Vaishnava, Vaiṣṇava, Vaisnava: 27 definitions

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Vaishnava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, 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.

Vaishnava has 27 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Vaiṣṇava can be transliterated into English as Vaisnava or Vaishnava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vaishnav.

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

Vaiṣṇava (वैष्णव):—

1) adj. [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 4, 40.] parox. (f. ī) zu Viṣṇu in Beziehung stehend, von ihm herrührend, an ihn gerichtet, ihm geweiht u.s.w. [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 5, 21. 23. 25. 10, 6.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 6, 9, 2. 3.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 38.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 4, 9] [?(s. Corrigg.). 3, 5, 3, 2. 4, 9. 5, 2, 5, 4. 11, 5, 3, 5. Mahābhārata 6, 5801. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 80, 8. 81, 7.] adbhutāni [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 37, 3.] astra [Mahābhārata 3, 12021.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 21, 19.] vāyu [2, 70.] yaśas [Mahābhārata 18, 305.] pada ebend. dhāman [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 85.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 125.] jagat [Mahābhārata 3, 15847.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 3, 14.] kṣetra [1, 1, 21.] śrī [3, 16, 28.] jvara [10, 63, 23.] tejas [Raghuvaṃśa 10, 55.] yūpa [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 62, 19.] vara [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 193.] vacas [71, 235.] mūrti [Harivaṃśa 10946.] tanu [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 109, 71.] pāda [58, 81.] bali [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 56, 27.] yajña [Mahābhārata 3, 15291.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 25, 8. 30, 47. 49.] anudhyāna [Gītagovinda 12, 28.] mantra [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 43, 30. 44, 6.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 355.] sūkta [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 304.] tantra [Oxforder Handschriften 106,a,24.] parvan [30,a, No. 75.] anusmṛti [4,b, No. 33.] saṃhitā [8,a,11.] purāṇa (auch n. mit Ergänzung von purāṇa) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 284.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa S. 659, Z. 3.] [Oxforder Handschriften.8,a,1. 59,a,37. 65,a,32.b,9. 68,b,18. 79,b,37. 83,a,9.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1170.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.1,18,8.] pañcarātra [23, 5.] śāstra [58, 21.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 327.] vedebhyo vaiṣṇavaṃ (wohl śāstra zu ergänzen) param [Oxforder Handschriften 91,a,17. 23. 247,a, Nalopākhyāna 3.] vaidyakaśāstre vaiṣṇavasaṃjñake [334,b,25.] vidyā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 7, 39.] —

2) proparox. patron. gaṇa vidādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 104. Soma,] Herr der Apsaras [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 4, 7, 4.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 4, 3, 8] (oxyt.). agnerapatyaṃ prathamaṃ suvarṇaṃ bhūrvaiṣṇavī sūryasutāśca gāvaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 13480] [?(Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 45).] pṛthivī [13, 4350.] gaṅgā [ĀHNIKĀCĀRATATTVA im Śabdakalpadruma] iti putratrayaṃ tasya jajñe brahmeśavaiṣṇavam (das suff. gehört zu allen drei Namen) [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 17, 10.] —

3) m. (f. ī [PAÑCAR. 4, 1, 5]) ein Verehrer Viṣṇu’s [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra.3,39.] [WILSON, Sel. Works] [?I,34. fgg. Mahābhārata 18,304 = Harivaṃśa 16361. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 86,33. Spr. (II) 3092, v. l. Kathāsaritsāgara 17,4. 36,10. Rājataraṅgiṇī.2,147.5,43. Prabodhacandrodaja 86,6. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 19,35. PAÑCAR.4,1,5. Weber’s Indische Studien.1,13,9. Vopadeva’s Grammatik.3,132. Oxforder Handschriften 14,b,42. 15,a,11. fg. 16,a, Nalopākhyāna 1. 92,a,19. 242,b, No. 599. 301,b,16. fgg.] Bez. einer best. Viṣṇu'itischen Secte [248,a,15. 18. fg. 258,b,11.] —

4) ein best. Mineral, m. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1054, Scholiast] n. ein Mahārasa [Oxforder Handschriften 321,a, No. 761.] —

5) f. ī α) die Energie Viṣṇu’s (eine der Mütter) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 201,] [Scholiast] [Mitākṣarā 142,10.] [Oxforder Handschriften 184,a,4. 9. 25,b, Nalopākhyāna 5. 39,b,36. 81,a,41.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.3,471.] = durgā [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Oxforder Handschriften 25,a,34.] = manasā [24,b,38.] māyākathana [Weber’s Verzeichniss 134,a 3).] pl. im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2656.] — β) Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen: = aparājitā [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] = śatāvarī [Rājanirghaṇṭa] ebend.= tulasī [Śabdamālā] ebend. —

6) n. a) das unter Viṣṇu stehende Nakṣatra Śravaṇa [WEBER, Nakṣ. I, 310. II, 355.] [Sūryasiddhānta 9, 18.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 71, 11.] — b) Name eines Sāman [LĀṬY. 6, 11, 4. 7, 2, 1.] vaiṣṇavādya und vaiṣṇavottara n. desgl. [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,239,a.] — Vgl. praśna .

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