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Dasharatra, ٲśٰ, Dashan-ratra: 9 definitions

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Dasharatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term ٲśٰ can be transliterated into English as Dasaratra or Dasharatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dasharatra in Yoga glossary
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

ٲśٰ (दशरात्�) refers to the “time of ten nights�, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] By means of an absorption for ten nights (岹śٰ), the best of Yogins who is established in himself sees any number of very secret and greatly strange things. [...]�.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dasharatra in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ٲśٰ (दशरात्�).—a period of ten nights.

-ٰ� a particular sacrifice lasting for ten days.

Derivable forms: 岹śٰm (दशरात्रम�).

ٲśٰ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 岹ś and ٰ (रात्�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٲśٰ (दशरात्�).—n.

(-ٰ�) A period of ten days and nights. E. 岹ś, and ٰ for ٰ night.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٲśٰ (दशरात्�).—[adjective] lasting ten days; [masculine] such a festival.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) ٲśٰ (दशरात्�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Sv. Oppert. 1463. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 139.

2) ٲśٰ (दशरात्�):—Sv. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 35.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ٲśٰ (दशरात्�):—[=岹ś-ٰ] [from 岹ś] mfn. lasting 10 days, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra xxi]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a 10 days' ceremony, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra xxiii; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a 10 days' ceremony (forming the chief part of the Dvādaśāha), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

4) [v.s. ...] 10 days, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra,xxv; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kauśika-sūtra; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa (n., iii, 2, 12); Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٲśٰ (दशरात्�):—[岹ś-ٰ] (ٰ�) 1. n. Ten nights.

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