रन्तिदेवrantideva

रन्तिदेव (rantideva) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of Vishnu, a king of the lunar race, of another king, a dog, a name of Vishnu, a king of the lunar dynasty. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Multiple meanings (King, Viṣṇu, Dog), The celebrated King Rantideva (son of Saṃkṛti), Other individuals named Rantideva.

Etymology: E. रम, and देव a deity, or who sports or plays
Definitions: 13

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Meanings by context

Multiple meanings (King, Viṣṇu, Dog)

4 definitions

1. A name of Vishnu. 2. A king of the lunar dynasty. 3. A dog.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Vishnu. 2. A king of the lunar race.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A name of Vishnu. 2. A king of the lunar dynasty. 3. A dog.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A name of Vishnu. 2. The name of a king. 3. A dog.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The celebrated King Rantideva (son of Saṃkṛti)

4 definitions

A king of the lunar race

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an ancient king

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An ancient king, son of Samkriti.

रन्तिदेव (rantideva) [Printed book page 593-2]
Rantideva, an ancient king, son of Saṅkṛti. § 5 (Anukram.):

I, 1α, 224 (in Nārada's enumeration).—§ 61 (Sarpasattra):

I, 55, †2099 (yathā yajño R°sya).—§ 296 (Dyūtap.):

II, 53, 1929.—§ 358 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 82, 4096

(Carmaṇvatīṃ samāsādya niyato niyatāśanaḥ|R°ābhyanujñāto

(B. °am) agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet).—§ 480 (Pativratop.

Brāhmaṇavyādhasaṃv.): III, 208, 13809, 13810 (description

of his gifts of food).—§ 545 (Pativratāmāhātmyap.): III,

294, 16674 (Sāṃkṛte R°sya svaśaktyā dānataḥ samaḥ,

sc. Satyavat).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaśarāj.): R. Sāṅkṛti had

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200,000 cooks to distribute food to the brahmans, etc.;

countless numbers of animals desirous of going to heaven

used to come to him of their own accord; the number of

animals sacrificed in his agnihotras was so large that the

secretions from the heaps of skins formed a veritable river,

which came to be called Carmaṇvatī (now Chambal); even

when he had on a single day given away to the brahmans

a crore of niṣkas he thought he had given away very

little, etc., etc. People who are acquainted with ancient

history (purāṇavido janāḥ) quote gāthās regarding R.

(VII, 67): VII, 67, 2356 (Sāṅkṛtiṃ), 2368, 2369, 2371,

2373.—§ 632b (Ṣoḍaśarāj., cf. § 595): XII, 29, 1013

(Sāṅkṛtyaṃ), 1015, 1019, 1020 (Sāṅkṛteḥ), (repetition from

§ 595).—§ 677 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 235, 8591 (Sāṃkṛtyaḥ,

ascended to heaven by giving lukewarm water to Vasiṣṭha).

—§ 702 (do.): XII, 293, 1075 (obtained his success by

giving roots, and fruits, and leaves to the ascetics).—§ 746

(Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 66, 3351 (performed a great sacrifice,

the juice from the skins of the slaughtered animals formed

the river Carmaṇvatī), 3365 (went to heaven by gifts of

foods).—§ 760 (do.): XIII, 112, 5544 (b: do.).—§ 761

(do.): XIII, 115, 5665 (among the kings who abstained

from meat during the month of Kārttika).—§ 767 (do.):

XIII, 137, 6250 (Sāṅkṛtyaḥ, attained to heaven by making

gifts (arghyaṃ) to Vasiṣṭha).—§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151μ,

7129 (gavām ayena yajñena yeneṣṭaṃ vai Kṛtayuge |

R°ṃ mahādevaṃ (?) kīrtayet).—§ 786c (Nakulākhyāna):

King R., when divested of all his wealth, gave a small

quantity of water with a pure heart, by this gift

he went to heaven: XIV, 90, 2787. Cf. Sāṅkṛti,

Sāṇkṛtya.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A son of Samkriti known for his extreme generosity and devotion

— The Purana Index

Other individuals named Rantideva

3 definitions

of another king

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a teacher of Yoga and various authors, especially a lexicographer

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Mahayashas

— The Purana Index

A dog

1 definition

a dog

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of Viṣṇu

1 definition

an epithet of Vishnu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.