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− | ila+ka+ṭāp. | + | It can be split as ila+ka+ṭāp. |
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+ | ===Ilā - As per Śrībhāgavatam=== | ||
+ | # Ilā is the name of a daughter of Vaivasvata Manu. She obtained manhood by the boon of Viṣṇu and became famous as Sudyumna. | ||
+ | # She became woman again by the curse of śaṅkara while entering the Kumāravana. | ||
+ | # Budha wedded her and became father of Purūravas. | ||
+ | # Then Ilā's priest Vaśiṣṭha worshiped śaṅkara and got her a boon of being male and female for alternate months. | ||
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+ | ===Ilā - As per Rāmāyaṇa=== | ||
+ | # Ilā was the son of Prajāpati Kardama, who entered the birthplace of Kārttikeya and became a woman known as ilā. | ||
+ | # After worshiping Pārvatī, she obtained the boon of being male and female for alternate months. | ||
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+ | ===Synonyms=== | ||
+ | # Earth | ||
+ | # Cow | ||
+ | # Sentence<ref>As per Medinī.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 04:37, 3 November 2014
By M. A. Alwar
Sometimes transliterated as: Ila, IlA, Ilaa
Contents
Ilā - In Ṛgveda
- Ilā is recognized as a goddess of light and brilliance along with Sarasvatī and Mahī.[1]
- She is accounted as the goddess of the earth. She resides in the center of the earth.
- She is declared as the daughter of Manu and the teacher of men.[2]
- The place sanctified by her feet on the sacrificial altar is used to keep the fire of the sacrifice.
Ilā - In Purāṇas and Mahābhārata
- She is pictured as the daughter of Manu.
- She has changed her sex to enter a forbidden place or due to the efforts of the sages like Vasiṣṭha.
- She either becomes prince Sudyumna or the wife of Budha and mother of Pururavas.
- She used to undergo change of sex once a month.
Ilā - In Shabdakalpadruma
It is derived from "ilati viṣṇuvarāt puṁstvaṁ prāpnoti" which means 'attains manhood by the boon of Viṣṇu'.
Gender
Ilā is a feminine form.
Grammatical Origin
It can be split as ila+ka+ṭāp.
Ilā - As per Śrībhāgavatam
- Ilā is the name of a daughter of Vaivasvata Manu. She obtained manhood by the boon of Viṣṇu and became famous as Sudyumna.
- She became woman again by the curse of śaṅkara while entering the Kumāravana.
- Budha wedded her and became father of Purūravas.
- Then Ilā's priest Vaśiṣṭha worshiped śaṅkara and got her a boon of being male and female for alternate months.
Ilā - As per Rāmāyaṇa
- Ilā was the son of Prajāpati Kardama, who entered the birthplace of Kārttikeya and became a woman known as ilā.
- After worshiping Pārvatī, she obtained the boon of being male and female for alternate months.
Synonyms
- Earth
- Cow
- Sentence[3]
References
- Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu