विराट रूप virāṭ rūp

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · g.n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

(Hinduism) Having the form of Virāṭ (vast, imposing, splendid): a title of the supreme being as able to assume a universal form in which the entire creation is manifest.
(Bābā) The universal form in which the entire creation is manifest.

Usual translation

  1. variety-form image

Origin of the definition

रूप rūp (sanskrit)

Rūp, the one who smiles while making the flowers of virtues emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Yoga.
Form, shape, appearance, aspect, image, beauty, good looks, mould, type.

विराट् vi-rāṭ [S.], m. & adj. 1. m. the ruler, or splendid one. 2. adj. vast; imposing, splendid. — विराटरूप, adj. having the form of Virāṭ: a title of the supreme being as able to assume a universal form in which the entire creation is manifest.

S وراٿ विराट् vi-rāṭ (base vi-rāj, q.v.), s.m. Splendour, beauty; — the first progeny of Brahmā; the producer of the first Manu or Svāyambhuva (who was the secondary framer of the visible universe); — ʻruler of the various forms of bodies,' a name of Intellect located in and ruling over the collective aggregate of bodies; embodied spirit: — virāṭ, or virāṭ-deh or dehī (prop. virāḍ-deh, &c.), or virāṭ-rūp (prop. virāḍ-rūp), or virāṭ-svarūp, adj. 'Having the body of Virāṭ,' or 'consisting of Virāj,' epithets of the Supreme Being (as expanded and explicated in the creation, or as developed and exhibited in the radiance and glory of the Universal system); — monstrous, huge, enormous, gigantic.

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Thursday 4 April 2024
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