Parvata, aka: Pārvata; 14 Definition(s)


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In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

1) Parvata (पर्वत):—The Sanskrit name for a classification of a ‘temple’, according to the Suprabhedāgama, which describes a list of 13 types. This list represents the earliest form of the classification of temples in the South Indian Vāstuśāstra literature.

2) Parvata (पर्वत) refers to a variety of prāsāda (‘superstructure’, or, upper storey of any building), according to the Mayamata (5th-century guidebook on Dravidian architecture). It is part of the Dvitala (two-storey) group of prāsādas.

The Parvata variety has the following specifications and decorative motif components:

Number of talas (levels): 2;
Shape of grīva (neck) and śikhara (head): Circular;
Number of śālas: 4;
Number of kūṭas: 8;
Number of alpanāsis: 56;

Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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1) Parvata (पर्वत).—A sage who was the nephew of Nārada. Genealogy. Descending in order from Viṣṇu—Brahmā—Marīci—Paurṇamāsa—Parvata. (See full article at Story of Parvata from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

2) Parvata (पर्वत).—It is believed that in Kṛtayuga all mountains had wings. They flew all over the world with the swiftness of Garuḍa or Vāyu. All beings including ṛṣis and devas lived in a state of suspense since at any moment any mountain might fly and land down on their heads. They complained to Indra and Indra asked the mountains to remain at one place which they flatly refused. Indra got angry and started cutting down the wings of the mountains with his Vajrāyudha. No mountain was able to escape from this punishment; but Vāyubhagavān carried away his bosom friend, the mountain Maināka, and put it in the ocean without anybody noticing it. So Maināka alone did not lose its wings. It was this Maināka which rose from the ocean and gave a resting point to Hanūmān, son of Vāyu, when he took a leap from the shores of Bhārata to Laṅkā. This was but an expression of gratitude to Vāyu whose son Hanūmān was, for the help he had given when Indra was cutting off the wings of all mountains. (Sarga 1, Sundara Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).

Source: Puranic Encyclopaedia

1a) Parvata (पर्वत).—Called on Bhīṣma lying on his death-bed.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa I. 9. 6.

1b) A son of Kaśyapa; brother of Nārada and a devaṛṣi;1 a sage born in Nārada hill in Plakṣa.2

  • 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 19. 9; Vāyu-purāṇa 61. 85; 70. 79.
  • 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 35. 95; III. 7. 27; 8. 86; Vāyu-purāṇa 30. 86; 49. 8.

1c) A god of the Haritā gaṇa.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 1. 84.

1d) A son of Prajāpati.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 64.

1e) The son of Paurṇamāsa.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 10. 6.

1f) Hills sprang out of the scatterings of the Pralayāgni after the earth was rescued by the Varāha; for having sat firm (acalās); Parvatas with slopes (Parvas) swallowed in and hence giri; stony and hence śila.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 6. 30-32.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Parvata (पर्वत) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.48.8, I.53) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Parvata) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Parvata (पर्वत) is the name of a sage who was in the company of Bharata when he recited the Nāṭyaveda them, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 35. Accordingly, they asked the following questions, “O the best Brahmin (lit. the bull of the twice-born), tell us about the character of the god who appears in the Preliminaries (pūrvaraṅga). Why is the sound [of musical instruments] applied there? What purpose does it serve when applied? What god is pleased with this, and what does he do on being pleased? Why does the Director being himself clean, perform ablution again on the stage? How, O sir, the drama has come (lit. dropped) down to the earth from heaven? Why have your descendants come to be known as Śūdras?”.

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra
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Ayurveda (science of life)

Parvata (पर्वत) is synonymous with Mountain (śaila) and is mentioned in a list of 24 such synonyms according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains [viz., Parvata], jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu
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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Parvata (पर्वत) refers to a “mountain” and represents one of the items held in the right hand of Heruka: one of the main deities of the Herukamaṇḍala described in the Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Heruka is positioned in the Lotus (padma) at the center; He is the origin of all heroes; He has 17 faces (with three eyes on each) and 76 arms [holding, for example, parvata]; He is half black and half green in color; He is dancing on a flaming sun placed on Bhairava and Kālarātrī.

Source: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala
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General definition (in Buddhism)

Parvata (पर्वत) refers to the “eight mountains” as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 125):

  1. Yugaṃdhara (the Yoke-bearer mountain),
  2. Īśādhara (the Bearing of the Supreme mountain),
  3. Khadiraka (the Acacia mountain),
  4. Sudarśana (the Beautiful mountain),
  5. Vinataka (the Bending mountain),
  6. Aśvakarṇa (the Horse’s Ear mountain),
  7. Nemiṃdhara (the Wheel-Bearing mountain),
  8. Sumeru (the Excellent mountain).

The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (eg., parvata). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

India history and geogprahy

Parvata.—(IE 7-1-2), ‘seven’. Note: parvata is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary
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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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parvata (पर्वत).—m (S) A mountain or hill. 2 Applied figuratively; as kāmācā parvata A load of business; duḥkhācā parvata A peck of troubles; karjācā parvata A load of debt. 3 (Better paravata q. v.) Dealings with or dealing.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

parvata (पर्वत).—m A mountain or hill. Applied figu- ratively; as kāmācā parvata A load of busi- ness; duḥkhācā parvata A peck of troubles; karjācā parvata A load of debt. (Better paravata q. v.) Dealings with or dealing.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parvata (पर्वत).—[parv-atac; parvāṇi bhāgāḥ santyasya vā; cf. P.V.2.122 Vārt.]

1) A mountain, hill; परगुणपरमाणून् पर्वतीकृत्य नित्यम् (paraguṇaparamāṇūn parvatīkṛtya nityam) Bh.2.78; न पर्वताग्रे नलिनी प्ररोहति (na parvatāgre nalinī prarohati) Mk.4.17.

2) A rock.

3) An artificial mountain or heap.

4) The number 'seven'.

5) A tree.

6) A kind of vegetable.

7) A cloud (mountain-like)

8) Name of a Ṛiṣi (associated with Nārada).

Derivable forms: parvataḥ (पर्वतः).

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Pārvata (पार्वत).—a. (- f.) [पर्वते भवः अण् (parvate bhavaḥ aṇ)]

1) Being or living on a mountain.

2) Growing on or coming from a mountain.

3) Mountainous; प्रतिश्रयार्थं सेवेत पार्वती वा पुनर्गुहाम् (pratiśrayārthaṃ seveta pārvatī vā punarguhām) Mb.14.46.26.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parvata (पर्वत).—(1) probably error (but see s.v. parvan!) for parva(n), joint of a plant: Laṅk 18.4 -gaṇḍa-parvata- pattra-palāśa-puṣpa-; (2) n. of a former Buddha: Mv i.54.5 (compare Parvataś(i)rī); (3) n. of a yakṣa: Māy 64. (Also n. of the well-known brahmanical sage, associate of Nārada: Mv iii.401.9.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Parvata (पर्वत) or Parvvata.—m.

(-taḥ) 1. A mountain, a hill. 2. A tree. 3. A sort of potherb. 4. A kind of fish, (Silurus pabda, Ham.) 5. One of the divine Rishis, a friend and rival of Narada, and mentioned in the Mahabharata. 6. The number “Seven.” E. parva to fill, Unadi aff. atac.

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Pārvata (पार्वत) or Pārvvata.—mfn.

(-taḥ-tī-taṃ) Mountain, produced in the mountains. m.

(-taḥ) A tree called the large Nimb, (Melia sempervirens.) f. (-tī) 1. A name of Durga, in her capacity of daughter of Himalaya, the sovereign of the snowy mountains. 2. Draupadi the wife of the Pandu princes. 3. A female cowherd or Gopi. 4. The olibanum tree, (Boswellia thurifera.) 5. Another tree, (Celtis orientalis.) 6. A red clay, commonly called Saurashtri, or Surat earth. 7. A name applied to several rivers. E. parvata a mountain, aṇ aff. of descent or relation.

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