Jataka, 闯腻迟补办补, Jata-ka: 27 definitions
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む) refers to 鈥済enethlialogy鈥� (i.e., the science of astrology).鈥擟f. Yavana箩腻迟补办补 (lit. 鈥淕reek Genethlialogy鈥�): the first Sanskrit text which describes Greek astrology in a systematic way.鈥擳he original text (now lost in Greek) was first translated into Sanskrit prose in A.D. 149/150 and it was versified in A.D. 269/270 by one Sphujidhvaja. The prose version is no longer extant. Sphujidhvaja enumerates seven planets on many occasions, but it is only toward the end of the work (chapter 77) that the weekday order is attested. This order does not seem to have been widespread in that period in India. Neither R膩hu nor Ketu appears in the Yavana箩腻迟补办补.
: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥擥enethlialogy; the practice or study of casting nativity horoscopes. Note: 闯腻迟补办补 is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasi峁僪a and the Early Transmission of T膩jika Astrology闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む) or 鈥済enethlialogy鈥� is the name of a topic discussed in the 碍补谤尘补辫谤补办腻艣补鈥攐ne of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (T膩jika) astrology authored by Samarasi峁僪a in the 13th century.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む) refers to 鈥渙ne鈥檚 horoscope鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.8.鈥擜ccordingly, as Himavat said to Sage N膩rada:鈥斺�淥 sage N膩rada, of good knowledge, O lord, foremost among the sons of Brahm膩, you are omniscient. You are sympathetic. You are engaged in rendering help to others. Please read the horoscope of my daughter [i.e., 蝉耻迟腻-箩腻迟补办补] and tell me about her good and bad fortune. Whose beloved wife will my fortunate daughter be?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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: Hinduism闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む): The Jataka is a voluminous body of folklore and mythic literature, primarily associated with the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as written in the Pali language (from about the 3rd century, C.E.); The story of Rama is told in one of 闯腻迟补办补s.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe tenth book of Khuddaka Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka containing tales of the former births of the Buddha. The Jataka also forms one of the nine angas or divisions of the Buddhas teachings, grouped according to the subject matter (DA.i.15, 24).
The canonical book of the Jatakas (so far unpublished) contains only the verses, but it is almost certain that from the first there must have been handed down an oral commentary giving the stories in prose. This commentary later developed into the Jatakatthakatha.
Some of the Jatakas have been included in a separate compilation, called the Cariya Pitaka. It is not possible to say when the Jatakas in their present form came into existence nor how many of these were among the original number. In the time of the Culla Niddesa, there seem to have been five hundred Jatakas, because reference is made to pancajatakasatani (p.80; five hundred was the number seen by Fa Hsien in Ceylon (p.71)). Bas reliefs of the third century have been found illustrating a number of Jataka stories, and they presuppose the existence of a prose collection. Several Jatakas exist in the canonical books which are not included in the Jataka collection. For a discussion on the Jatakas in all their aspects, see Rhys Davids Buddhist India, pp.189ff.
The Dighabhanakas included the Jataka in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. (DA.i.15; the Samantapasadika (i.251) contains a reference to a Jatakanikaya).
The Jataka consists of twenty two sections or nipatas.
: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryN Chronicles of Buddhas past lives.
Therav膩da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む, 鈥渂irth-story鈥�) refers to one of the 鈥渘ine (types of) teachings鈥� (蝉奴迟谤补) as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 62). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 箩腻迟补办补). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
: Buddhist Door: GlossaryThe sutra to narrate the birth stories of Shakyamuni in present life, past lives, and effects related to the past lives and the present lives.India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary闯腻迟补办补.鈥�(LL), Buddhist; birth-story [of one who is to be a Buddha in a future life]; story of a previous birth of Gautama Buddha. Note: 箩腻迟补办补 is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary箩腻迟补办补 : (nt.) a birth story. (adj.), born; arisen.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) 闯腻迟补办补, 2 (m.) (箩腻迟补+ka, belonging to what has been born) a son J. I, 239; IV, 138. (Page 281)
2) 闯腻迟补办补, 1 (nt.) (箩腻迟补+ka, belonging to, connected with what has happened) 1. a birth story as found in the earlier books. This is always the story of a previous birth of the Buddha as a wise man of old. In this sense it occurs as the name of one of the 9 categories or varieties of literary composition (M. I, 133; A. II, 7, 103, 108; Vin. III, 8; Pug. 43. See 苍补惫补峁単补). -2. the story of any previous birth of the Buddha, esp. as an animal. In this sense the word is not found in the 4 Nik膩yas, but it occurs on the Bharhut Tope (say, end of 3rd cent. B. C.), and is frequent in the 闯腻迟补办补 book. 鈥�-鈥� 3. the name of a book in the P膩li canon, containing the verses of 547 such stories. The text of this book has not yet been edited. See Rh. Davids鈥橞uddhist India, 189鈥�209, and Buddh. Birth Stories, introd. , for history of the 闯腻迟补办补 literature.鈥斅崮宄俨拱觳贯箖 苍颈峁弓丑补辫别迟颈 to wind up a 闯腻迟补办补 tale J. VI, 363; 箩腻迟补办补峁� 蝉补尘辞诲丑腻苍别迟颈 to apply a 闯腻迟补办补 to the incident J. I, 106; DhA. I, 82. 鈥�-鈥� Note. The form 箩腻迟补 in the sense of 箩腻迟补办补 occurs at DhA. I, 34.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary箩腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥攏 (S) The predetermination, from the horoscope &c., of the fortunes and destinies of an individual through life: also that branch of astrology which teaches the calculation. 2 A particular one of the eight varga or significant letters considered in forming a matrimonial connection.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English箩腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥�n Astrological calculation of a nativity.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥�a. [箩腻迟补-sv膩rthe ka] Born, produced.
-办补岣� 1 A new-born infant.
2) A mendicant.
-kam 1 A ceremony performed after the birth of a child (箩腻迟补办补rman); 啶溹ぞ啶�- 啶曕ぞ啶︵啶ぞ啶� 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶多啶氞ぞ啶膏啶ぞ 啶掂た啶оた啶啶班啶掂 啶ぅ啶距啷嵿ぐ啶ぎ啷� (箩腻迟补- k膩dy膩岣� kriy膩艣c膩sy膩 vidhip奴rva峁� yath膩kramam) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 1.8.12; 啶溹ぞ啶む啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班く啶距ぎ啶距じ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶た啶む啶掂ぞ 啶� 啶啷嵿啶侧ぎ啷� (箩腻迟补办补峁� k膩ray膩m膩sa vartayitv膩 ca ma峁単alam) Bh膩gavata 1.12.13.
2) Astrological calculation of a nativity.
3) An aggregate of similar things.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥�nt., rarely m., (1) m. pl., experiences in past births, particularly of Bodhisattvas: 叠辞诲丑颈蝉补迟迟惫补产丑奴尘颈 67.17 (sa tena p奴rve-)niv膩s膩nusm峁泃ij帽膩nena 箩腻迟补k膩n p奴rv膩峁� bodhisat- tvacary膩-param膩dbhutacary膩峁� sattv膩n膩峁� buddhe鈥� pras膩dajanan膩rtha峁冣�rak膩艣ayati, by this knowledge consisting of remembrance of former births he reveals to creatures, in order to make them well-disposed to the Buddha, his experiences in past births etc.; 397.13 (p奴rveniv膩s膩- nusm峁泃ij帽膩nabalena tath膩gata岣� p奴rv膩nte itiv峁泃tak膩峁兣�) ca 箩腻迟补k膩峁兣� ca sm峁泃v膩鈥iney膩n膩峁� de艣ayati; this [Page240-b+ 71] usage, which is probably only a late and secondary extension of the next meaning, seems not recorded in Pali; (2) nt., = Pali id., a story of a previous birth of the Buddha, common especially in colophons to many such stories in 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻, e.g. i.282.13; also as name of a work or type of literature, sometimes, at least, referring to a specific collection of such stories like the Pali 闯腻迟补办补 (Pali): as one of the nine (惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 twelve) pravacana, gospel texts (惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 诲丑补谤尘补-辫谤补掳), 顿丑补谤尘补蝉补峁僩谤补丑补 62; 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 1275; in a similar list, 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 45.7; J膩take 艢y膩m膩ka箩腻迟补办补prabh峁泃i峁 Karmavibha峁単a (and Karmavibha峁単opade艣a) 50.6, in the 闯腻迟补办补 (collection), in the 艢y膩m膩ka (individual) 闯腻迟补办补 and others like it, combining both these mgs. in one phrase; (3) in 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.104.13; 105.5, 7; 192.19 taken by Senart in sense 2 above, but I think wrongly; I believe it means nativity in the sense of (astrologically determinable) personality and destiny, as in Sanskrit; or possibly future birth. This seems to me indicated by adjoining parallel terms, especially paramata, q.v., which Senart misunderstands: (bodhisattvacarita峁冣��) 箩腻迟补k膩- paramate峁 kovid膩 (de艣ayanti鈥δ泇ar膩) 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.104.13 (verse; k膩 for -ka, m.c.), the Lords (Buddhas), being skilled in nativities (indicating personality and destiny; or, future births) and in the thoughts of others, proclaim the (future!) course of Bodhisattvas鈥�; (y膩n墨m膩ni)鈥β崮宄俨筴膩ni jina- bh膩峁t膩ni im膩ni kuta岣rabh峁泃ik膩ni vij帽ey膩ni (? em.; mss. ci峁僪ney膩ni) 105.5, answered by: y膩n墨m膩ni鈥β崮宄俨筴膩ni jinabh膩峁t膩ni im膩峁� a峁ａ弓am墨峁� bh奴mi峁� (so some mss.) prapadyanti (v.l. prayanti) 105.7; the meaning, as Senart suggests, seems (from -prabh峁泃ik膩ni) to be that they begin with the 8th bh奴mi; but as this passage occurs in a description of the 4th bh奴mi, it is future births or destines that are meant. In i.192.19 (verse), after sa峁�- buddh膩岣� sarvaparamata峁� vidu岣� 18, Buddhas know all the thoughts of others, we read: adhy膩艣aya峁� par墨k峁nti 箩腻迟补k膩 sarvapr膩峁噄n膩峁�, they perceive the disposition and the destinies (future births) of all living beings.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥攎fn.
(-办补岣�-办腻-办补峁�) Born. m.
(-办补岣�) A mendicant. n.
(-办补峁�) Astrological calculation of a nativity. E. sv膩rthe ka added to the preceding.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥擺箩腻迟补 + ka], (vb. jan) I. m. A son, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 9, 143 (in 箩腻谤补-, Begotten by an adulterer). Ii. n. 1. A ceremony on the birth of a child, Mah膩bh膩rata 1, 949. 2. Astrological calculation of a nativity, [Bh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 12, 13.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む).鈥擺adjective] born, begot (鈥斅�); [masculine] a new-born child; [neuter] birth ([especially] a former birth of 艢akyamuni & its history), nativity, also = seq.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攈oroscope of 艢arabhoji of Tanjore (born in 1778). Burnell. 80^a.
2) 闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む):鈥攋y. B. 4, 134. Ben. 26. Rice. 30.
鈥攂y V膩mana. B. 4, 192.
3) 闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む):鈥攋y. Peters. 4, 40.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む):鈥擺from 箩腻迟补] mfn. ifc. engendered by, born under (an asterism), [Manu-sm峁泃i ix, 143; C膩峁嘺kya]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a new-born child, [Kau艣ika-蝉奴迟谤补]
3) [v.s. ...] a mendicant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] n. = ta-karman, [Mah膩bh膩rata i, 949; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 v, 14, 33]
5) [v.s. ...] nativity, astrological calculation of a nativity, [Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨aj箩腻迟补办补 xxvi, 3; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 i; Kath膩sarits膩gara lxxii, 192; R膩jatara峁単i峁嚹� vii, 1730]
6) [v.s. ...] the story of a former birth of Gautama Buddha, [Buddhist literature; Kath膩sarits膩gara lxxii, 120]
7) [v.s. ...] (ifc. after numerals) 鈥榓n aggregate of similar things鈥� See catur.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む):鈥擺(ka岣�-k膩-办补峁�) a.] Born. m. A mendicant. n. Astrological calculation of a nativity.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む) [Also spelled jatak]:鈥�(nm) the new-born; (astrological calculation of) nativity; see [箩腻迟补办补rma]; the collection of the tales of Lord Buddha's previous births.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJa峁璦k膩 (嗖溹矡嗖曕簿):鈥擺noun] a movement, usu., continuously or frequently, from back to forth, from side to side or up and down, causing tremble or vibrations.
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Ja峁璦k膩 (嗖溹矡嗖曕簿):鈥擺noun] a passenger cart drawn by a single horse; a horse-cart.
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Ja峁璦k膩 (嗖溹矡嗖曕簿):鈥擺noun] name of a deity worshipped by fishermen.
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闯腻迟补办补 (嗖溹簿嗖む矔):鈥�
1) [noun] a chart depicting the position of the planets and stars with relation to one another at the time of a person鈥檚 birth, regarded in astrology as determining one鈥檚 destiny; a horoscope.
2) [noun] any treatise on astrology.
3) [noun] a man in relation to the zodiac sign of his birth.
4) [noun] a collection of fables, many concerning the former lives of the Gautama Buddha.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary闯腻迟补办补 (啶溹ぞ啶む):鈥攏. 1. a newborn child; infant; 2. (Hinduism) a ceremony performed at the birth of a child; 3. a story dealing with an episode from a former life of the Buddha;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 8 - R膩jag峁沨a supreme seat (c): Jaina sources < [Chapter II - Origin and Function of R膩jag峁沨a as the seat of Monarchy]
Part 3 - Status as the capital of the K膩艣墨 mah膩janapada < [Chapter VIII - V膩r膩峁嘺s墨鈥揝膩rn膩th: Inter-Settlement Relations]
Part 4 - Urban features of ancient V膩r膩峁嘺s墨 < [Chapter VIII - V膩r膩峁嘺s墨鈥揝膩rn膩th: Inter-Settlement Relations]
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