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Avajati, ī: 3 definitions

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Avajati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: academia.edu: Yakṣiṇ�-sādhana in the Kakṣapuṭa tantra

ī (अवजाती) or Candrasumatī is the name of one of the thirty-two Yakṣiṇīs mentioned in the Kakṣapuṭatantra. In the ⲹṣiṇ�-󲹲Բ, the Yakṣiṇ� is regarded as the guardian spirit who provides worldly benefits to the practitioner. The Yakṣiṇ� (e.g., ī) provides, inter alia, daily food, clothing and money, tells the future, and bestows a long life, but she seldom becomes a partner in sexual practices.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

Avajāti (अवजाति) refers to a group of eight metres consisting of six lines (ṣaṭpī), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—The 3rd and the 6th lines of Avajāti are equal and contain from 10 to 17 ٰ in them. The remaining lines of the Avajātis have all of them 9 ٰ in them.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Āvajati, (ā + vajati, vraj) � 1. to go into, to or towards J. III, 434; IV, 49, 107.�2. to return, come back J. V, 24, 479. (Page 111)

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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.

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