Addhana, Addhāna: 5 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryaddhāna : (nt.) a long path, time, or journey; highroad.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAddhāna, (nt.) (orig. the Acc. of addhan, taken as nt. from phrase dīgha� Բ�. It occurs only in Acc. which may always be taken as Acc. of addhan; thus the assumption of a special form addhāna would be superfluous, were it not for later forms like addhāne (Loc.) Miln.126; PvA.75 v. l. BB, and for cpds.) same meaning as addhan, but as simplex only used with reference to time (i. e. a long time, cp. VvA.117 Բ� = cira�). Usually in phrase īٲ� (anāgata� etc.) Բ� in the past (future etc.), e. g. D.I, 200; S.I, 140; A.V, 32; Miln.126 (anāgatamaddhāne for °a�); PvA.75 (v. l. addhāne). dīgha� Բ� Pv.I, 105. Also in phrase Բ� āpādeti to make out the length of time or period, i. e. to live out one’s lifetime S.IV, 110; J.II, 293 (= jīvitԲ� āpādi āyu� vindi C).
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryaddhāna (အဒ္ဓါ�) [(pu,na) (ပု၊�)]�
[addha+ayana. Բ� ayana� Բ�,accāyato maggo. yathā padaṭṭhānanti,yalopo. ,ṭ�.192. aya� hi addhāna-saddo kālassa ca desassa ca vācako. sārattha,2,189. (nīti,pada. 175-).]
[အဒ္�+အယန။ အဒ္ဓါန� အယန� အဒ္ဓါနံ၊ အစ္စာယတေ� မဂ္ဂေါ။ ယထ� ပဒဋ္ဌာနန္တိ၊ ယလောပေါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၁၉၂။ အယ� ဟ� အဒ္ဓါ�-သဒ္ဒေ� ကာလ� � ဒေသ� � ဝါစကော။ သာရတ္ထ၊၂၊၁၈၉။ (နီတိ၊ပဒ။ ၁၇�-လည်းကြည့�)။]
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Addhāṇa (अद्धाण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Adhvan.
2) Addhāṇa (अद्धाण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Adhvan.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
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Partial matches: Ayana, Asita.
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