhipa, Guhyakadhipati, Guhyakalaya, Guhyakali, Guhyakalyashtottarashatanaman, Guhyakanatha, Guhyakapujana, Guhyakavaca, Guhyakeshvara.
Ends with: Mahaguhyaka, Suguhyaka, Tathagataguhyaka.
Full-text (+110): Gauhyaka, Guhyakeshvara, Guhyakadhipati, Shvetabhadra, Revanta, Guhyakapujana, Devayoni, Yaksha, Guhya, Karali, Manivara, Candakshi, Mahocchushma, Dhanada, Devi, Hataka, Vaishnavi, Gujjhaga, Manicari, Tathagataguhyaka.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.47 < [Section VIII - States of Existence due to the Three Qualities]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.23.45-046 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCLXXXVII < [Draupadi-harana Parva]
Section X < [Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva]
Section CXCIV < [Uluka Dutagamana Parva]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
The Concept of Heaven < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. Being the assistant of the Buddha < [Part 3 - Acquiring precedence, etc.]
The first attack by the daughters of Māra < [Chapter XXIV - The Virtue of Patience]
Appendix 7 - The Buddha’s assistants (upasthāyaka) < [Chapter XLI - The Eighteen Special Attributes of the Buddha]