Chavi, 颁丑腻惫墨: 26 definitions
Introduction:
Chavi means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chhavi.
Ambiguity: Although Chavi has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Cavi. It further has the optional forms Chav墨, Chu-a-i and Chu-a-墨.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationChavi (啶涏さ啶�) refers to 鈥渂rilliance鈥� and is used to describe Goddess Um膩, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.3.鈥擜ccordingly, as the Gods eulogized Um膩 (Durg膩/Sat墨) with devotion:鈥斺�淸...] you are sleep in all living beings; you are hunger, satiety, thirst, splendour, brilliance (i.e., chavi) and contentment. You are the delighter of every one for ever. To those who perform meritorious actions you are the goddess of fortune. To the sinners you are the eldest sister, the deity of Ignominy; you are peace for the universe, and the mother sustaining lives鈥�.
: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places颁丑腻惫墨 (啶涏ぞ啶掂) refers to the name of a River mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. VI.10.23). Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 颁丑腻惫墨) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraChavi (啶涏さ啶�) (or Var峁嘺) refers to a 鈥渃olor鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f in 艢i艣ira (February, March) the sun be of copper colour [i.e., chavi] or red black, if, in Vasanta (April, May), blue crimson, if, in Gr墨峁a (June, July), slightly white and of gold color [i.e., 惫补谤峁嘺], if, in Var峁Ｄ� (August, September), white, if, in 艢arada (October, November), of the colour of the centre of the lotus, if, in Hemanta (December, January), of blood color, mankind will be happy. If, in Var峁Ｄ� (August, September), the rays of the sun be soft, mankind will be happy even though the sun should be of any of the colors mentioned above鈥�.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramChavi (啶涏さ啶�) refers to 鈥渓ustre鈥�, according to the 艢r墨matottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjik膩matatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjik膩 cult.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭hen (after that comes the fourth sacred seat [i.e., K膩mar奴pa] which) is in the locus of the heart and is surrounded by eight energies, namely Moh膩, 膧v峁泃膩, Prak膩艣y膩, Kira峁嚹�, R膩gavat墨, H峁涐梗峁�, Pu峁ａ弓墨, and Krodh膩. [...] The venerable K膩m膩nanda is the emperor in the middle of the Wheel; sustained by the venerable K膩mavat墨 (the energy of passion) as (his) lordship, in the midst of all the troupes of Yogin墨s, (he) generates light with a yellow and red lustre [i.e., 辫墨迟腻谤耻峁嘺-肠丑补惫颈] like that of (a freshly) cut sapphire. (The seat) is surrounded by the tree, creeper, monastery, gesture and cave. One should know (this), the fourth sacred seat, as emanation by means of the (energy of the deity that) emanates in many ways (the creatures) born of eggs, sweat, seeds and wombs. [...]鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusChavi (啶涏さ啶�) refers to the 鈥渃overing鈥� (of an elephant tusks), according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 5, 鈥渙n marks of the stages of life鈥漖: 鈥�4. With clearly developed nails, vidu, joints, ears, and sheaths and covering (chavi) of the tusks; spotted on the breast, and on the lobes of the ears; hairy in the ears and on the head, with uplifted head, eating grass, with rather stout (firm) rows of teeth, in the third year he is an upasarpa鈥�.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraChavi (啶涏さ啶�) refers to the 鈥渟kin鈥�, according to Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter 19).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淔urthermore, some say that generosity is the cause and condition (hetupratyaya) for obtaining the thirty-two marks. Why is that? [...] As one gives fine garments (vastra), seats (艣补测补苍腻蝉补苍补), gold and silver (su惫补谤峁嘺rajata), pearls and jewels (尘补峁噄谤补迟苍补), one obtains the marks consisting of having a golden-colored (su惫补谤峁嘺惫补谤峁嘺) body and fine skin (蝉奴办峁补-肠丑补惫颈). [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Chavi in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Tragia brevipes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tragia volkensii Pax (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanische Jahrb眉cher f眉r Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1894)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1986)
· Pflanzenw. OstAfrikas (1895)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarychavi : (f.) the outer skin; tegument.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryChavi, (f.) (*(s)qeu to cover. Vedic chavi, sku峁嚹乼i; cp. Gr. sku_lon; Lat. ob-scurus; Ohg. sk奴ra (Nhg. scheuer); Ags sc膿o鈥篍. sky also Goth. sk艒hs鈥篍. shoe) the (outer, thin) skin, tegument S.II, 256; A.IV, 129; Sn.194; J.II, 92. Distinguished from camma, the hide (under-skin, corium) S.II, 238 (see camma); also in combination ch-cammama峁僺a Vism.235; DhA.IV, 56.
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarychavi (醼嗎�濁��) [(th墨) (醼戓��)]鈥�
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[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)肠丑补惫颈鈥�
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(Auto-Translation): (1) Skin, upper surface, surface layer. Please refer to the original. (2) Cover, shadow, upper cover, upper shadow, resting cover, resting shadow. (3) Shadow and color. (4) Color tone. (5) Tension.
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 Dictionarychavi (啶涏さ啶�).鈥攆 S Light. 2 Splendor, brilliance, lustre, and, hence, beauty.
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 dictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�).鈥�f. [chyati as膩ra峁� chinatti tamo v膩 cho-vi kicca v膩 峁吥玴; cf. U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra 4.56]
1) Hue, colour of the skin, complexion; 啶灌た啶啶班啶︵く啶ぞ啶｀啶∴啶啶栢啷嵿啶掂た啶� (丑颈尘补办补谤辞诲补测补辫腻峁囜笉耻尘耻办丑补肠肠丑补惫颈岣�) R.9.38; 啶涏さ啶苦 啶ぞ啶｀啶∴啶班ぞ (肠丑补惫颈岣� p膩峁囜笉ur膩) 艢.3.1; Meghad奴ta 33; Uttarar膩macarita 6.27.
2) Colour in general.
3) Beauty, splendour, brilliance; 啶涏さ啶苦啶班 啶啶栢啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶啶む啶多啶班た啶 (chavikara峁� mukhac奴r峁嘺m峁泃u艣riya岣�) R.9.45.
4) Light, lustre.
5) Skin, hide; 啶侧啶灌た啶むぞ啶班啶︵啶班啶曕啶む啷嵿啶掂た啶� (濒辞丑颈迟腻谤诲谤墨办峁泃补肠肠丑补惫颈岣�) 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (Bombay) 12.149.7.
Derivable forms: 肠丑补惫颈岣� (啶涏さ啶苦).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�).鈥�(= Sanskrit, Pali id., skin), bark (of a tree): kovi-d膩rasya chavigandha岣� 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 501.11 (prose). Acc. to the English of [Ardha-M膩gadh墨 Dictionary], chavi may have this meaning in AMg.; this is a translation of Hindi ch膩l, which seems to mean both skin and bark; whether the AMg. word also means bark I do not know.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�).鈥攆.
(-惫颈岣�) 1. Beauty, splendor, brilliance. 2. Light, lustre. E. cho to divide, (darkness, &c.) in affix, and the deriv. irr. or kit ca v膩 Unadi affix; also with 峁吥梗 added 肠丑补惫墨.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�).鈥� (cf. vb. sku), f. 1. Hide, skin, [Hariva峁兣沘, (ed. Calc.)] 15709. 2. Colour, [峁歵耻蝉补峁僪腻谤补] 6, 20. 3. Beauty, [Raghuva峁兣沘, (ed. Stenzler.)] 9, 34. 4. Splendour, [艢颈艣耻辫腻濒补惫补诲丑补] 9, 3.
鈥� Cf. [Gothic.] skauns, gutha-skaunei; [Anglo-Saxon.] sceone.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�).鈥擺feminine] skin, hide; complexion, colour; beauty, splendour.
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Chavi (啶涏さ啶�).鈥擺feminine] skin, hide; complexion, colour; beauty, splendour.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Chavi (啶涏さ啶�):鈥攁 f. skin, cuticle, [P膩raskara-g峁沨ya-s奴tra, iii, 12; Hariva峁兣沘 15709; Su艣ruta; Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it膩 lxix, 28 ff.]
2) colour of the skin, colour, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 iii, 12387; M峁沜chaka峁璱k膩; Meghad奴ta] etc.
3) beauty, splendour, [Raghuva峁兣沘 ix, 34; 艢i艣up膩la-vadha ix, 3; Nai峁dha-carita xxii, 55]
4) a ray of light, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) cf. 办峁涐梗峁嘺-肠肠丑.
6) b f. skin, hide, [Taittir墨ya-br膩hma峁嘺 i f.; T膩峁囜笉ya-br膩hma峁嘺 xvi, 6, 2; 艢膩峁卥h膩yana-br膩hma峁嘺 xxv, 15; K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra xxii; L膩峁瓂膩yana viii, 2, 1.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�):鈥�(惫颈岣�) 2. f. Beauty; light.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Chavi (啶涏さ啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Chavi.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�) [Also spelled chhavi]:鈥�(nf) pretty features; features; splendour, beauty; winsomeness; photograph; ~[办腻谤补] a photographer.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Chavi.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusChavi (嗖涏驳嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] lustre a) the quality, condition or fact of shining by reflected light; gloss; sheen; b) brightness; radiance; brilliance.
2) [noun] the outer covering or integument of the animal body; the skin.
3) [noun] the property of reflecting light of a particular wavelength; colour.
4) [noun] the quality of being beautiful, attractive; beauty; attractiveness.
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 DictionaryChavi (啶涏さ啶�):鈥攏. image; picture; painting;
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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Partial matches: I, A, Vi, Shu.
Starts with (+20): Cavi, Cavicankam, Cavikolucu, Cavikotu, Cavipo, Cavita, Cavitu, Cavivaikkol, Chavi Sutta, Chavia, Chavibheda, Chaviccheda, Chavidosa, Chavidosabadha, Chavidosabhava, Chavigata, Chaviiya, Chavikalyana, Chavikaranavilepana, Chavikaya.
Full-text (+92): Cavi, Licchavi, Chavikalyana, Anucchavika, Chavivanna, Chavivibhusa, Chavirakkhana, Chaviranjita, Uppaditacchavi, Asundarachavivanna, Chavidosabhava, Chavippasadarupapatilabha, Padumavannauttaracchavi, Kandukacchuchavidosadiabadha, Chavidosabadha, Dutthacchavika, Chavibheda, Bhinnacchavi, Chavigata, Tanucchava.
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