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 .