Vaimanika, Vaimānika: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaimānika (वैमानिक):—
1) adj. (f. ī) in dem vimāna genannten palastähnlichen Wagen der Götter fahrend: marutaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 1.] puṇyakṛtaḥ [10, 47.] tāpasā yatayo viprā ye ca vaimānikā gaṇāḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 48.] trayastriṃśacca vai devāstathā vaimānikā gaṇāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 171.] suragaṇāḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 48, 60.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 96.] surāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 12, 33.] devī [10, 81, 27.] m. pl. Bez. best. himmlischer Wesen und der Götter überh. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 89,] [Scholiast] [Oxforder Handschriften 117,a,33.] [MAHĀVĪRAC. 51,7.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 118,98.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.3,15,17. 23,41. 33,15.8,23,26. 10,33,24.] strī [8, 15, 20.] vimohana [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 370.] sg.: puṇyakṣaye pipatiṣurvaimānika (so ist nach [KERN] zu lesen) ivāmbarāt [8, 1297.] Bei den Jaina eine Klasse von Göttern, die wieder in zwei Unterabtheilungen zerfällt, in die Kalpabhava und Kalpātīta, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 92. fgg.] —
2) adj. (vom vorhergehenden) die Götter betreffend: sarga so v. a. die Schöpfung der Götter [Liṅgapurāṇa] bei [MUIR, Stenzler IV, 325.] —
3) wohl n. Nomen proprium eines heiligen Badeplatzes [Mahābhārata 13, 1709.]
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Starts with: Vaimanika Shastra, Vaimanikatva, Vaimanikavata.
Full-text (+70): Acyutaja, Shatara, Brahmottara, Kapishtha, Shukra, Deva, Vaimanikatva, Suprabuddha, Suvishala, Sudarshana, Vaijayanta, Mahashukra, Mahendra, Sarvarthasiddha, Jayanta, Caturdashamanvantara, Pranata, Vemania, Saudharma, Graiveyaka.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.16 - The heavenly beings (vaimānika-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.20 - The characteristics of the Vaimānika deva < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.17 - The two divisions of Vaimānika-deva < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 1 - Power of Gods < [Chapter 3]
Chapter 32: An interview with Gāṅgeya < [Book 9]
Part 3 - Upward movement of Asurakumāras < [Chapter 2]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 13: Building of the samavasaraṇa < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 13: Sambhava’s samavasaraṇa < [Chapter I - Sambhavajinacaritra]
Part 26: Śreyāṃsa’s samavasaraṇa < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.48 < [Section VIII - States of Existence due to the Three Qualities]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 10 - The Benefits of Bath in Narmadā < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 142 - Greatness of the Trio of Gaṇapatis < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 9 - The Vulture’s Story < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)