Vaishravana, Vaiśravaṇa: 24 definitions
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Vaishravana has 23 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vaiśravaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vaisravana or Vaishravana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaiśravaṇa (वैश्रवण):—(von viśravaṇa)
1) m. a) patron. gaṇa śivādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 112.] Kubera's [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 64.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 189.] [Halāyudha 1, 78. 5, 2.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 10, 28.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 4, 3, 10.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 1, 31, 6.] [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 5, 6.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 11.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 25. 74.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 371.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2100. 2, 384. 3, 2554. 15883. fgg. 13, 1415. 1417.] rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ prabhum (abhyaṣecayat) [Harivaṃśa 259. 382. 12496.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 32 (34 Gorresio). 6, 3. 14, 18. 22, 17 (23, 18 Gorresio). 4, 44, 30.] diśaṃ vaiśravaṇābhiguptām [?130. 5, 89, 5. 7, 3, 8. Spr. (II) 2020. Kathāsaritsāgara 34, 67. 72, 39. Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 155. Viṣṇupurāṇa 153. Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 43, 15. 136, 2] (vai śravaṇaḥ gedr.). [137, 7] (verschieden von Kubera). [148, 14. 248, 1. 297, 11. 313, 9. 378, 5] (vaiśramaṇa gedr.). [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 3. 239.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 280 (50).] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 30. 319. II, 224.] Gatte der Lakṣmī [TĀRAN. 50.] vaiśravaṇānuja m. der jüngere Bruder Kubera's d. i. Rāvaṇa [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 55, 3. 58, 31. 34.] — b) N. des 14ten Muhūrta [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 296.] —
2) adj. (f. ī) zu Kubera in Beziehung stehend, ihm gehörig: sabhā [Mahābhārata 2, 383.] ṛddhi [12, 4561.]
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Starts with: Vaishravanacitra, Vaishravanakuta, Vaishravanalaya, Vaishravananuja, Vaishravanarajan, Vaishravanavas, Vaishravanavasa, Vaishravanodaya.
Ends with: Bahirvaishravana.
Full-text (+161): Gaviputra, Vaishramana, Vaishravanodaya, Vaishravanavasa, Vaishravanalaya, Kubera, Yakshadhipa, Vishravas, Go, Maharaja, Ekapinga, Vaisavana, Vesavana, Vaishravananuja, Pishacakin, Bahirvaishravana, Cudeshvara, Shata, Devavarni, Ravana.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXXIV < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
Section LXX < [Anugita Parva]
Section CCLXXII < [Draupadi-harana Parva]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 4: Rāvaṇa’s sons < [Chapter II - Rāvaṇa’s expedition of Conquest]
Part 11: Reincarnation of Vaiśravaṇa (fifth of Malli’s six former friends) < [Chapter VI - Śrī Mallināthacaritra]
Part 8: Story of Brāhman boy < [Chapter I - Five previous incarnations]
The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 13 - Notes on the stanzas spoken by Vaiśravaṇa in honor of the Buddha < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
Bodhisattva quality 26: concentration commemorating the Buddhas < [Chapter XIII - The Buddha-fields]
Appendix 4 - Buddha’s subjugation of the elephant Nālāgiri (or Dhanapāla) < [Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 3 - Vishravas becomes the Protector of Wealth < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 9 - The Birth of Dashagriva and his Brothers < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 26 - Nalakuvara curses Ravana < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
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