Gacchat: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Gacchat 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Gachchhat.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationGacchat (啶椸啷嵿啶む) refers to 鈥渂eing on one鈥檚 way (going someplace)鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.34 (鈥淭he Story of Anara峁噛a鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Vasi峁ａ弓ha said to Himavat (Him膩cala): 鈥淸...] Thus the good sage spent a long time with his mind utterly agitated by pangs of love. Once while the good sage was on his way (gacchat) to the river Pu峁abhadr膩 for taking his bath he happened to see the young maiden Padm膩 who was as charming as goddess Lak峁墨. The sage asked the persons standing by鈥斺�榃ho is this girl?鈥� The people, afraid of the curse bowed to the sage and replied. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaGacchat (啶椸啷嵿啶む) refers to 鈥渨alking鈥� (which has no meaning for one having achieved the inner freedom of having nothing鈥�蝉惫腻蝉迟丑测补), according to the A峁ａ弓膩vakrag墨t膩 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved膩nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as Janaka says to A峁ａ弓avakra]: 鈥淸...] No benefit or loss comes to me by standing, walking or lying down, so consequently I live as I please whether standing (迟颈峁ａ弓丑补迟), walking (gacchat) or sleeping (svapat) [ti峁ａ弓hangacchansvapantasm膩daham膩se yath膩sukham]. I lose nothing by sleeping and gain nothing by effort, so consequently I live as I please, abandoning loss and success. Frequently observing the drawbacks of such things as pleasant objects, I live as I please, abandoning the pleasant and unpleasant鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGacchat (啶椸啷嵿啶む).鈥攎fn. (-肠肠丑补苍-肠肠丑补苍迟墨-肠肠丑补迟) Going. E. gam to go, 艣补迟峁� aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGacchat (啶椸啷嵿啶む):鈥擺from gaccha] mfn. [present participle] [Parasmaipada] [from] 鈭�gam q.v.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gacchate, Gacchatha, Gacchati, Gamatu.
Full-text: Abhigacchat, Astamgacchat, Adhvagacchat, Arshtri, Tishthat, Svapat, Deva, Gam.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by 艢r墨 艢r墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja)
Verse 2.4.55 < [Chapter 4 - Vaiku峁囜弓ha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 2.4.52 < [Chapter 4 - Vaiku峁囜弓ha (the spiritual world)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.14.13 < [Sukta 14]
Physician as depicted in Manasollasa (by Sri B. S. Hebballi)
4. Environmental factors and the body鈥檚 capacity for resistance < [Chapter 4 - Ancient treatises on Indian medicine]
Modern science supports ancient Ayurvedic diet for diabetes. < [Volume 25 (issue 3-4), Jan-Jun 2006]