Anjaneya, Amjaneya, Āñjaneya: 11 definitions
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Shilpashastra (iconography)
Āñjaneya is the name of a deity depicted at the Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam (Śrī Raṅgam), which represents a sacred place for the worship of Viṣṇu.—The devotee enters the temple from one of the entrances where there is the sannidhi for Āñjaneya. Āñjaneya is found in samapāda-sthānaka with hands in añjali-hasta. To the left of the sannidhi of Āñjaneya is the sanctum for Rāmānuja. To the right, there are the sanctums for Garuḍ āl vār, Cakratālvār, Viṣṇu Durgā and Veṇugopāl. As one proceeds further from the Āñjaneya’s sannidhi, there is the Garuḍa Maṇḍapa where Garuḍ a is found in añjali-hasta.
Āñjaneya is also depicted at the Andal Temple in Srivilliputtur (Villiputtur or Thiruvilliputtur), representing a sacred place for the worship of The Goddess (Devī).—To the left of the main entrance, there is the sannidhi for Śrī Āñjaneya (Hanumān). He is found standing in samapāda-sthānaka and samabhaṅga with the hands in añjali-hasta. As the devotee preceeds to the outer passage from the sannidhi of Śrī Āñjaneya, he/she finds the sannidhi of Śrīnivāsa Sundarāja.
Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय) refers to various forms of Hanumān.—Hanumān is worshipped as Dāsa of Rama since the time of Rāmāyaṇa and shown standing in front of Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa. He is frequently called Māruti (son of Maruts) in the western part of the country, especially in Maharashtra. [...] In the South Indian iconography, the standing Hanumān with his hands in añjali-mudrā, is called bhakta-āñjaneya. When he is in movement carrying an uprooted tree in one hand and clenched fist of the other, or when he is carrying the mountain in one hand and a mace in the other, he is called vīra-āñjaneya. If he sitting in padma-āsana, with rosary in one hand and the other placed on the knee, he is yoga-āñjaneya. When seated in front of Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, with his head bent in reverence and hands in añjali-mudra, with one knee bent, he is rāma-āñjaneya.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय) (=Vāyunandana) is the name of an authority on Nāṭya (ancient Indian art of performance and theater), as mentioned in the Dattilakohalīyam, one of the works ascribed to Kohala—a celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Yāṣṭika, Śārdūla, Kāśyapa etc.—There are verses of benediction to earlier authorities on nāṭya whose opinions were summarised in this work. This list in itself seems to be an interpolation from Saṅgītaratnākara. The names include, for example, Āñjaneya [...]. Subsequently the mythological account of the origin of nāṭya is described. According to this work, Bharata was handed this tradition by Brahma.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय).—[añjanāyāḥ apatyaṃ ḍhak] Name of Māruti.
Derivable forms: āñjaneyaḥ (आञ्जनेयः).
Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय).—m.
(-yaḥ) A name of the monkey Hanuman. E. añjanā the mother of Hanuman, and ḍhak patronymic affix which leaves eya.
1) Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Saṃgītadarpaṇa. Oxf. 201^a.
2) Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय):—Bhagavadgītābhāṣya. Oppert. Ii, 7900.
1) Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय):—m. ‘son of Añjanā’, Name of the monkey Hanumat, [Mahāvīra-caritra]
2) Name of an author
Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय):—[ā-ñjaneya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Hanumān.
Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय):—(metron. von añjanā) m. Nomen proprium Hanumant [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 6.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 705.]
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Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय):—m. Nomen proprium eines Autors [Oxforder Handschriften 201,a, No. 479.]
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Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय):—adj. für welchen Augensalbe (āñjana) gehört [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 6, 8, 9.]
Āñjaneya (आञ्जनेय):—m. —
1) *Metron. Hanumant's. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Autors.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Āṃjanēya (ಆಂಜನೇಯ):—[noun] one of the famous gods, the son of Anjane and the Wind-God,with the face and tail of a monkey, a devout servant of Śrī Rāmacandra, in Rāmāyaṇa.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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