Māyōṉ
Māyōṉ. S. Indian name of the Hindu god Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu. The name derives from a Tamil adjective meaning ‘a person of black complexion’; synonyms are: Māyaṉ, Māyavaṉ, Māl, Mālavaṉ, and Tirumāl. Some sporadic references in the Tamil caṅkam literature (1st cent. BCE to 3rd cent. CE?) indicate a knowledge and veneration of the N. Indian god Kṛṣṇa also in the extreme South. During the next centuries, more extensive sources allow us to catch glimpses of a developed temple culture which envisages Māyōṉ predominantly as Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu. Thus (in contrast to the Bhagavad-gītā) Māyōṉ = Kṛṣṇa is not envisaged as an avatāra of Viṣṇu. Only with the Śrīvaiṣṇavism institutionalized by Rāmānuja in the 12th cent. does Viṣṇu emerge as the central god-figure.
More From encyclopedia.com
Yamuna , Yāmuna
YĀMUNA (fl. c. 1022–1038), known in Tamil as Ᾱḻavandār; Hindu philosopher, theologian, and devotional poet. Yāmuna lived in the Tamil-speaking… Varuna , Varuṇa
VARUṆA replaced the earlier god Dyaus as the sky god in the Vedic pantheon, but early in his mythological career he became the god of the nigh… dweeb , dweeb / dwēb/ • n. inf. a boring, studious, or socially inept person. DERIVATIVES: dweeb·ish adj. dweeb·y adj.
dweeb •Antibes, Beeb, Delibes, dweeb,… Wenzel Jamnitzer , Wenzel Jamnitzer (vĕn´tsəl yäm´nĬtsər, yä´mĬtsər, gĕm´nĬtsər), 1508–85, leading member of a German family of goldsmiths and engravers. Born in Vienna… Catchy , catch·y / ˈkachē; ˈkechē/ • adj. (catch·i·er , catch·i·est ) (of a tune or phrase) instantly appealing and memorable: a catchy recruiting slogan. DER… Ramanuja , Rāmānuja
RĀMĀNUJA (1017–1137), Hindu philosopher-theologian and the most influential exponent of a theistic interpretation of Vedantic philosophy tha…
NEARBY TERMS
Māyōṉ