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Abha, Ā, Ā: 24 definitions

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Abha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

1) Ā (आभ�) refers to “white� (like the foam of a stream of milk), according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjik cult.—Accordingly, “[...] (These energies) [i.e., of the syllables of the Goddess’s Vidy?] are (white) like the foam of a stream of milk [i.e., ṣīr-Dz-Բ-] and their light is like the lustre of the moon. They rain down in a great stream onto the body with drops that are (like) streams of milk. One should think that the Self is there in middle (of the body) and its colour is (white like) milk. O goddess, this is the Wheel of the Moon�.

2) Ā (आभ�) refers to the “light� (of the stars), according to the Devīpañcaśataka, an important source of the Klīkrama that developed in Kashmir after the Klī Mata of the Jayadrathaymala.—Accordingly, “The permutation (of the Transmental) is said to be the Light that precedes the mistress of the Wheel of Rays [i.e., ñᲹ-īśī] (of divine consciousness). [...] (That light) is not the moon, (or) the light of the stars [i.e., -]; it is not the light of the rays of (the sun), the lord of the sky, nor is it the brilliance of lightning—nor is it like the beautiful sun (of energy). That Light () is seen in the belly (of consciousness) with the eye of knowledge, that is, in the eye on the path of opening (ܲԳṣa). [...]�.�(Cf. ʳñᲹ).

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Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) 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.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Ā (आभ�) refers to “lustre�, according to the Śivapurṇa 2.3.8.—Accordingly, Nrada said to Himavat:—“[..] O lord of mountains, Śiva will become Ardhanrīśvara (half male and half female), with your daughter forming half the part of your body. Their meeting once again will be delightful. After propitiating lord Śiva, the lord of all, by the power of her penance, your daughter will take away half the body of Śiva. By propitating Śiva with her penance she will acquire the lustre of gold [i.e., ܱṇa-] and will be known as Svarṇagaurī. Your daughter will be as fair-complexioned as lightning. [...]�.

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The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Ā (आभ�) refers to a “colour�, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhit (chapter 9), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If Venus (śukra) should be of the colour of fire [i.e., Բ-], there will be fear from fire; if of blood colour, there will be wars in the land; if of the colour of burnished gold, there will be disease; if green, there will be asthmatic complaints; if ashy-pale or black, there will be drought in the land. If Venus should be of the colour of coagulated milk, of the white water lily, or of the moon, or if her course be direct, or if she should be the successful planet in conjunctions, mankind will enjoy the happiness of Kṛtayuga�.

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Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� 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.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittabha and the Appamanabha. M.iii.102; MA.ii.902.

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Theravda 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).

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Ā (आभ) is the name of a Tathgata (Buddha) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriy Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śkyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Ā).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

: (f.) light; lustre; radiance. || aṇha (m.), day; only in cpds. such as pubbaṇha.

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

Ā, (f.) (Sk. , fr. + , see ti) shine, splendour, lustre, light D.II, 12; M.III, 147 (adj. —�); S.II, 150 (°dhtu); A.II, 130, 139; III, 34; Mhvs XI.11; VvA.234 (of a Vimna, v. l. pa); DhA.IV, 191; Sdhp.286. (Page 103)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

(အာဘ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[++kvi. bhuso tīti . dhna,ṭ�.64]
[အ�+ဘ�+ကွိ။ အာဘုသေ� ဘာတီတ� အာဘာ။ ဓာန၊ ဋီ။၆၄]

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bha (आभ).—n C The sky. 2 Cloudiness or clouds.

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(आभ�).—f S Light, lustre, splendor.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bha (आभ).�n The sky. Clouds.

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(आभ�).�f Light, lustre.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ā (आभ�).�2 P.

1) To shine, blaze; सुतरां रत्नमाभाति चामीकरनियोजितम� (sutar� ratnamti cmīkaraniyojitam) Su�; R.3.33.

2) To appear, look like; आभास� तीर्थप्रतिपादितर्द्धिः (si tīrthapratipditarddhi�) R.5.15,7,13.14; Bhaṭṭikvya 7.8,66.

3) To outshine.

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Ā (आभ�).—[-�]

1) Light, splendour, lustre; तत्र ताराधिपस्याभ� ताराणा� भा तथैव � � तयोराभरणाभ� � ज्वलित� द्यामभासयत� (tatra trdhipasy trṇṃ tathaiva ca | tayorbharaṇ� ca jvalit dymasayat) || Rm.6.75.51 दीपाभा� शलभा यथ� (dīp� śala yath) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 4.

2) Colour, appearance, beauty; प्रशान्तमि� शुद्धाभम� (praśntamiva śuddhbham) Manusmṛti 12. 27.

3) Likeness, resemblance; oft. at the end of comp. in these two senses; रुक्माभम� (ܰ쳾󲹳) appearing or shining like gold; यमदूताभम� (ⲹū󲹳) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 1.58; मरुत्सखाभम� (ܳٲ󲹳) R.2.1.

4) A reflected image, shadow, reflection.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ā (आभ).�m. pl. (= Pali id., misprinted once Abha, see Critical Pali Dictionary s.v. A), name of a class of rūpvacara gods, of the 2d dhyna-bhūmi, see deva (only in a few lists): Ѳ屹ٳ ii.314.7 dev(�); 348.19 (v.l. ś) ca (sc. dev�); 360.15 � (acc. pl.; v.l. ă) paśyati devat� (v.l. °t�).

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

Ā (आभ�).—f.

(-) 1. Light. 2. Splendour. 3. Beauty. E. before to shine, and ṭp affs.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ā (आभ�).—[-], f. 1. Splendour, light, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iv. [distich] 58. 2. When latter part of a compound adj., often Like; e. g. [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 55, 28, -śṛṅ-, Like the peak of a mountain.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ā (आभ�).—[feminine] splendour, light; likeness, [adjective] —� resembling, like.

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Ā (आभ�).—shine upon, illumine; shine forth, appear, look or be like (iva, yath or [adverb] in vat).

Ā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and (भा).

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

1) Ā (आभ�):—[=-] 1. -√� [Parasmaipada] -ti ([imperative] 2. sg. -hi, [Ṛg-veda]; [perfect tense] -babhau)

—to shine or blaze towards, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

—to irradiate, outshine, illumine, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-brhmaṇa; Bhgavata-purṇa];

—to appear, become visible or apparent, [Bhgavata-purṇa; Mahrata; Harivaṃśa; Rjatarṅgiṇī] etc.;

—to look like, [Kathsaritsgara; Mahrata etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. - f. splendour, light

3) [v.s. ...] a flash

4) [v.s. ...] colour, appearance, beauty, [Mahrata; Manu-smṛti; Suśruta; ʲñٲԳٰ] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] a reflected image, outline

6) [v.s. ...] likeness, resemblance, [Mahrata; 峾ⲹṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] (mfn.) ifc. like, resembling, appearing, [峾ⲹṇa; Kvydarśa; Śiśupla-vadha etc.] (e.g. hembha, shining like gold);

8) [from -] cf. [Hibernian or Irish] avibh, ‘likeness, similitude�; avibe, ‘neatness, elegance�; avibhcal, ‘a spark of fire� ?

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ā (आभ�):—[-] () 1. f. Beauty, splendour.

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

Ā (आभ�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ā, Āh.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ā (आभ�):�(nf) lustre, splendour; tint, tinge; ~[ṃḍ] a halo.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Ā (आभ�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ā.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Ā (आभ�):—n. 1. light; splendor; luster; 2. gleam; color; appearance; beauty; 3. likeness; resemblance; 4. a reflected image; shadow; reflection; 5. tinge;

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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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