Amaravati (mythology)

Amaravati ( Sanskrit अमरावती Amarāvatī f. "City of Immortals"), more rarely called Devapura " City of Gods " or Pushabhasa ( पूषभासा pūṣabhāsā "Sunshine"), is the city of the Hindu god of thunder and king of the gods Indra . In the city, which is also inhabited by the Maruts , there are a thousand palaces, including Indra's palace Vaijayanta , and the park Nandana .

literature

Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Gods and Myths of the Indian Subcontinent (= Dictionary of Mythology . Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 5). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-12-909850-X , p. 38.
Amaravati . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, p. 11 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

↑ amarāvatī . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 80, col. 3 .
↑ pūṣabhāsā . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 645, col. 1 .
↑ vaijayanta . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 1021, col. 1 .
↑ nandana . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 527, col. 1 .

[1] amarāvatī . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 80, col. 3 .

[2] pūṣabhāsā . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 645, col. 1 .

[3] vaijayanta . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 1021, col. 1 .

[4] nandana . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 527, col. 1 .