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|  | viśvakarman | See .  |  | viśvakarman | n. (only in the beginning of a compound) every action  |  | viśvakarman | mfn. accomplishing or creating everything  |  | viśvakarman | m. "all-doer, all-creator, all-maker", Name of the divine creative architect or artist (said to be son of brahmā-, and in the later mythology sometimes identified with tvaṣṭṛ- q.v,he is said to have revealed the sthāpatyaveda- q.v,or fourth upa-veda-, and to preside over all manual labours as well as the sixty-four mechanical arts [whence he is worshipped by kāru-s or artisans];in the Vedic mythology, however, the office of Indian Vulcan is assigned to tvaṣṭṛ- as a distinct deity, viśva-karman- being rather identified with prajā-pati- [ brahmā-] himself as the creator of all things and architect of the universe;in the hymns he is represented as the universal Father and Generator, the one all-seeing God, who has on every side eyes, faces, arms, and feet;in and elsewhere in the brāhmaṇa-s he is called a son of bhuvana-, and viśva-karman- bhauvana- is described as the author of the two hymns mentioned above;in the and he is a son of the vasu- prabhāsa- and yoga-siddhā-;in the purāṇa-s a son of vāstu-, and the father of barhiṣmatī- and saṃjñā-; according to to other authorities he is the husband of ghṛtācī-;moreover, a doubtful legend is told of his having offered up all beings, including himself, in sacrifice;the rāmāyaṇa- represents him as having built the city of laṅkā- for the rākṣasa-s, and as having generated the ape nala-, who made rāma-'s bridge from the continent to the island;the name viśva-karman-, meaning "doing all acts", appears to be sometimes applicable as an epithet to any great divinity) etc.  |  | viśvakarman | m. Name of sūrya- or the Sun  |  | viśvakarman | m. of one of the seven principal rays of the sun (supposed to supply heat to the planet Mercury)  |  | viśvakarman | m. of the wind ( )  |  | viśvakarman | m. Name of a muni-  |  | viśvakarman | m. (also with śāstrin-) Name of various authors  |
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 | viśvakarman bhauvana | (‘Descendant of Bhuvana’) is the name of a quite mythical king. He is said in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa to have been consecrated by Kaśyapa, to whom he offered the earth (i.e., presumably a piece of land) as a sacrificial fee; in the śatapatha Brāhmaṇa he performed the Sarvamedha (‘universal sacrifice’), and made a similar offer; in both cases the earth refused to be given. The story seems to contain a reference to the early dislike of gifts of land, but it cannot be stated with certainty that this is the meaning. | |
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 | viśvakarman | noun (masculine) all-creator (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Muni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the seven principal rays of the sun (supposed to supply heat to the planet Mercury) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Sūrya or the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the divine creative architect or artist (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva Frequency rank 3098/72933 | | |
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