Ishvara, Īśvara, Ishwara, Iśvara: 46 definitions

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Ishvara 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.

Ishvara has 44 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Īśvara and Iśvara can be transliterated into English as Isvara or Ishvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Eswar.

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

Īśvara (ईश्वर):—

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Īśvara (ईश्वर):—

1) [Z. 6] füge hinzu [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 1, 1, 3.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 25. 3, 48. Z. 7] lies īśvaro ha sarvama . vermögend, im Stande seiend; mit loc.: na kartā kasyacitkaścinniyoge nāpi ceśvaraḥ [Spr. 1342.] = āśukarman [Uṇādisūtra 5, 57.] —

1) a) am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Kathāsaritsāgara 119, 97.] — e) Indra: varṣatīśvare [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 20, 23.] —

6) f. ā [Kirātārjunīya 5, 33.] —

7) m. Bez. des 11ten Jahres im 60jährigen Jupiter-Cyclus [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.8,33.] [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 98. 101.] [Oxforder Handschriften 331,b,5 v. u.] —

8) f. ī Bez. einer best. übernatürlichen Kraft, = kuṇḍalinī [Oxforder Handschriften 235,a,26.] — Das f. īśvarī kann auf dreifache Weise betont werden (vgl. [AUFRECHT,] [UJJVALAD. S. 188]). — Vgl. amareśvara, alakeśvara, avantīśvara, ātmeśvara, kavīśvara, kāvyadevīśvara (unter kāvyadevī), kṣitīśvara, gaṇeśvara, cakreśvara, caṇḍeśvara, jagadīśvara, janeśvara, jaleśvara, tuṅgeśvara, tridiveśvara, tripureśvara, dineśvara, divaseśvara, deveśvara, deheśvara, dvijeśvara, dhaneśvara, nandīśvara, nirīśvara, prāṇeśvara, bhūteśvara, matīśvara, maheśvara, yogeśvara, vijayeśvara, śūreśvara, sāmbeśvara, sureśvara .

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Īśvara (ईश्वर):—

4) b) Bez. der Zahl eilf [Sūryasiddhānta 2, 23.]

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

Īśvara (ईश्वर):——

1) Adj. (f. ā) vermögend , im Stande zu thun , — zu werden , indem Falle seiend zu. Die Ergänzung ein Infin. auf as , tos , tavai oder tum , ein Nom. act. im Loc. , oder ein Potent. mit oder ohne yad Beim Infin. auf tos steht häufig der Nom. m. Sg. ohne Rücksicht auf Genus und Numerus des Subst. —

2) m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) Besitzer , Eigenthümer von (Gen. , Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend) [126,18.] — b) Gebieter , Fürst , König. — c) ein vornehmer — , reicher Herr [166,4.] — d) Gemahl. — e) die oberste Gottheit. — f) Beiname — α) Brahman’s [55,33.] — β) Civa’s [130,3.] — γ) Indra's. — δ) *des Liebesgottes. — g) *die Seele. — h) Nomen proprium — α) eines Rudra. — β) eines Sohnes Brahman’s [VP.².2,126.] — γ) eines Fürsten [Mahābhārata 1,67,65.] — i) Bez. der Zahl eilf. — k) das 11te Jahr im 60 jährigen Jupiter-Cyclus. —

3) f. īśvarā und īśvarī Beiname der Durgā. —

4) f. īśvarī — a) Gebieterin , Fürstin. — b) eine best. übernatürliche Kraft. — c) *Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa (roth) ]

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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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Sūtras 21-24 < [Part I - Yoga and its Aims]

Sūtras 2-4 < [Part II - Yoga and its Practice]

Sūtras 25-29 < [Part I - Yoga and its Aims]

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Verse 12 [Ambika is Kilāsa] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]

Verse 60 [Ambā reveals Iśvara as knower and the known etc.] < [Chapter 2 - Second Vimarśa]

Verse 148 [Samvitrūpa Śiva and Vimarśa project Īśvara—Śiva’s form] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]

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2.5. The Relation Between Īśvaras and Parabrahman < [Chapter 3 - Analysis on the Basis of Metaphysics]

Metaphysics and Svāminārāyaṇa’s perspective < [Chapter 3 - Analysis on the Basis of Metaphysics]

2.2. Distinction (form, function, and nature of Īśvaras) < [Chapter 3 - Analysis on the Basis of Metaphysics]

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