Sthulakarna, Sthūlakarṇa: 4 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Skanda-puranaSthūlakarṇa (स्थूलकर्ण) is the name of a gaṇa (attendant of Śiva), mentioned in the Skandapurāṇa 4.2.53. In this chapter, Śiva (Giriśa) summons his attendants (gaṇas) and ask them to venture towards the city Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) in order to find out what the yoginīs, the sun-god, Vidhi (Brahmā) were doing there.
While the gaṇas such as Sthūlakarṇa were staying at Kāśī, they were desirous but unable of finding a weakness in king Divodaśa who was ruling there. Kāśī is described as a fascinating place beyond the range of Giriśa’s vision, and as a place where yoginīs become ayoginīs, after having come in contact with it. Kāśī is described as having both the power to destroy great delusion, as well as creating it.
The Skandapurāṇa narrates the details and legends surrounding numerous holy pilgrimages (tīrtha-māhātmya) throughout India. It is the largest Mahāpurāṇa composed of over 81,000 metrical verses, with the core text dating from the before the 4th-century CE.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Sthūlakarṇa (स्थूलकर्ण).—A son of Devajanī and an Yakṣa.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 128.
1b) A son of Maṇivara.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 159.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sthūlakarṇa (स्थूलकर्ण):—[=sthūla-karṇa] [from sthūla > sthūl] m. Name of a Ṛṣi, [Mahābhārata] ([varia lectio] sthūṇa-k).
2) Sthūlākarṇa (स्थूलाकर्ण):—[=sthūlā-karṇa] [from sthūla > sthūl] [wrong reading] for sthūṇā-k q.v.
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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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Partial matches: Sthula, Karna.
Full-text: Sthunakarna.
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