Kinnara, Kiṃnara, Kinnarā, Kiṃnarā: 35 definitions

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Kinnara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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

Kiṃnara (किंनर):—(kim + nara)

1) m. f. ī Bez. eines mythischen Wesens, halb Mensch halb Thier (mit einem Pferdekopfe auf einem menschlichen Leibe nach dem [Scholiast] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 194]); urspr. viell. eine best. Affenart (vgl. vānara Affe d. i. vā + nara), später wie die Nara zu den Gandharva gezählt und wie diese als Sänger gerühmt. [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 6.] kiṃnarānvānarānmatsyānvividhāṃśca vihaṃgamān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 39.] rākṣasāśca pulastyasya vānarāḥ kiṃnarāstathā . yakṣāśca manujavyāghra putrāstasya dhīmataḥ .. [Mahābhārata 1, 2571] (von den kiṃpuruṣa unterschieden). ṛkṣīṣu ca tathā jātā vānarāḥ kiṃnarīṣu ca [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 16, 21.] kiṃnarā nāma gandharvā narā nāma tathāpare [Mahābhārata 2, 396.] kiṃnarāśca suvāsasaḥ [Harivaṃśa 11850.] śobhayanti ca tadveśma bhramamāṇā varastriyaḥ . yathā kailāsaśṛṅgāṇi śataśaḥ kiṃnarīgaṇāḥ .. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 12, 48.] kiṃnarodgītabhāṣiṇī [Mahābhārata 1, 6569.] jayodāharaṇaṃ bāhvorgāpayāmāsa kiṃnarān [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 78.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 8.] sahasraśo gandharvakiṃpūruṣakiṃnarā jaguḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 20, 20.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 197.] saṃraktābhistripuravijayo gīyate kiṃnarībhiḥ [Meghadūta 57. -] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 196.] [Mahābhārata 3, 10753.] [Harivaṃśa 11794. 12113.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 16, 6. 3, 38, 15.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 1, 6. 5, 12.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 43.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 12 u.s.w.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 3.] Im Gefolge von Kuvera [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 66.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 194.] kiṃnareśa ein Beiname Kuvera's [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 64.] kiṃnareśvara dass. [Halāyudha im Śabdakalpadruma] Bilden bei den Jaina eine der acht Klassen der Vyantara [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 91.] Vgl. kiṃpuruṣa . —

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Viṣṇupurāṇa 463.] ein Beiname Nara's, eines Sohnes des Vibhīṣaṇa, [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 197.] Bei den Jaina Name des Dieners des 15ten Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 42.] —

3) m. Nomen proprium einer Localität gaṇa takṣaśilādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.] —

4) ein best. Saiteninstrument [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 286,] [Scholiast] kiṃnarī die Laute der Caṇḍāla [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 82.]

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Kiṃnara (किंनर):—

1) neben kiṃdevāḥ und kiṃpuruṣāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 14, 6.] kiṃnarī = kiṃpuruṣī [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 89, 3.] —

4) kiṃnarā [Medinīkoṣa k. 188.]

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

Kiṃnara (किंनर):——

1) m. — a) Bez. bestimmter mythischer Wesen , halb Mensch halb Thier (ursprünglich wohl eine Affenart). Sie werden zu den Gandharva gezählt und als Sänger gerühmt ; erscheinen auch im Gefolge Kubera's. Die Jaina ordnen sie den Viyantara unter. — b) Beiname undNomen proprium verschiedener Personen. — c) *Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit ; vgl. varṣa. —

2) *f. ā ein best. Saiteninstrument. Vgl. κινύρα. —

3) f. ī — a) f. zu

1) a). Auch = kiṃpuruṣī. — b) *die Laute der Cāṇḍāla.

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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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