Padma Puran.a
progeny of Vasu (1:6:21-28)
his sons |
sons of each |
Apa |
S`ranta, Vaitan.d.a, S`anta, Babhru |
Dhruva |
Kala |
Soma |
Varcas |
Dhara |
Dravin.a, Havya-vaha |
Anila (Hari) |
Kalpa-anta-stha, Pran.a, Raman.a, S`is`ira, Dhava, S`iva |
Anala |
S`akha, Vi-s`akha |
Prati-us.a |
R.bhu, Muni,Devala |
Prabhasa |
Vis`va-karman Praja-pati |
100 sons of Kas`yapa & +Danu (1:6:49-52)
name |
meaning |
Vipra-citti |
erudite thought |
Dvi-ras.t.a-murdhan |
double-?-headed |
S`akuni |
bird |
S`anku-s`iras-dhara |
spike-headed-support |
Ayas-mukha |
iron mouth |
S`ambara |
magic |
Kapila |
monkey-color |
Vamana |
midget |
Marici |
peppered |
Magadha |
longpepper |
Hari |
fawn-color / green |
Gaja-s`iras |
elephant-head |
Nidra-dhara |
sleep-support |
Ketu |
banner |
Ketu-virya Tas`a-kratu |
banner-heroic trigon-plan |
Indra-mitra-graha |
prince-companion-seizer |
Vraja-nabha |
enclosure-nave |
Eka-vastra |
single vesture |
Maha-bahu |
great forearms |
Vraja-aks.a |
enclosure-eye |
Taraka |
little crossing |
Asi-loman |
sword-haired |
Pulas-man |
straw-conjecture |
Vikurvan.a |
modifying one’s self |
Maha-pura |
great city |
Sva-bhanu |
self-luminous |
Vr.s.a-parvan |
rain-mountain |
26 prominent sons of +Kadru (1:6:70-74)
name |
meaning |
S`es.a |
remnant |
Vasuki |
having little wealth |
Karkot.a |
plant with bitter fruit |
S`ankha |
conch |
Aira-vata |
quaff-granting |
Kambala |
blanket |
Dhanan~-jaya |
prize-winning |
Maha-nila |
great dark-blue |
Padma |
red waterlily |
As`vatara |
mule |
Taks.aka |
poisonous |
Ela-patra |
single-leaed |
Maha-padma |
great red waterlily |
Dhr.ta-.ras.t.ra |
established kingdom |
Bala-ahaka |
strong phlegm-cold |
S`ankha-pala |
conch-protector |
Maha-s`ankha |
great conch |
Pus.pa-dams.t.ra |
flower-fang |
S`ubha-anana |
splendid face |
S`ankha |
conch |
Roma-aca |
hair moving-towards |
Na-hus.a |
neighbor |
Raman.a |
dalliance |
Pan.ina |
niggardly |
Kapila |
monkey-color |
Dus-mukha |
evil mouth |
Pat-an~jali |
partaking in salutation |
the 12 divine wars, in heaven (1:13:180-183) { identical list in MP 47:41-54 -- cited in Clifford Hospital, The Righteous Demon, U. of BC Pr, Vancouver, 1984, p. 53}
1:13: |
# |
war |
:180 |
1st |
Nara-simha |
2nd |
Vamana |
|
3rd |
Varaha |
|
4th |
amr.ta-churning [by Kurma] |
|
:181 |
5th |
Tarakamaya (Taraka & Maya) |
6th |
Ad.ivaka (Ad.i & Vaka) |
|
7th |
Trai-pura (at city Tri-pura) |
|
:182 |
8th |
Andhaka |
9th |
Vr.tra |
|
10th |
Dhvaja [= Vipra-citti (in :191)] |
|
11th |
Halahala (Hala & Hala) |
|
:183 |
12th |
Kolahala (Kola & Hala) |
protagonists in the 12 wars (1:13:184-196)
1:13: |
era of __ avatara of Hari |
protagonist |
was / were __ |
by __ |
:184 |
Vamana |
Bali |
bound |
|
:185 |
Varaha |
Hiran.ya-aks.a |
killed |
|
:186 |
[Kurma] |
Pra-hlada & Vi-rocana the son of Pra-hlada |
killed |
Indra |
:187-8 |
[Mohini] |
asura-s who, at Tri-pura, quaffed a-mr.ta |
killed |
S`iva |
:190 |
? |
Vr.tra who was sprinkled [abhis.ekha] with a-mr.ta |
destroyed |
Indra & Vis.n.u |
:191 |
? |
Vipra-citti |
killed |
Maha-indra |
{with Hiran.ya-aks.a (‘Golden Eye’) being slain by Varaha, cf. (Kemetian) : wd3-t eye of H.r (Horos) being entered and broken asunder by SWTH (Seth) in the form of a black boar – so that the Astika religion is paralleled by that of the Tonton Macoute of Bissago isles in Guinea}
long reigns (1:13:193-5)
reign by __ |
years |
Hiran.ya-kas`ipu |
172,080,000 |
Bali |
120,060,000 |
etc.
household-members as deities (1:15:314-318)
household-member |
deity |
praeceptor |
Brahma |
father |
Praja-pati |
guest |
"lord of all the worlds" |
officiating priest |
resort of the Veda-s |
son-in-law |
in (apsaras-loka) world of nymphs |
kinsmen |
all the gods (Vis`ve-deva-s) |
relatives |
powerful in the quarters (Loka-pala-s) |
mother & maternal uncle |
powerful on earth |
old people, children, sick people |
powerful in sky |
family-priest (purohita) |
lord of (r.s.i-loka) world of sages |
dependents |
Sadhya-s |
physician |
the As`vinau |
brother |
lord of world of the Vasu-s |
wife |
ruler of (Candra-loka) world of moon |
daughter |
powerful in house of nymphs |
swine-deity in Pus.kara, i.e. Koka-mukha (1:16:54-67)
swine-deity's bodily member |
signification |
feet |
Veda-s |
fangs |
tying-posts |
hands |
sacrifices |
face |
oblong (citi) |
tongue |
fire |
hair |
darbhas |
head |
sacred texts |
eyen |
day & night |
nose |
ghee |
mouth |
sacrificial lable |
nail |
expiation |
knees |
beasts |
intestine |
udgatr.-priest |
genital organ |
sacrifice |
mind |
wind |
bones |
hymns |
lips |
water |
blood |
Soma |
shoulders |
Veda-s |
heart |
sacrificial fee |
his wife |
like his shadow |
108 names of goddesses at 108 sacred places
1:17:182-212 |
identical lists in MP http://www.dharmakshetra.com/avatars/Matsya%20Purans.html |
vrata-s (1:20:44-140)
1:20: |
vrata |
donation (to brahman.a) |
benefit to donor |
:44-7 |
Rudra |
golden disk & trident |
place of S`iva |
:48-9 |
nila |
golden waterlily & sugar-pot |
affluence of Vis.n.u |
:50 |
priti |
food |
abode of Vis.n.u |
:51-2 |
Gauri |
pot of juice |
world of Bhavani |
:53-5a |
Kama |
golden as`oka & sugarcane |
city of Vis.n.u |
:55b-7a |
S`iva |
golden pitcher & jaggery |
world of S`iva |
:57b-59a |
saumya |
3 golden flowers |
highest position |
:59b-61a |
sau-bhagya |
bed & furnished house |
world of Gauri |
:61b-3a |
Sarasvata |
bell & pitcher of ghee |
world of Saras-vati |
:63b-5a |
Laks.mi |
golden waterlily & cow |
position of Vis.n.u |
:65b-7a |
ayus |
water-pitcher & cow |
city of S`iva |
:67b-9 |
kirtti |
golden tree & 3 cows |
horse-sacrifice |
:70-2 |
sama |
golden waterlily & pike |
world of S`iva |
:72-4 |
vira |
golden lion |
position of S`iva |
:75-6 |
ananda |
ruby & pot of gold |
world of Brahma |
:77-8 |
Dhr.ti |
conch & cow |
position of S`ankara |
:79 |
a-himsa |
golden deer & cow |
horse-sacrifice |
:80-1 |
Surya |
flowers & ornaments |
world of the Sun |
:82-3 |
Vais.n.ava |
food & cow |
position of Vis.n.u |
:84-5 |
s`ila |
rice boiled in milk |
position of S`iva |
:86-8a |
pitr. |
water-pitchers with 5 cows |
postion of Vis.n.u |
:88b-90a |
dipti |
golden lamp & disc |
world of Rudra |
:90b-2a |
Rudra |
cow |
world of Gauri |
:92b-4 |
dr.d.ha |
s`ukti-perfume & sacred rice |
position of Varun.a |
:94-6 |
s`anti |
cow |
place of Vis.n.u |
:97-8a |
brahma |
golden egg & sesame |
Brahman |
:98b-99 |
su-vrata |
praegnant cow |
not reborn |
:100-1a |
Bhima |
golden wish-tree & rice |
position of Brahma |
:101b-2 |
" |
cow |
position of Vis.n.u |
:103 |
? |
golden map of world |
world of Rudra |
:104-5a |
gud.a |
cow of jaggery |
world of Gauri |
:105b-6 |
prabha |
2 tawny cows |
world of Brahma |
:107 |
prapti |
water-pitcher & food |
world of S`iva |
:108 |
su-gati |
cow |
city of Indra |
:109-10a |
Vais`vanara |
ghee & cow |
highest Brahman |
:110b-1 |
Kr.s.n.a |
golden disc |
position of Vis.n.u |
:112 |
Devi |
2 cows |
world of Laks.mi |
:113 |
Bhanu |
milch-cow |
world of the Sun |
:114 |
Vainayaka |
2 cows |
S`iva |
:115-6a |
saura |
golden bitter-gourds |
world of the Sun |
:116b-7 |
Vis.n.u |
gold & cow |
highest position |
:118 |
Tri-ambaka |
2 cows |
position of S`iva |
:119 |
vara |
pitcher of ghee |
world of Brahma |
:120 |
mantra |
milch-cow |
world of Indra |
:121 |
Varun.a |
cow |
world of Varun.a |
:122 |
candra |
golden map of the moon |
world of the Moon |
:123 |
Rudra |
golden cow |
heaven |
:124 |
Bhavani |
cow |
world of S`iva |
:125 |
Pavana |
cow |
heaven |
:126 |
dhama |
auspicious house |
world of Aditya |
:127 |
moks.a |
ornaments |
aeternal bliss |
:128 |
"Moon" |
½ pot of salt & cow |
abode of S`iva |
:129-30a |
Soma |
bell-metal vessel |
" " |
:130b-1 |
S`ikhi |
fruits |
position of Vais`vanara |
:132 |
as`va |
golden chariot with horses |
heaven |
:133-134 |
kari |
golden chariot with 2 elephants |
Satya-loka |
:134-135 |
vis`va |
golden lamp & 10 cows |
be lord of universe |
:136-40 |
S.as.t.hi |
daughter in marriage |
be lord of Gandharva-s |
dvadas`i-vrata in the month As`vina of body-parts of Go-vinda (1:21:27-32a)
worship of the __ |
as deity __ |
meaning |
feet |
Vi-s`oka |
|
shanks |
Vara-da |
choice-giving |
knees |
S`ris.a |
|
thighs |
Jala-s`ayi |
|
waist |
Madhava |
|
belly |
Dama-udara |
rope-belly |
sides |
Vipula |
|
navel |
Padma-nabha |
redwaterlily-navel |
heart |
Manmatha |
|
chest |
S`ri-dhara |
|
hands |
Madhu-bhid |
|
throat |
Vai-kun.th.a |
|
face |
As`oka-nidhi |
sorrowless treasure |
eyen |
Vasu-deva |
|
forehead |
Vamana |
midget |
eyebrows |
Hari |
|
hair |
Madhava [again!] |
|
crest |
Vis`va-rupin |
all-formed |
head |
Sarva-atman |
every self |
offerings to deities in the directions (1:21:217-220)
direction |
deity |
eastern |
Tarpana |
southeast |
Mart-an.d.a |
south |
Diva-kara |
southwest |
Vi-dhatr. |
[west |
omitted] |
northwest |
Bhaskara |
north |
Vai-kartana |
northeast |
Deva |
Mandara-saptami offerings to deities in the directions (1:21:293-296)
# |
direction |
deity |
1st |
eastern |
Bhaskara |
[2nd ] |
southeast |
the sun |
4th |
south |
Arka |
[3rd ] |
southwest |
the sun |
6th |
west |
Veda-dhaman |
5th |
northwest |
Aryaman |
8th |
north |
Pus.an = A-nanda |
7th |
northeast |
Can.d.a-bhanu |
worship of goddesses of body-parts (1:22:73-77)
body-part |
goddess |
feet |
Vara-da |
ankles |
S`ri |
shanks |
A-s`oka |
knees |
Parvati |
thighs |
Vama-devi |
belly |
Padma-udara |
throat |
S`ri [again!] |
arms |
Darpa-vina-s`ini |
smile |
Smara-da |
nose |
Gauri |
eyen |
Ud-pala |
forehead & hair |
Tus.t.i |
head |
Katyayani |
images of goddesses installed in the directions (1:22:78-82a)
direction |
goddess in petal |
goddess in pericarp |
east |
Gauri |
Sadhya |
southeast |
A-parn.a |
Pathya |
south |
Bhavani |
Saumya |
southwest |
Rudran.i |
Mangala |
western |
Saumya Madana-vasini |
Kumuda |
northwest |
Pat.ala Ugra |
Sati |
north |
Uma |
Bhadra |
[northeast |
omitted |
omitted] |
centre |
-- |
Lalita |
flowers for worship of Gauri in the months (1:22:85-90)
month |
flower |
Kartika |
bandhu-jiva |
Marga-s`irs.a |
jasmine |
Paus.a |
yellow kurantaka |
Magha |
kunda |
Phalguna |
Vitex negundo |
Caitra |
a-s`oka |
Vais`akha |
trumpetflowers |
Jyes.t.ha |
mandara |
As.ad.ha |
waterlilies |
S`ravan.a |
malati |
Rasa-kalyan.ini on the 3rd day of the bright ½ of Magha (1:22:109-116)
body-part |
goddess |
foot |
Lalita |
ankle |
Devi |
shanks & knees |
S`anta |
thigh |
Madalasa |
belly |
Amala |
breasts |
Madana-vasini |
neck |
Kumuda |
arm |
Madhavi, Kamala, Sukha-smita |
eyebrows |
Rudran.i |
hair |
S`ankara |
forehead |
Madana |
eyebrows |
Mohana |
eyen |
Candra-ardha-dharin.i |
mouth |
Tus.t.i |
throat |
Ud-kan.t.hini |
body |
A-mr.ta |
great arms |
Rambha |
hands |
Vi-s`oka |
heart |
Manmatha-ahva |
belly |
Pat.ala |
waist |
Surata-vasini |
thighs |
Pankaja-s`ri |
knees & shanks [again!] |
S`anta [again!] |
feet |
Dhara-dhara |
head |
Vis`va-kaya |
1:22:108b "Having (first) worshipped the left parts (of her body), he should then worship the right parts." {this is the Tantrik mode of worshipping.}
foods during months (1:22:119-125a)
not to be eaten (:119-123) |
month |
to be given (:124-125a) |
salt |
Magha |
sweet-balls |
jaggery |
Phalguna |
sevaka |
butter |
Caitra |
cakes |
honey |
Vais`akha |
round cakes |
"a beverage" |
Jyes.t.ha |
ghee |
cumin-seed |
As.ad.ha |
flour |
milk |
S`ravan.a |
milk |
curds |
Bhadrapada |
vegetables |
ghee |
As`vina |
curds |
honey [again!] |
Kartika |
food with curds |
coriander |
Marga-s`irs.a |
food |
sugar |
Paus.a |
vegetables |
names at body-parts worshipped on the 3rd day of the months (1:22:140b-148)
Bhavani |
body-part |
Maha-deva |
S`ankara |
feet |
Hara |
shanks |
Mana-da |
|
Rambha |
thighs |
Pinakin [having pinaka-bow] |
Anandini |
waist |
S`ulin |
Madhavi |
navel |
S`ambhu Bhava |
Ananda-karin.i |
breasts |
S`ankara |
Ud-kan.t.hini |
throat |
Nila-kan.t.ha |
Utpala-dharin.i |
hands |
Rudra |
Pari-rambhin.i |
arms |
"one fond of dancing" |
Vilasini |
mouth |
lord’s bull |
Smaran.iya |
smile |
universal face |
Mandara-vasini |
eyen |
universal lustre |
Nr.tya-priya |
eyebrows |
S`ambhu |
Indran.i |
forehead |
lord’s bull [again!] |
Svaha |
crown |
Ganga-dhara |
10th day of bright ½ of Magha : gods of body-parts (1:23:22-28) [partly different from 1:21:27-32a]
body-part |
god |
waist |
Pan~ca-jana |
thighs |
Saubhagya-natha |
knees |
Bhuta-dharin |
shanks |
Nila |
feet |
Vis`va-bhuj |
on Sundays : gods who are worshipped on body-parts (1:23:111-117a)
body-part |
god |
feet |
Kama |
shanks |
Vaimoha-karin |
generative organ |
Kandarpa-nidhi |
waist |
Priti-mant |
navel |
Saukhya-samudra |
belly |
Vamana |
heart |
Hr.daya-is`a |
chest |
Al.hada-karin |
left shoulder |
Pus.pa-ban.a |
head |
Manasa |
hair |
Vi-lola |
naks.atra-s for worship body-parts of idol, with deities (1:25:7-15) -- parallelled in MP
naks.atra (mostly feminine) |
body-part |
deity (masculine) |
Hasta |
feet |
Surya |
Citra |
ankles |
Arka |
Svati |
shanks |
Purus.a-uttama |
Vis`akha |
knees |
Dhatr. |
Anuradha |
thighs |
? |
Jyes.t.ha |
organ of generation |
An-anga |
Mula |
waist |
Indra |
As.adha |
navel |
Tvas.t.r. |
S`ravan.a |
ears |
Tiks.a-ams`u |
Dhanis.t.ha |
sides & back |
Vikartana |
S`ata-taraka |
chest |
Dhvanta-vinas`ana |
Bhadra-pada |
arms |
Can.d.a-kara |
Revati |
hands |
Samnam Adhi-is`a (lord of the Saman-s) |
As`vini |
nails |
Sapta-as`va-dhuran-dhara (having 7 excellent horses) |
Bharan.i |
throat |
Diva-kara |
Kr.ttika & Rohin.i |
lips |
? |
Mr.ga |
tongue |
Pura-ari |
Ardra |
teeth |
Hari |
Punarvasu |
nose |
Savitr. |
Pus.ya |
forehead |
Ambhas-ruha |
hair |
Veda-s`arira-dharin |
|
As`les.a |
head |
Vibudha-priya |
Magha |
ears |
? |
Purva[-phalguni] |
eyen |
Go-brahman.a-nandana (cow-&-brahman.a delighter) |
Uttara-phalguni |
eyebrows |
Vis`va-is`vara |
benefits from planting trees (1:28:24-31)
1:28: |
tree |
benefit, achievement |
:24 |
as`vattha |
become wealthy |
a-s`oka |
destroyeth grief |
|
:25 |
plaks.a |
sacrifice |
ks.ira |
long life |
|
jambuki |
daughters |
|
dad.imi |
wife |
|
:26 |
as`vattha |
destruction of diseases |
palas`a |
Brahman |
|
vibhitaka |
become a ghost |
|
:27 |
ankola |
expansion of family |
khadira |
health |
|
nimba |
pleasing the sun |
|
:28 |
s`ri |
" S`iva |
red lodhra |
" Parvati |
|
s`ims`apa |
" Apsaras-es |
|
kunda |
" Gandharva-s |
|
:29 |
tintid.ika |
obtain servants |
van~jula |
robbers |
|
candana & panasa |
merit & wealth |
|
:30 |
campaka |
good fortune |
karira |
become adulterer |
|
tala |
destroyeth one's progeny |
|
vakula |
expandeth the family |
|
:31 |
coconut tree |
many wives |
grape-creeper |
an all-beautiful wife |
|
koli |
sexual enjoyment |
|
ketaki |
destroyeth one's enemies |
deities at body-parts of S`iva & of Gauri (1:29:19-28) [similar to 1:22:140b-148]
substances for offerings in the months (1:29:35-37)
1:29: |
month |
substance |
:35 |
Caitra |
"water (flowing from) a cow’s horns" |
Vais`akha |
cowdung |
|
:36 |
Jyes.t.ha |
mandara-flower |
As.ad.ha |
bilva-flower |
|
S`ravan.a |
curds |
|
[Bhadrapada |
omitted] |
|
:37 |
As`vina |
milk |
Kartika |
coagulated milk |
|
Marga-s`irs.a |
cow-urine |
|
Paus.a |
ghee |
r.s.i-s as officiating priests at sacrifice by Svayambhu (1:34:13-17) -- different assignments from VAP 21:15-17
r.s.i |
officiant |
directional quarter of world given by Brahma as sacrificial fee to (1:34:21-22) |
Narada |
Brahman |
East |
Gautama |
Brahman.a-acchamsin |
|
Deva-garbha |
Potr. |
|
Devala |
Agnidhra |
|
Angiras |
Udgatr. |
North |
Pulaha |
Prati-udgatr. |
|
Nara-ayan.a |
Prati-hartr. |
|
Atri |
Subrahman.ya |
|
Bhr.gu |
Hotr. |
South |
Vasis.t.ha |
Maitra-varun.a |
|
Kratu |
Acchavaka |
|
Cyavana |
Grava |
|
Pulastya |
Adhvaryu |
West |
S`ibi |
Prati-s.t.hatr. |
|
Br.has-pati |
Nes.t.r. |
|
S`ams`apa-ayana |
Unnetr. |
|
Dharma |
Sadasya |
1:34:131-158 names of forms of Brahma at 108 sacred places
1:34: |
Brahma |
place |
:131 |
Sura-s`res.t.ha |
Pus.kara |
Deva-garbha (‘divine embryo’) |
Kanya-kubja |
|
Pitamaha (‘grandsire’) |
Bhr.gu-kaks.a |
|
:132 |
Sr.s.t.i-kartr. |
Kaveri |
Br.has-pati |
Nandi-puri |
|
Padma-janma (‘redwaterlily-born’) |
Pra-bhasa |
|
Sura-priya |
Vanari |
|
:133 |
R.c-vedin |
Dvara-vati |
Bhuvana-adhipa |
Vai-dis`a |
|
Pun.d.arika-aks.a (‘whitewaterlily-eyed’) |
Paun.d.raka |
|
Pinga-aks.a (‘tawny-eyed’) |
Hastina-pura |
|
:134 |
Vi-jaya |
Jayanti |
Jayanta |
Pus.kara-avata |
|
Pada-hasta (‘redwaterlily-handed’) |
Ugra |
|
Tama[s]-anuda (‘darkness-removing’) |
Tamas-nandi |
|
:135 |
Jaya-anandin |
Ahi-channa |
Jana-priya |
Kan~ci |
|
Brahma |
Pat.ali-putra |
|
Muni (‘silent’) |
R.s.i-kun.d.a |
|
:136 |
Mukunda |
Mahi-tara |
S`ubhakara |
Kama-rupa |
|
S`iva-priya |
Varan.asi |
|
:137 |
Vis.n.u |
Mallika-aks.a |
Bhargava |
Maha-indra |
|
Sthavirakara |
Go-narda |
|
Pitamaha [again!] |
Ud-jayini |
|
:138 |
Maha-bodhi (‘great awakenment’) |
Kaus`a-ambi |
Raghava (as in Raghu-Vams`a) |
Ayodhya |
|
Muni-indra (‘silent prince’) |
Citra-kut.a |
|
Varaha (‘boar’) |
Vindhya mt. |
|
:139 |
Parama-is.t.hin |
Ganga-dvara |
S`ankara |
Hima-alaya |
|
Sruca-hasta (‘ladle-hand’) |
Devika |
|
Sruva-hasta (‘sacrificial-ladle hand’) |
Catur-vat.a |
|
:140 |
Padma-pan.i (redwaterlily-miser’) |
Vr.ndavana |
Kus`a-hasta (kus`a-grass hand’) |
Naimis.a |
|
Gopi-indra (‘cowherderesses’ prince’) |
Go-plaks.a |
|
Sa-candra (‘with glow’) |
bank of Yamuna r. |
|
:141 |
Padma-tanu (‘redwaterlily-bodied’) |
Bhagi-rathi |
Jala-ananda |
Jalan-dhara |
|
Madra-aks.a |
Konkan.a |
|
Kanaka-priya |
Kamilya |
|
:142 |
Ad-na-Datr. (‘food-giver’) |
Venkat.a |
S`ambhu |
Kratu-sthala |
|
Pulastya |
Lanka |
|
Hamsa-vahana (‘swan-vehicled’) |
Kas`mira |
|
:143 |
Vasis.t.ha |
Arbuda |
Narada (‘nard’) |
Utpala-vata |
|
S`ruti-datr. (‘scripture-giver’) |
Melaka |
|
Yadasam-pati (‘of sea-monsters the lord’) |
Pra-pata |
|
:144 |
Sama[n]-veda |
a sacrifice |
Madhura-priya |
Madhura |
|
Yajn~a-bhog-tr. (‘sacrifice-enjoyer’) |
Ankot.a |
|
Sura-priya (‘liquor-pleased’) |
Brahma-vada |
|
:145 |
Nara-ayan.a |
Go-manta |
Dvi-ja-priya (‘twice-born-pleased’) |
Maya-puri |
|
Dus-adhars.a (‘difficult to assail’) |
R.s.i-veda |
|
Sura-mardana (‘liquor-murderer’) |
Deva |
|
:146 |
Maha-rupa (‘great form’) |
Vi-jaya |
Sva-rupa (‘one’s own-form’) |
Ras.t.ra-vardhana |
|
Rasa-priya (‘flavor-pleased’) |
S`akambhari |
|
:147 |
Go-pala |
Pin.d.araka |
Anga-vardhana (‘limb-growth’) |
S`ankha-uddhara |
|
Praja-adhi-aks.a (‘progeny-inspector’) |
Kadambaka |
|
Deva-adhi-aks.a (‘deity-inspector’) |
Sama-sthala |
|
:148 |
Ganga-dhara |
Bhadra-pit.ha |
Jala-s`apin |
arbuda |
|
Tri-pura-Adhi-is`a |
Tryambaka |
|
Tri-locana |
S`ri-parvata |
|
:149 |
Maha-deva |
Padma-pura |
Vaidhasa |
Kapala |
|
S`auri (‘princely’) |
S`r.ngi-vera-pura |
|
Cakra-pan.ika (‘wheel-little-miser’) |
Naimis.a |
|
:150 |
Vi-rupa-aks.a (‘deformed-eyed’) |
Dan.d.a-puri |
Gau-tama |
Dhuta-pataka |
|
Hamsa-natha (‘swan-refuge’) |
Malya-vant |
|
Dvi-ja-indra (‘twice-born prince’) |
Valika |
|
:151 |
Deva-natha |
Indra-puri |
Puran-dara (‘city-destroyer’) |
Dyutapa |
|
Hamsa-vaha |
Lamba |
|
Garud.a-priya |
Can.d.a |
|
:152 |
Maha-yajn~a |
Maha-udaya |
Padma-varn.a (‘red-waterlily’s color’) |
Siddhi-smara |
|
Padma-bodhana |
Vibha |
|
:153 |
Linga |
Deva-daru-vana |
Vi-nayaka |
Maha-patti |
|
Tri-ambaka (‘[born of] 3 little mothers’) |
Matr.ka-sthana |
|
Kula-adhipa |
Alaka |
|
:154 |
Go-narda |
Tri-kut.a |
Vasuki |
Patala |
|
Padma-adhi-aks.a (‘redwaterlily-inspector’) |
Kedara |
|
Su-rata-priya |
Kus.man.d.a |
|
:155 |
S`ubha-anga |
Kun.d.a-vapi |
Taks.aka (‘poisonous’) |
Saran.i |
|
Papa-han (‘sin-slayer’) |
Aks.ot.a |
|
Su-dars`ana |
Ambika |
|
:156 |
Maha-vira (‘great hero’) |
Vara-da |
Dus-ga-nas`ana (‘difficulties-destroyer’) |
Kam-tara |
|
An-anta (‘unending’) |
Parn.at.a |
|
Diva-kara (‘richesse-making’) |
Prakas`a |
|
:157 |
Padma-nabha (‘redwaterlily-navel’) |
Viraja |
Sva-rudra |
Vr.ka-sthala |
|
Markan.d.a |
Vat.aka |
|
Mr.ga-ketana |
Vahini |
|
:158 |
Padma-gr.ha |
Padma-vati |
Padma-ketana |
Gagana |
epithets of Brahma (1:38:163-174a)
11 Rudra-s (1:40:83-84)
Nir-hr.ti |
|
Sandhya |
twilight |
A-yoni-ja |
not womb-born |
Mr.ga-vyadha |
|
Kapardin |
|
Maha-vis`va-is`vara |
|
Ahis-budhnya |
snake-of-the-deep |
Kapalin |
having skull |
Pingala |
tawny |
Senanin |
military |
Maha-tejas |
great splendor |
Sadhya-s (1:40:87-89)
Bhava |
turning into, becoming |
Pra-bhava |
prominent |
Kr.s`a-as`va |
emaciated horse |
Su-vaha |
easily pulled along |
Arun.a |
pink |
Varun.a |
|
Vis`va-mitra |
universal companion |
Cala-dhruva |
loose immoveable |
Havis.-mant |
oblation-offering |
Tanu-ja |
manifestation-born |
Vidhana |
method |
Abhi-mata |
longed-for |
Vatsara |
year |
Bhuti |
thriving |
Su-parvan |
good mountain |
Br.had-kam-ti |
big desired |
sons of +Savitri (1:40:96-98)
name |
meaning |
Mitra |
companion |
S`ara-vr.s.t.i |
arrows-shower |
Su-kars.a |
good dragging |
Vi-raja |
wide sovereignty |
Raja |
king |
Vis`va-aya |
all coming |
Su-mati |
good doctrine |
As`va-ga |
horse-going |
Citra-ras`mi |
variegated string |
Nis.-adha |
without lower |
Atma-vidhi |
self-ordinance |
Caritra |
behavior |
Pada-matra-ga |
foot-measure-going |
Br.hanta |
bigness |
Br.had-rupa |
big form |
Vasana-abhi-ga |
clothing approached |
commanders in war of Taraka (1:40:177b-187a)
1:40: |
officer |
description |
:177b-8a |
Vi-rocana |
holding mace |
:178b-9a |
Haya-griva |
having 1000 horse |
:179b-81a |
S`veta son of Vipra-citti |
having white bracelets |
:181b-2a |
Khara |
scattering water from his eyen |
:182b-3a |
Tvas.t.r. |
having 18-horse chariot |
:183b-4a |
Aris.t.a son of Bali |
causing mountains to tremble |
:184b-5a |
Kis`ora |
joyous like a young boy |
:185b-6a |
Lamba |
wearing long garment |
:186b-7a |
Vasun-dhara-abha |
laughing; having teeth-, lips-, eyen-shaped missile |
animals pulling chariots of commanders in army of Taraka (1:42:74-78)
1:42: |
name |
meaning |
chariot of, yoked with __ |
:74 |
Taraka |
crossing |
1000 eagles |
:75 |
Grasana |
swallowing |
tigers |
Jambha |
tusk |
lions |
|
Ku-jambha |
bad tusk |
donkeys |
|
Mahis.a |
buffalo |
[buffalo] |
|
Kun~jara (Kumbha) |
elephant |
horses |
|
:76 |
Megha |
cloud |
elephants |
Kala-nemi |
daemon |
||
Nimi |
blink |
4-tusked elephant |
|
:77a |
Manthana |
churn |
horses, 100 cubits in length |
animal-vehicles (mounts) of gods
1:42: |
god |
vehicle |
:77b |
Jambhaka |
camel |
S`umbha |
ram |
|
:95-6a |
Yama |
he-buffalo |
:96b |
Agni |
goat |
:97b |
Varun.a |
serpent |
etc.
gifts by gods to Guha (1:44:150-153)
god |
gift |
Indra |
own daughter Deva-sena as wife |
Vis.n.u |
weapon |
Ku-vera |
10 laks.a-s of Yaks.a-s |
Agni |
lustre |
Vayu |
a vehicle |
Tvas.t.r. |
toy "cock changing form at will." |
missiles discharged by Hiran.ya-kas`ipu at Nara-simha (1:45:101-108)
astra (missile) |
meaning |
Dan.d.a |
rod |
Vis.n.u-cakra |
|
2 As`ani-s : dry & wet |
flash |
spear |
|
skeleton |
|
pestle |
|
Brahma-s`iras |
Brahma’s head |
Nara-ayan.a |
|
Aindra |
of Indra |
Agneya |
of Agni |
S`ais.ira |
wintery |
Vayavya |
of Vayu |
Mathana |
churning |
Kapala |
skull |
Kraun~ca |
curlew |
Mohana |
deluding |
S`os.an.a |
drying |
Sam-tapana |
tormenting |
Vi-lapana |
causing to weep |
Kampana |
causing to tremble |
S`antana |
making dull |
fatal mallet |
|
Gandharva |
|
Nandaka |
delighting |
Varun.a |
|
Pas`u-pata |
24 gods of the syllables of the Gayatri (1:46:163b-169)
syll. |
god |
1st |
Agni |
2nd |
Vayu |
3rd |
Surya (sun) |
4th |
Dyau (sky) |
5th |
Yama |
6th |
Varun.a |
7th |
Br.has-pati |
8th |
Parjanya |
9th |
Indra |
10th |
Gandharva-s |
11th |
Pus.an |
12th |
Mitra |
13th |
Tvas.t.r. |
14th |
Vasu-s |
15th |
Marut-s |
16th |
Soma |
17th |
Angiras |
18th |
Vis`ve-deva-s |
19th |
As`vinau |
20th |
Praja-pati |
21st |
"full of all gods" |
22nd |
Rudra |
23rd |
Brahma |
24th |
Vis.n.u |
deities residing in body of cow (1:48:157-164)
mouth |
the 6 Veda-anga-s |
horns |
Hari & Kes`ava |
belly |
Skanda |
head |
Brahma |
forehead |
S`ankara |
tip of horn |
Indra |
ears |
As`vinau |
eyen |
moon & sun |
teeth |
Garud.a |
tongue |
+Saras-vati |
anus |
"sacred places" (tirtha-s) |
urine |
+Ganga |
pores of skin |
sages (r.s.i-s) |
"backside of the face" |
Yama |
right side |
Kuvera & Varun.a |
left side |
Yaks.a-s |
center of face |
Gandharva-s |
tip of nose |
serpents |
hind parts of the hooves |
+Ap-saras-es |
dung |
+Laks.mi |
tips of feet |
"those who move in the sky" (Kha-ga-s) |
bellowing sound |
Praja-pati |
the [4] udders |
the 4 oceans |
directions for sleeping (head toward) & rites (facing)
direction |
sleeping, with head towards (1:49:125) |
rites, facing (1:49:126) |
east |
long life |
long life |
south |
fame |
|
west |
wealth |
|
north |
glory |
rudra-aks.a-s as instruments of deities
1:59: |
# of mouths of rudra-aks.a |
deity |
unintentional sins (accidental slayings, etc.) eliminated by it |
evil consequences evaded by means of it |
:146-148 |
1 |
S`iva |
brahman.icide |
|
:149 |
2 |
Vis.n.u |
killing a cow |
"secret sins" {internal guilt?} |
:150-155 |
3 |
Agni |
killing a woman |
disease, sickness |
:156-159 |
4 |
Brahma |
homicide |
"(living) in houses with many beings" {cockroaches, termites?} |
:160-162 |
5 |
Vama-deva |
"son" {not having a son ?} |
|
:163-168 |
6 |
Kartikeya |
cowardliness |
"meet with ruin" {loss of reputation?} |
:169-174 |
7 |
An-anta etc. |
violating one’s teacher’s wife |
being poisoned |
:175-179 |
8 |
Vinayaka |
cheating |
becoming "deprived of intelligence" {Alzheimer’s?} |
:180-182 |
9 |
Bhairava |
"murders of thousands" {militarism?} |
|
:183 |
10 |
{Garutman?} |
"serpents perish" {burning snakes alive?} |
|
:184-186 |
11 |
11 Rudra-s |
"topknot" {not having topknot, viz. lacking psychedelics?} |
|
:197-190 |
12 |
Aditya |
killing wild animals |
being injured by deadly weapons |
:191-194 |
13 |
"elixir" |
killing one’s own relatives |
paduka ("impression of feet of a deity") {undergoing violent possession by deities, madness?} |
:195-194 |
14 |
"on ... arm" {Savitr.?} |
ANCIENT INDIAN TRADITION AND MYTHOLOGY SERIES, Vols. 39-40 = The Padma-Puran.a, translated by N. A. Deshpande, Parts I & II. Motilal Banarsidass Publ., Delhi, 1988-1989.