Vimana, Vimāna: 40 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVimāna (विमान):—
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Vimāna (विमान):—2. (von man mit vi) m. Geringachtung: a Verehrung: viprāṇām [Harivaṃśa 12039.]
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Vimāna (विमान):—3. (2. vi + 1. māna) adj. der Ehre baar, entehrt, geschändet [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 13, 10.]
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Vimāna (विमान):—1.
3) b) [Z. 3] streiche «und Gewicht.» So heisst bei [CARAKA] das dritte Sthāna, welches von dem Maasse d. h. dem Verhalten der humores, der Arzeneimittel, Ort und Zeit, Constitution u.s.w. handelt: doṣabheṣajadeśakālabalaśarīrāhārasātmyasattvaprakṛtivayasāṃ mānam [3, 1.]
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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Starts with (+42): Vimaanayuddh, Vimana Vatthu, Vimanaapaharana, Vimanabhedi, Vimanacakravartin, Vimanacarin, Vimanacarini, Vimanacchanda, Vimanachakravartin, Vimanacharin, Vimanacharini, Vimanachchhanda, Vimanacyuta, Vimanadharani, Vimanadhurya, Vimanagamana, Vimanagamin, Vimanaghata, Vimanajhyala, Vimanaka.
Ends with (+22): Abhivimana, Agariya Vimana, Akashavimana, Anekavannavimana, Aranavimana, Avimana, Brahmavimana, Camdravimana, Caturitthi Vimana, Chattavimana, Dasivimana, Devavimana, Devivimana, Dvarapalaka Vimana, Hamsavimana, Kanakavimana, Kanikara Vimana, Karaniyavimana, Mahavimana, Manithunavimana.
Full-text (+369): Vimanas, Vimanaska, Pushpaka, Stupi, Vaimanika, Vimanastha, Vimanata, Abhivimana, Vimanayana, Udvedi, Vimanaka, Vaimanasya, Kamagati, Vibhutamanas, Avimana, Vimanita, Vimanana, Vimanavidya, Vimanalakshana, Vimananirvyuha.
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Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Bhaumika Vimānas (Temples of South India, Decan and Greater India) < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 1 - On cells in the hells < [Chapter 5]
Chapter 5: On birds < [Book 7]
Part 3 - Lokāntika devas < [Chapter 5]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.12 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 2.2.12 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.4.48 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Parantaka I < [Chapter XIV - Conclusion]
Sikhara < [Chapter XIII - Prasada: Component Parts]
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