Spriha, 厂辫峁沨腻: 16 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 厂辫峁沨腻 can be transliterated into English as Sprha or Spriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Spraha.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram厂辫峁沨补 (啶膏啶啶�) refers to 鈥渄esires鈥�, according to the Manth腻nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik腻.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥�(A true practitioner) is a hero (惫墨谤补) who exerts himself and is courageous. He is content, devoted to the teacher, not greedy, compassionate, industrious, self-controlled, of good appearance, 蝉腻迟迟惫颈办补, deep, all his limbs are intact (and) active, he knows (true) devotion and the scriptures and crosses over into (higher) realities. He is devoted to the transmission which is free of thought (nirvikalpakrama), he eats what he has begged and is desireless [i.e., 惫颈驳补迟补-蝉辫峁沨补]. [...]鈥�.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) 厂辫峁沨补 (啶膏啶啶�) refers to 鈥渄esire鈥� (which 艢iva is free from), according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.3.12.鈥擜ccordingly, after 艢iva spoke to Him腻cala (i.e., Him腻laya): 鈥淪peaking these and many other similar things to the lord of mountains, lord 艢iva the great Yogin, stopped. On hearing these ruthless words of 艢iva free from sickness and desire [i.e., 苍颈岣�-蝉辫峁沨补], the father of P腻rvat墨 became nervous, O celestial sage, and a little agitated. But he kept quiet. On hearing the words of the ascetic and finding her father, the lord of the mountains, frightened, P腻rvat墨 bowed to 艢iva and spoke these words clearly鈥�.
2) 厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ) refers to a 鈥渓urking desire鈥� (for sexual indulgence), according to the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.5.22 (鈥淒escription of Jalandhara鈥檚 Battle鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Jalandhara said to the Daityas: 鈥淥f what avail is your boasting about the pedigree of your mother if you flee back on being attacked? To die cowardly while you profess to be heroes is not commendable, nor does it yield heaven. O trivial fellows, if you have faith in war or the essential strength in the heart or if you have no lurking pleasures (蝉辫峁沨腻) for sexual indulgence then you come forward and stand before me. [...]鈥�.
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.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita厂辫峁沨补 (啶膏啶啶�) refers to the 鈥渢hirst (for living)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 Janaka says to A峁ａ弓avakra]: 鈥淸...] Truly dualism is the root of suffering. There is no other remedy for it than the realization that all this that we see is unreal, and that I am the one stainless reality, consisting of consciousness. [...] Truly I do not see dualism even in a crowd of people. What pleasure should I have when it has turned into a wilderness? I am not the body, nor is the body mine. I am not a living being. I am consciousness. It was my thirst (蝉辫峁沨补) for living that was my bondage [ayameva hi me bandha 腻s墨dy腻 j墨vite 蝉辫峁沨腻]. [...]鈥�.
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 Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ) (Cf. V腻帽ch腻) refers to a 鈥渄esire鈥� (for the world), according to the 11th century J帽腻n腻r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚s one not disturbed by [family] attachments? Is this body not cut down by diseases? Does death not open its mouth? Do calamities not do harm every day? Are hells not dreadful? Are not sensual pleasures deceiving like a dream? Because of which, having discarded one鈥檚 own benefit, you have a desire (蝉辫峁沨腻) for the world which is like a city of Ki峁僴aras鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary蝉辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ).鈥攆 S A desire or wish.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English蝉辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ).鈥�f A desire or wish.
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厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ).鈥擺蝉辫峁沨-补帽] Desire, eager desire, ardent wish, longing, envy, covetousness; 啶曕ぅ啶え啷嵿く啷� 啶曕ぐ啶苦し啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むた 啶啶む啶班啶啶 啶啶む啶班た啶｀ 啶膏啶啶灌ぞ啶 (kathamanye kari峁anti putrebhya岣� putri峁嘺岣� 蝉辫峁沨腻m) V.3.29; R.8.34.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ).鈥攆.
(-丑腻) Wish, desire. E. 蝉辫峁沨 to wish, 补峁� and 峁錺 affs.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ).鈥擺蝉辫峁沨 + 腻], f. Wish, desire, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] ii. [distich] 121; [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 131, 19 (read 蝉辫峁沨腻峁�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ).鈥擺feminine] desire, longing for, delight in ([genetive], [locative], or 鈥斅�); envy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ):鈥擺from 蝉辫峁沨] f. (ifc. f(腻). ) eager desire, desire, covetousness, envy, longing for, pleasure or delight in ([dative case], [genitive case] [locative case], or [compound]; [accusative] with 鈭�办峁� or bandh, 鈥榯o long for, be desirous of [loc. or [compound]]鈥�; with 鈭�办峁�, 鈥榯o envy any one [loc.]鈥�), [Mah腻bh腻rata; R腻m腻ya峁嘺] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of plant ([varia lectio] sp峁浥浤�), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂辫峁沨补 (啶膏啶啶�):鈥�(ka) 蝉辫峁沨补yati 10. a. To wish, to long for.
2) 厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ):鈥�(h腻) 1. f. Wish, desire.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Chih腻.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (sa峁僺办峁泃am), 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厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ) [Also spelled spraha]:鈥�(nf) covetousness, craving; hence [蝉辫峁沨峁�] see [蝉辫峁沨补峁嚹珁a].
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Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary厂辫峁沨腻 (啶膏啶啶灌ぞ):鈥攏. desire; eager desire; ardent wish; longing; envy; covetousness; craving;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Sprihadatirtha, Sprihaka, Sprihalu, Sprihamati, Sprihana, Sprihanata, Sprihaniya, Sprihaniyashobha, Sprihaniyata, Sprihaniyatva, Sprihavant, Sprihavat, Sprihayadvarna, Sprihayalu, Sprihayaluta, Sprihayamana, Sprihayayya, Sprihayitri.
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