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Kataccha, Kaṭaccha: 2 definitions

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Kataccha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Katachchha.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kataccha in Mahayana glossary
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Kaṭaccha (कटच्�) [=첹ṭa󲹰첹?] refers to “ladles (with frankincense)� (as part of an offering ceremony), according to the ղٳṇḍⲹ첹貹Ჹ, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering manual of the root-heart] “[...] Five arrows and a trident should be driven into the ground. Four arrows should be wound round entirely with five-coloured twine. Four filled jars, four ladles (dhūpa-첹ṭa󲹰첹) with frankincense and four jars of offering should be placed. One filled with white offerings should be placed in the middle of the ṇḍ. [...]�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) 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 ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kataccha in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kaṭaccha (कटच्�).—and 첹ṭa󲹰첹 (m. or nt.), = kaṭac- chu(ka), q.v.: °ccha, پ屹Բ 165.18; °cchaka, (Āⲹ-)Ѳñśīū첹貹 322.25.

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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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