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Marici (other)
Marici may refer to: * Marici (Ligures), a Ligurian people of Gallia Transpadana * Marici (Buddhism), Buddhist deity * Marichi, masculine Sanskrit term for one of the Saptarshis * See also * Marich (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marici (Ligures)
The Marici were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling around present-day Pavia ( Lombardy) during the Iron Age. Name The ethnic name ''Marici'' can be translated as 'the big ones', from the Celtic stem ''maro-'' ('tall'). According to Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, such linguistically Celtic tribal names suggest that a Celto-Ligurian dialect played an important role among the languages spoken in ancient Ligury. Geography The Marici lived around the modern town of Pavia. Their territory was located south of the Laevi, west of the Ladatini, north of the Anamares., Map 39: Mediolanum. History In the Third Book of his '' Natural History,'' Pliny the Elder identifies them as the co-founders, along with the Laevi, of Ticinum, the modern Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marici (Buddhism)
Mārīcī (Sanskrit: मारीची, lit. "Ray of Light"; Chinese: 摩利支天; pinyin: ''Mólìzhītiān''; Japanese: ''Marishiten''), is a Buddhist god (devi) or goddess, as well as a bodhisattva associated with light and the Sun. By most historical accounts, Marici is a goddess. However, in some regions, she is depicted as a male god, revered among the warrior class in East Asia. She is typically depicted with multiple arms, riding a charging boar or sow, or on a fiery chariot pulled by seven horses or seven boars. She has either one head or between three to six, with one shaped like a boar. In parts of East Asia, in her fiercest forms, she may wear a necklace of skulls. In some representations, she sits upon a lotus. Some of the earliest iconographies of Marici are found in India and Tibet, particularly near the ancient port city and Buddhist site Salihundam of Andhra Pradesh, where Marici is depicted as riding on a chariot pulled by seven horses in a manner similar t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marichi
Marichi ( sa, मरीचि, Marīci, lit=ray of light) or Mareechi or Marishi is the mind-born son of Brahma, and one of the Saptarishi in Hindu mythology. He is also the father of Kashyapa, and the grandfather of the '' devas'' and the ''asuras''. In Jainism, he is referred to as one of the previous reincarnations of the 24th ''Tirthankara,'' Mahavira. Saptarishi Saptarishi, a Sanskrit dvigu meaning "seven sages" are the seven rishis who are extolled at many places in the Vedas and Hindu literature. The Vedic Samhitas never enumerate these rishis by name, though later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanishads do so. While earlier texts do not mention Marichi as one of the seven, references can be found in the epic ''Mahabharata''. In some parts of India, people believe these are seven stars of the Big Dipper named " Vashista", "Marichi", "Pulastya", "Pulaha", "Atri", " Angiras" and "Kratu". There is another star slightly visible within it, known as " Arundhati". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
