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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Ananta : m.: A mythical serpent.
A. Birth: A kādraveya, son of Kadrū (daughter of Dakṣa) 1. 59. 40.
B. Description: Of great strength (vīryavān, mahābalaḥ) 1. 16. 6-7, of great prowess (pratāpavān) 1. 32. 24, of great expanse (vibhuḥ) 1. 32. 24; divine (bhagavān devaḥ) 18. 5. 20.
C. Feats: He uprooted, at the instance of Brahman and Nārāyaṇa, mount Mandara for churning the ocean 1. 16. 6-7; when the ocean was being churned, he stood by the side of Nārāyaṇa and raised up and put down again and again the head of Vāsuki (used as a churning rope) 1. 16. 14; (identified with Śeṣa 6. 63 10) he dwells below the earth and holds it on his head at the instance of Brahman 1 32. 24; supports the earth by yoga 18. 5. 20; Brahman gave him Suparṇa, the son of Vinatā, as friend 1. 32. 25.
D. Greatness: As the best among the serpents he is one of the vibhūtis of Bhagavān 6. 32. 29; Śiva praised as ‘Ananta among the Nāgas’ 13. 14. 158.
E. Upamāna: The peak of mount Meru compared with Ananta 13. 15. 9; huge shape, similar to that of Ananta, was assumed by Irāvān to attack Alambusa 6. 86. 67.
F. End: (As Balarāma) having accomplished his functions he entered the rasātala 18. 5. 20 (cf. 16. 5. 12-13).
[See Śeṣa].
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*4th word in left half of page p2_mci (+offset) in original book.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Ananta : m.: A mythical serpent.
A. Birth: A kādraveya, son of Kadrū (daughter of Dakṣa) 1. 59. 40.
B. Description: Of great strength (vīryavān, mahābalaḥ) 1. 16. 6-7, of great prowess (pratāpavān) 1. 32. 24, of great expanse (vibhuḥ) 1. 32. 24; divine (bhagavān devaḥ) 18. 5. 20.
C. Feats: He uprooted, at the instance of Brahman and Nārāyaṇa, mount Mandara for churning the ocean 1. 16. 6-7; when the ocean was being churned, he stood by the side of Nārāyaṇa and raised up and put down again and again the head of Vāsuki (used as a churning rope) 1. 16. 14; (identified with Śeṣa 6. 63 10) he dwells below the earth and holds it on his head at the instance of Brahman 1 32. 24; supports the earth by yoga 18. 5. 20; Brahman gave him Suparṇa, the son of Vinatā, as friend 1. 32. 25.
D. Greatness: As the best among the serpents he is one of the vibhūtis of Bhagavān 6. 32. 29; Śiva praised as ‘Ananta among the Nāgas’ 13. 14. 158.
E. Upamāna: The peak of mount Meru compared with Ananta 13. 15. 9; huge shape, similar to that of Ananta, was assumed by Irāvān to attack Alambusa 6. 86. 67.
F. End: (As Balarāma) having accomplished his functions he entered the rasātala 18. 5. 20 (cf. 16. 5. 12-13).
[See Śeṣa].
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*4th word in left half of page p2_mci (+offset) in original book.