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Eda, Ēḍa, ḍa: 14 definitions

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Eda 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

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

ḍa (एड) or ḍaka refers to “deaf people�, according to the Jayadrathayāmala, Ṣaṭka 1 verse 13.3�18::—Accordingly, “[...] [And], O Goddess, [the Śivadharmadīkṣā] has two forms: in Śaiva scriptures the division of initiation is called that without the seed and that with the seed. The Ācārya performs the [initiation] which contains the duty to perform post-initiatory rites purified for children, imbeciles, those whose limbs suffered trauma, deaf people (ḍa첹), women, people who are suffering from chronic illness and kings and renouncers who are extremely devoted [to Śiva]; this [initiation] is the Ծī. [...]�.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) 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.

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

ḍa (एड) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named ḍakī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the ѱ徱ī, according to the 10th century Ḍākṇa chapter 15. Accordingly, the 徱ī refers to one of the three divisions of the 󲹰-ṭa (‘dharma layer�), situated in the ܰ첹ṇḍ. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., ḍa] are yellow in color; the shapes of their faces are in accordance with their names; they have four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ēḍa (एड).—f ( H) Urging on with the heel. v ŧ.

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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

ḍa (एड).�a. Deaf.

-ḍa� A kind of sheep.

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

ḍa (एड).—mfn.

(-ḍa�-ḍ�-ḍa�) Deaf. E. ī� to praise, prefixed, ac or ñ aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ḍa (एड).—[masculine] a kind of sheep.

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

1) ḍa (एड):�m. a kind of sheep, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) mfn. deaf, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ḍa (एड):—[(ḍa�-ḍ�-ḍa�) a.] Deaf.

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

ḍa (एड) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ḍa, Ela, Elaga.

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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

ḍa (एड):�(nf) spur; stroke of the heel; —[] to strike with the heel or apply the spur; to urge.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

ḍa (एड) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ḍa.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ḍa (ಎಡ):�

1) [adjective] left a) designating or of that side of one’s body which is toward the west when one faces north, the side of the less-used hand in most people; b) designating or of the corresponding side of anything.

2) [adjective] closer to the left side of a person directly before and facing the thing mentioned or understood.

3) [adjective] of the political left; liberal or radical.

4) [adjective] lower in quality; inferior.

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ḍa (ಎಡ):�

1) [noun] a direction or location on the left side; the left.

2) [noun] ಎಡಕಿಕ್ಕು [edakikku] eḍakikku to pass by (the right side), letting a thing on to one’s left.

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ḍa (ಎಡ):—[noun] any animal in the early period of its life; a young (of an animal).

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Ēḍa (ಏಡ):�

1) [noun] a man who is totally or partially unable to hear; a deaf man.

2) [noun] an undomesticated sheep; a wild-sheep.

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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.

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