Nilakantha
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The word Nilakantha may refer to one of the following:
- ShivaShivaShiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
, one of the principal deitiesDeityA deity is a recognized preternatural or supernatural immortal being, who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, and respected by believers....
of HinduismHinduismHinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions... - Neelakantha ChaturdharaNeelakantha ChaturdharaNeelakantha Chaturdhara was a scholar who lived in Varanasi in the later half of the 17th century, famous for his commentary on the Mahabharata.His commentary, Bhāratabhāvadīpa, is the only one that is widely used in Sanskrit studies today...
(Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara), seventeenth-century commentator of the MahābhārataMahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa.... - Nīlakantha dhāranī, a Mahayana Buddhist mantra
- Nilakantha SomayajiNilakantha SomayajiKelallur Nilakantha Somayaji was a major mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. One of his most influential works was the comprehensive astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha completed in 1501...
, mathematician of the Kerala school