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It can be split as ila+ka+ṭāp. | It can be split as ila+ka+ṭāp. | ||
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* Ilā is the name of a daughter of Vaivasvata Manu. She obtained manhood by the boon of Viṣṇu and became famous as Sudyumna. | * 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. | * She became woman again by the curse of śaṅkara while entering the Kumāravana. | ||
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* Then Ilā's priest Vaśiṣṭha worshiped śaṅkara and got her a boon of being male and female for alternate months. | * 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 was the son of Prajāpati Kardama, who entered the birthplace of Kārttikeya and became a woman known as ilā. | * 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. | * After worshiping Pārvatī, she obtained the boon of being male and female for alternate months. | ||
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| + | ==In Ṛgveda== | ||
| + | * Ilā is recognized as a goddess of light and brilliance along with Sarasvatī and Mahī.<ref>Ṛgveda 1.13.9</ref> | ||
| + | * 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.<ref>Ṛgveda 1.31.11</ref> | ||
| + | * The place sanctified by her feet on the sacrificial altar is used to keep the fire of the sacrifice. | ||
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| + | ==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. | ||
===Synonyms=== | ===Synonyms=== | ||
Revision as of 01:44, 8 January 2015
By M. A. Alwar
Sometimes transliterated as: Ila, IlA, Ilaa
Contents
Origin
Ilā 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.
In 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.
In 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.
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.
Synonyms
- Earth
- Cow
- Sentence[3]
References
- Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu