Shobhana, Sobha峁嘺, 艢辞产丑补苍补, Sobhana, Sobha苍腻, 艢辞产丑补苍腻, Sobh腻na: 28 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Jyotisha
2. Purana
3. Shaivism
4. Shaktism
5. Vedanta
In Buddhism
1. Theravada
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
5. Kannada
6. Nepali
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Shobhana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 terms 艢辞产丑补苍补 and 艢辞产丑补苍腻 can be transliterated into English as Sobhana or Shobhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shobhan.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え) refers to 鈥渉appiness鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻 (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var腻hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f the sun and moon should begin to be eclipsed when only half risen, deceitful men will suffer as well as sacrificial rites. [...] If when in mid-heaven, the central provinces will suffer, but there will be happiness [i.e., 艣辞产丑补苍补] over the land and the price of food grains will fall. If when in the fifth section, herbivorous animals, ministers and household inmates will suffer as also the Vai艣yas. If they should be eclipsed when in the sixth section of the firmament, women and the 艢奴dras will suffer; if when setting, robbers and the border Mlecchas will perish. Those will be happy in whose section the eclipse terminates鈥�.

: The effect of Samvatsaras: Satvargas

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え) or 艢obhak峁泃a refers to the thirty-seventh 蝉补峁僾补迟蝉补谤补 (鈥渏ovian year)鈥� in Vedic astrology.鈥擳he native who is born in the 鈥�samvatsara鈥� of 鈥�shobhana鈥� makes progress in every field. He is handsome looking, has excellent virtues, is kind-hearted, and doer of good deeds. Specially he gets victory or success in the battle of life. He is endowed with brilliance, courtesy or humility, has beautiful eyes and is skilful.

According with Jataka Parijata, the person born in the year shobhana (2023-2024 AD) will be wise, possessed of royal virtues and fond of learned pursuits.

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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: Puranic Encyclopedia

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え).鈥擲on-in-law of Mucukunda. (See Para 3 under Mucukunda).

: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

艢辞产丑补苍腻 (啶多啶え啶�) refers to the name of a Lady mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. IX.45.6). Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 艢辞产丑补苍腻) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺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.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: academia.edu: Yak峁峁嚹�-s腻dhana in the Kak峁pu峁璦 tantra

艢辞产丑补苍腻 (啶多啶え啶�) is the name of one of the thirty-six Yak峁峁嚹玸 mentioned in the U岣嶀笉腻mare艣varatantra. In the 测补办峁峁嚹�-蝉腻诲丑补苍补, the Yak峁峁嚹� is regarded as the guardian spirit who provides worldly benefits to the practitioner. The Yak峁峁嚹� (e.g., 艢辞产丑补苍腻) provides, inter alia, daily food, clothing and money, tells the future, and bestows a long life, but she seldom becomes a partner in sexual practices.

: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え) or Su艣辞产丑补苍补 refers to 鈥渧ery handsome鈥� and is used to describe Vi峁ａ箛u, according to the Netratantra of K峁mar腻ja: a 艢aiva text from the 9th century in which 艢iva (Bhairava) teaches P腻rvat墨 topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.鈥擜ccordingly, [verse 13.1-9, while describing the appearance and worship of Vi峁ａ箛u]鈥斺€淥r, [the Mantrin] worships a very handsome (su艣辞产丑补苍补), eight-armed, yellow Deva. He is naked, sits on a ram, and is unadorned He rests on one horn [of a sheep and] offer up a pile of wheel spokes, the hand... having the shape of a boy. [He is] constantly at play with a flock of beautiful, naked women. [...]鈥�.

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Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Kamakoti Mandali: Nrisimha matrika-mandala

艢辞产丑补苍腻 (啶多啶え啶�) refers to one of the various 惭腻迟峁沰腻-艢补办迟颈蝉 created by Rudra in order to destroy the clones that spawned from 础苍诲丑补办补鈥檚 body.鈥擜ccordingly, [...] Andhak腻sura attempted to abduct Gir腻janandi苍墨 (P腻rvat墨) and thus ensued a fierce battle between Andhak腻sura and the great Rudra, the Lord of Um腻. Like raktab墨ja, every drop of blood that fell from the body of Andhaka created another Asura like him and in no time, the entire world was filled with Andhakas. To destroy the growing number of Andhakas, Rudra created innumerable 惭腻迟峁沰腻-艢补办迟颈蝉 [viz., 艢辞产丑补苍腻]. These 艢aktis of immense power at once began to drink every drop of blood that flowed from the body of Andhaka, but they could still not effectively contain the emergence of more and more demons.

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Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え) refers to 鈥済ood things鈥� (as opposed to A艣辞产丑补苍补鈥斺€渂ad things鈥�), according to the A峁ａ弓腻vakrag墨t腻 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved腻nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淸...] Beggar or king, he excels who is without desire, and whose opinion of things is rid of 鈥済ood鈥� (艣辞产丑补苍补) and 鈥渂ad鈥� (a艣辞产丑补苍补) [bh腻ve峁 galit腻 yasya 艣辞产丑补苍腻'艣辞产丑补苍腻 mati岣�]. There is neither dissolute behaviour nor virtue, nor even discrimination of the truth for the sage who has reached the goal and is the very embodiment of guileless sincerity. [...]鈥�.

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Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved腻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).

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Sobhana. An arama, given by Upali in a previous birth as Sumana, for the use of Padumuttara Buddha. ThagA.i.362.

2. Sobhana. A householder (kutumbika). Ananda, born as Sumana, bought his park (also called Sobhana) for one sum of one hundred thousand and built in it a vihara for Padumuttara Buddha. ThagA.ii.123; DA.ii.490; SA.ii.69f.; AA.i.162, etc.

3. Sobhana. The city of birth of Atthadassi Buddha, where he later preached to his relations. Bu.xv.5, 14; BuA.179; but J.i.39 calls it Sobhita.

4. Sobhana. A city, built by Vessakamma for the use of Ukkasatika, in his birth as a Cakkavatti, fifty five kappas ago. Ap.ii.414.

5. Sobhana. v.l. for Sobha.

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. An eminent Theri of Ceylon. Dpv.xviii.15.

: Journey to Nibbana: Patthana Dhama

See Sobhana Cittas

: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

Beatiful (sobhana).

: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'lofty', beautiful, pure, are called, in Abh. S., all states of consciousness excepting the unwholesome and those without roots (ahetuka).

Sobhana-s腻dh腻rana are called the mental factors (cetasika) common to all lofty consciousness; s. Tab. II.

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Therav腻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).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sobha峁嘺 : (adj.) shining; beautiful.

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sobhana : (adj.) shining; beautiful.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) Sobha峁嘺, ² (adj.) (fr. 艣耻产丑) 1. adorning, shining, embellishing A. II, 8, 225; very often spelt sobhana J. I, 257; ThA. 244; 苍补驳补谤补-蝉辞产丑补峁嚹� (or 掳颈峁嚹�) a courtesan J. II, 367; III, 435, 475; Miln. 350; PvA. 4.鈥�2. good Miln. 46 (text 掳na); Cpd. 96; 101; 106. (Page 726)

2) Sobha峁嘺, ¹ (nt.) (fr. 艣耻产丑) 1. a kind of edging on a girdle Vin. II, 136.鈥�2. beauty, ornament Miln. 356. (Page 726)

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Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻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

艣艒bhana (啶多啶え).鈥攏 (S) Adorning; causing to look beautiful, handsome, or graceful. 2 A festal ceremony, rite, or occasion;--as a marriage, a thread-investiture. 3 A covert term for Copulation. 4 A covert and auspicious term for the fuel used in dressing the dishes prepared upon festal occasions. Used plurally. 5 m The fifth of the astronomical Yogas.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

艣艒bhana (啶多啶え).鈥�n A dorning; a festal ceremony.

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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

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え).鈥�a. (-苍墨 f.) [啶多啶い啷� 啶多啶-啶侧啶 (艣辞产丑补te 艣耻产丑-lyu)]

1) Shining, splendid; 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (Bombay) 4.42.12 (com. suphala岣� 艣辞产丑补苍补bhallika岣�).

2) Handsome, beautiful, lovely.

3) Good, auspicious, fortunate.

4) Richly decorated.

5) Moral, virtuous.

6) Correct, right.

-苍补岣� 1 Name of 艢iva.

2) A planet.

3) A burnt offering for the production of happy results.

-苍腻 1 Turmeric.

2) A beautiful or virtuous woman; 啶むう啶苦う啶� 啶ぐ啶苦ぐ啶曕啶� 啶多啶え啷� 啶さ啶苦い啶掂啶お啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶膏啶椸ぎ啶� 啶掂お啷佮 (tadida峁� parirak峁 艣辞产丑补ne bhavitavyapriyasa峁僩ama峁� vapu岣�) Kum腻rasambhava 4.44.

3) A sort of yellow pigment (= 驳辞谤辞肠补苍腻 q. v.).

-nam 1 Beauty, lustre, brilliance.

2) A lotus.

3) An ornament.

4) Virtue.

5) Tin.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

艢辞产丑补苍腻 (啶多啶え啶�).鈥�(otherwise 掳na, nt.), beauty: d峁涐梗峁� sa (m.c. for s腻) viy奴ha-艣辞产丑补苍腻 (one word; Lefm. so掳, but most mss. 艣o掳) bodhima峁囜笉asmi marubhi y腻 k峁泃腻 Lalitavistara 364.20 (verse); there are too many f. forms to question; perhaps blend of 艣辞产丑补苍补 with 艣obh腻.

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

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え).鈥攎fn.

(-苍补岣�-苍腻 or 苍墨-苍补峁�) 1. Beautiful, handsome. 2. Shining, splendid. 3. Richly dressed or ornamented. 4. Propitious, auspicious. 5. Virtuous, moral, decorous, good. m.

(-苍补岣�) 1. The fifth Yoga. 2. A planet. 3. Burnt-offering for auspicious results. 4. A name of Siva. n.

(-苍补峁�) 1. A lotus. 2. Shining, being splendid or handsome. f.

(-苍腻) 1. A virtuous or beautiful woman. 2. Turmeric. 3. A kind of Pigment, commonly called Gorochana. E. 艣耻产丑 to shine, aff. lyu .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え).鈥攊. e. 艣耻产丑 + ana, I. adj., f. 苍腻. 1. Splendid. 2. Beautiful, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 4, 44, 38; ironically, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 216, 8. 3. Propitious, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 143, 23; 153, 21 (n. with na, Misfortune, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 175, 18). 4. Virtuous. 5. Good, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 126, 20. 6. Richly dressed. Ii. m. 1. A planet. 2. Burnt offering for auspicious results. Iii. n. 1. Shining, being splendid. 2. A lotus.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え).鈥擺feminine] 腻 (& 墨) beautiful, splendid, fair, good; eminent, distinguished by ([instrumental] or 鈥斅�); auspicious, fortunate. [feminine] 腻 a fair woman; [neuter] ornament, luck, welfare, (moral) good.

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

1) 艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え):鈥擺from 艣辞产丑补] mf(腻 or 墨)n. brilliant, splendid, beautiful (at end of [compound] = 鈥榖eautiful by reason of鈥�), [艢atapatha-br腻hma峁嘺; Kau艣ika-s奴tra; 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] excellent, glorious, magnificent, distinguished in or by ([instrumental case] or [compound]), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; K腻vya literature] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) superior to, better than, [Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺] propitious, auspicious, [Var腻ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it腻; R腻jatara峁単i峁嚹玗

4) [v.s. ...] virtuous, moral (See [compound])

5) [v.s. ...] correct, right, [Sarvadar艣ana-sa峁僩raha]

6) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Agni at the 艢u峁単腻-karman, [G峁沨y腻sa峁僩raha]

7) [v.s. ...] of 艢iva, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补]

8) [v.s. ...] a burnt offering for auspicious results, [Horace H. Wilson]

9) [v.s. ...] the fifth of the [astronomy] [Yoga-s奴tra; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] a planet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] the eleventh year of Jupiter鈥檚 cycle, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

12) 艢辞产丑补苍腻 (啶多啶え啶�):鈥擺from 艣辞产丑补苍补 > 艣辞产丑补] f. a beautiful woman (often in [vocative case]), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; K腻vya literature] etc.

13) [v.s. ...] turmeric, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

14) [v.s. ...] the yellow pigment Go-roca苍腻, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

15) [v.s. ...] Name of one of the M腻t峁泂 attending on Skanda, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补]

16) 艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え):鈥擺from 艣辞产丑补] n. the act of adorning, causing to look beautiful, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

17) [v.s. ...] an ornament (See 办补谤峁嘺-艣)

18) [v.s. ...] anything propitious or auspicious, welfare, prosperity, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺; Pur腻峁嘺]

19) [v.s. ...] moral good, virtue, [ib.] brilliance, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

20) [v.s. ...] a lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

21) [v.s. ...] tin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

22) [v.s. ...] (with 办补艣测补辫补蝉测补) Name of a S腻man, [膧r峁ya-br腻hma峁嘺]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え):鈥擺(na岣�-苍腻-苍补峁�) a.] Beautiful, shining, becoming; propitious. m. 5th Yoga; a planet; an auspicious sacrifice. n. A lotus.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 厂辞丑补峁嘺.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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

1) 艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え) [Also spelled shobhan]:鈥�(a) befitting, becoming; graceful; hence ~[苍墨ya] (a).

2) Sobha苍腻 (啶膏啶え啶�):鈥�(v) to appear impressive, to befit; to suit.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

艢艒bhana (嗖多硧嗖波):鈥�

1) [adjective] shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid; resplendent.

2) [adjective] auspicious; propitious.

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艢艒bhana (嗖多硧嗖波):鈥�

1) [noun] a resplendent quality or state; splendour.

2) [noun] the quality of being auspicious; auspiciousness.

3) [noun] beauty; loveliness; attractiveness.

4) [noun] a state of ease and quiet enjoyment, free from worry, pain or trouble; comfort.

5) [noun] an auspicious occasion as a marriage.

6) [noun] an auspicious day or moment.

7) [noun] a song sung on auspicious occasion.

8) [noun] a ceremony on a day after marriage, on which night the married copule would have sexual intercourse for the first time.

9) [noun] sexual intercourse.

10) [noun] (astrol.) the fifth of the twenty seven yogas.

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艢艒bh腻na (嗖多硧嗖簿嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖多硧嗖簿嗖� [shobana].

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S艒bh腻na (嗖膏硧嗖簿嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖膏硧嗖簿嗖ㄠ硢 [sobane].

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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

1) 艢辞产丑补苍补 (啶多啶え):鈥攁dj. radiant; splendid; beautiful; handsome; auspicious; n. radiance; splendor;

2) Sobh腻na (啶膏啶ぞ啶�):鈥攏. good habit; culture;

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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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Verse 3.2 < [Chapter 3 - On the Manifold Births]

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Verse 4.9.21 < [Chapter 9 - The Glories of Sr墨 Ek腻da艣墨]

Verses 2.24.19-22 < [Chapter 24 - The Story of Asuri Muni in the R腻sa-dance Pastime]

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Beautiful Mental States < [Chapter II - Mental States]

The Arising of Material Phenomena < [Chapter VI - Analysis of Matter]

Diagram XIII < [Chapter VI - Analysis of Matter]

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Chapter 359 - Adding the k峁泃 affixes (primary affixes added to verbs)

Chapter 122 - Pa帽c腻峁単a: The Almanac

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