वैकुण्ठ

{ vaikuṇṭha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

Another name of Mahāviṣṇu. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 342, Stanza 80] , that when Viṣṇu made creation with the five elements, his powers did not have any hindrance (Kuṇṭhita) and so he got the name Vaikuṇṭha.
VAIKUṆṬHA I   The dwelling place of Mahāviṣṇu.
VAIKUṆṬHA III   A Brahmin saint who lived in the Tretāyuga. The living things got deliverance from sin, the moment they came into contact with him. This power of Vaikuṇṭha to give living things deliverance, is mentioned in [Padma Purāṇa, Brahma khaṇḍa, Chapter 3] , as follows: Vaikuṇṭha once lighted a ghee-lamp in the presence of Viṣṇu in Kārttika and returned home. At that time a rat came there and began to drink the ghee. Then the lamp blazed into a flame. The rat was terrified at this, and ran away. But by the grace of Viṣṇu the rat got deliverance from all its sins. That rat was killed by snake-bite. The men of Yama came with ropes. Instantly the messengers of Viṣṇu also came on Garuḍa. Yama's men got afraid of Viṣṇu's messengers and humbly aksed them: “For what goodness of him are you taking this great sinner to Vaikuṇṭha?” They replied: “He had blazed a lamp before the presence of Viṣṇu. That act has earned for him a place in Vaikuṇṭha. The goodness earned by lighting a lamp with devotion and love in Kārttika, could be described only by Mukunda.” After that the rat was taken to Vaikuṇṭha.

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वैकुण्ठ  m.  m. ( fr. वि-कुण्ठ) N. of इन्द्र, [ŚBr.]; [KauṣUp.]
of विष्णु ( कृष्ण), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
a statue of विष्णु, [Rājat.]
the 24th day in the month of ब्रह्मा, [L.]
(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]
a kind of Ocimum, [L.]
N. of various men ( esp. authors and teachers), [Cat.]
(with इन्द्र) N. of the supposed author of [RV. x, 48-50]; [Anukr.]
गण    pl. or sg. ( scil.) N. of a class of gods, [Pur.]
वैकुण्ठ  mn.  mn. विष्णु's heaven (variously described as situated in the northern ocean or on the eastern peak of mount मेरु), [Pañcat.]; [BhP.] &c.
वैकुण्ठ  n.  n. talc, [W.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वैकुण्ठ [vaikuṇṭha] a.  a. Unassailable (दुर्धर्ष); इन्द्रो वैकुण्ठोऽपराजिता सेनेति वा अहमेतमुपास [Bṛi. Up.2.1.6.]
वैकुण्ठः [vaikuṇṭhḥ]   1 An epithet of Viṣṇu; मन्दं जहास वैकुण्ठो मोहयन्निव मायया [Bhāg.1.8.44.]
Of Indra.
Holy basil.
ण्ठम् The heaven of Viṣṇu; ततो वैकुण्ठमगमद्भास्वरं तमसः परम् [Bhāg.1.88.25.]
Talc. -Comp.
-चतुर्दशी   the fourteenth day of the bright half of Kārtika.-लोकः the world of Viṣṇu.

Shabda-Sagara

वैकुण्ठ  m.  ( -ण्ठः)
1. A name of VISHṆU.
2. INDRA.
 n.  ( -ण्ठं)
1. The para- dise or world of Vaikuṇṭha or VISHṆU; its site is variously des- cribed, either as in the northern ocean, or on the eastern peak of mount Meru.
2. Talc.
E. विकुण्ठा the wife of ŚUBHRA, and mother of VISHṆU, in one form, अण् patronymic aff.: other etymologies occur, as वि privative, &c. and कुण्ठ said to mean destruction, he who is indestructible; or वि before the same, explained knowledge or abode, being omniscient or omnipresent, &c.; again वि various, and कुण्ठ illusion, aff. अण् .

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विकुण्ठा अण् वि कुण्ठ वि वि कुण्ठ अण् .