Mahadashcarya, Mahad-ashcarya, Mahat-ashcarya, 惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补 can be transliterated into English as Mahadascarya or Mahadashcarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Mahadashcharya.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补 (啶す啶︵ぞ啶多啶氞ぐ啷嵿く) refers to 鈥済reat wonder鈥�, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.鈥擜ccordingly, as 莫艣vara says to V膩madeva: 鈥淸...] [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 five [days and] nights, the faculty of hearing from afar, which causes great wonder (尘补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补), certainly arises for the [Yogin]. [...]鈥�.
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 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补 (啶す啶︵ぞ啶多啶氞ぐ啷嵿く) refers to a 鈥渨onderfully great thing鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.18 (鈥淭he conversation between N膩rada and Jalandhara鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as N膩rada said to Jalandhara: 鈥淸...] O lord of Daityas, I had been to the summit of Kail膩sa casually. There I saw 艢iva seated along with P膩rvat墨. He is fair-complexioned and exquisitely handsome. He has three eyes and the moon for his crest. On seeing this wonderfully great thing (尘补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补), a doubt arose in my mind. Can there be anywhere in the three worlds such a splendour as this? [...]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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补 (啶す啶︵ぞ啶多啶氞ぐ啷嵿く).鈥�a. very wonderful.
惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahat and 腻艣肠补谤测补 (啶嗋ざ啷嵿啶班啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补 (啶す啶︵ぞ啶多啶氞ぐ啷嵿く) or Mahad膩艣caryya.鈥攏. Adv.
(-谤测补峁�) Very surprising. E. mahat and 腻艣惫补谤测补 surprising.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑补诲腻艣肠补谤测补 (啶す啶︵ぞ啶多啶氞ぐ啷嵿く):鈥擺尘补丑补诲腻+艣肠补谤测补] (ryya峁�) adv. Very surprising.
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)
Partial matches: Ashcarya, Mahad, Mahat.
Starts with: Mahadashcaryam.
Full-text: Mahadashcaryam, Great wonder, Mahadashcaryya, Sarpana, Marvel, Ashcarya.
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