Itthilinga, Itthiṅg, Itthi-linga: 4 definitions
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Itthilinga means something in 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.
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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryٳٳṅg : (nt.) female organ; feminine quality or gender.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryItthiṅg refers to: “sign of a woman�, feminine quality, female sex Vism. 184; Dhs. 633, 713, 836; DhsA. 321 sq.
Note: ٳٳṅg is a Pali compound consisting of the words itthi and ṅg.
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryٳٳṅg (ဣတ္ထိလိင်္�) [(na) (�)]�
[itthī+ṅg]
ဣĐĹđ�+လĭĄĺĹĂ]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)ٳٳṅg�
(Burmese text): ဣတ္ထိလိင်၊ မိန်းမ၏သဏ္ဌာန်၊ (က) လုံးသေ� ပခုံးရှိခြင်�,မသန့်ရှင်းသေ� သေးငယ်သေ� လက်ခြေမျက်နှာရှိခြင်�,အောက်ပိုင်းကိုယ်သန့်ရှင်း၍ အထက်ပိုင်းကိုယ� မသန့်ရှင်းခြင်�,မုတ်ဆိတ်ကြင်စွယ� မပေါက်ခြင်� စသေ� ပုံပန်းသဏ္ဌာန်။ (�) မိန်းမ၏ အင်္ဂါဇာတ်။ ဣတ္ထတ္�-(က)-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): The text describes the physical characteristics of a woman, including: (a) having full shoulders, the presence of unclean small fingernails, cleanliness of the lower body while the upper body is unclean, and the absence of a protruding abdomen. (b) The figure of the woman. It also mentions to refer to the previous point (a) for more details.
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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