Pausha, 笔补耻峁: 24 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 笔补耻峁 can be transliterated into English as Pausa or Pausha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Paush.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) or 鈥湵什钩茚梗a Paur峁嘺m膩s墨鈥� is the name of a festival that once existed in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺.鈥敱什钩茚梗a Paur峁嘺m膩s墨 proceeds as follows: If there is Pu峁a constellation on full moon of 笔补耻峁, one is enjoined to apply white mustard-paste to one鈥檚 body, to bathe oneself firstly in purified butter and thereafter in water mixed with all medicinal herbs, to worship N膩r膩ya峁嘺, 艢akra, Soma, Pu峁a and B峁沨aspati with eatable offerings, garlands etc., to perform fire sacrifice with mantras dedicated to the worship of the above-mentioned deities, to honour the Br膩hma峁嘺s with wealth, to give new clothes to the priest, to eat milk-porridge of rice mixed with purified butter and to obtain, in this way, all round prosperity.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index笔补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥擜 month. On the 别办腻诲补艣颈 day is to be performed Manvantar膩di 艣r膩ddha; on the 补峁ａ弓补尘颈 艢ambhu is to be worshipped.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 17. 7; 56. 2; 60. 35.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) is the second month of the 鈥渨inter season鈥� (hemanta) in the traditional Indian calendar, according to the second chapter (诲丑补谤补峁噛腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The physician (产丑颈峁箩) should pay attention to the seasonal (峁泃耻) factor in the use of medicinal drugs. Accordingly, 鈥渢he bulbous roots in winter season (viz., 笔补耻峁), other roots in cold season and flowers during spring season are supposed to contain better properties. The new leaves or shoots in summer and the drugs, which grow in mud, like Lotus etc., should be used in autumn season鈥�.
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita鈥擳ext on Visha Chikitsa笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) refers to the 鈥渕onth of 笔补耻峁鈥�, as taught in the N膩gajanman (鈥渂irth of the Snakes鈥�) section of the K膩艣yapa Sa峁僪it膩: an ancient Sanskrit text from the P膩帽car膩tra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Vi峁cikits膩鈥攁n important topic from 膧yurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidy膩).鈥擳hose snakes born in the months of K膩rtik膩, M峁沢a艣墨r峁 and 笔补耻峁 are respectively idle, powerful and longest and extremely poisonous.
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition笔补耻峁 (啶啶�), corresponding to 鈥淒ecember-January鈥�, refers to one of the months (尘腻蝉补) in the Vedic calendar.鈥擳here are twelve months in a Vedic lunar calendar, and approximately every three years, there is a thirteenth month. Each month has a predominating deity and approximately corresponds with the solar christian months. [...] In accordance with the month of the year, one would utter the Vedic month, for example, 辫补耻峁-尘腻蝉颈.
The presiding deity of 笔补耻峁 is N膩r膩ya峁嘺.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) refers to the lunar month corresponding to December-January (when the full moon is in the lunar mansion of Pu峁a), according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 5), 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 there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army and from wars. [...] If the eclipses should fall in the lunar month of 笔补耻峁, the Br膩hmins and the K峁triyas will suffer; the people of Sindh, the Kukuras and the Videhas will perish; there wall be slight rain and fear of famine in the land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.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) refers to the months 鈥淛anuary/February鈥� during which certain vows may be observed, as discussed in chapter 15 (Cary膩辫腻da) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it膩 covering the entire range of concerns of P膩帽car膩tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擜ccording to the chapter [惫谤补迟补-补苍耻峁ａ弓丑腻苍补办谤补尘补]: This chapter is divided into sections corresponding to the various months, and in each section the supererogatory activities customary to that month are given. [...] With 辫补耻峁-month (January/February) begins the second half of the year (耻迟迟补谤腻测补峁嘺), during which months certain vratas are to be done: 辫耻峁补尘腻蝉补vrata (57b-58a), tilapadmavrata (58b-73a), 艣谤墨办腻尘补惫谤补迟补 (73b-115a), 腻谤辞驳测补办腻尘补惫谤补迟补 (115b-119a), and 诲颈苍补辫补帽肠补办补惫谤补迟补 (1196-1212). [...]
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, 辫腻帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) (presided over by Kubera) is the sixth of twelve months, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Ni峁annayog膩val墨 of Mah膩pa峁囜笉ita Abhay膩kara.鈥擜ccordingly, there are altogether twelve months [viz., 笔补耻峁] having twelve deities as given in the 办腻濒补肠补办谤补-尘补峁囜笉补濒补.鈥斺�渉ere they are all accompanied with their 艢aktis, mostly four-armed and have their distinctive vehicles鈥�.
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鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri鈥檚 Kuvalayamala-katha辫腻usa (or P膩usasir墨) refers to one of the 鈥減ersonified beauties鈥�, according to the 8th-century Kuvalayam膩l膩 written by Uddyotanas奴ri, a Prakrit Camp奴 (similar to K膩vya poetry) narrating the love-story between Prince Candr膩p墨岣峚 and the Apsaras K膩dambar墨.鈥擳he Camp奴 opens with salutations to the great Tirtha峁僰aras on the occasion of whose birth even the gods take part in the great festival, clapping their hands with bejewelled bracelets (尘补峁噄惫补濒补测补, 1.2). The personified beauty mentioned as 尘腻丑补惫补-蝉颈谤墨, 驳颈峁僪补-濒补肠肠丑墨, 辫腻耻蝉补-蝉颈谤墨, 蝉补谤补测补-濒补肠肠丑墨 and 丑别尘补峁僼补-蝉颈谤墨 is full of beautiful expression not found elsewhere.
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辫腻奴蝉补 (啶ぞ啶娻じ).鈥攎 (辫谤腻惫峁涐梗 S) Bain. 2 A shower of rain. 3 fig. An overflow of profits or gains; an exuberance of gifts: a shower, a stream, a torrent. d艒na艣膿峁� 辫腻0 (Two hundred 辫腻奴蝉补) A high-sounding term for a scanty shower; a mere sprinkling. pa岣峚ty膩 辫腻vas膩nta In the monsoon or rainy season. v y膿, j膩, kara. 辫腻0 耻迟补谤补峁嚹抚箖 To hang heavy and threaten to rain, to lower. 辫腻0 岣嵟嵞玽ara y膿峁嚹撫箖 To be impending--rain or the rainy season. 辫腻0 bhara Throughout the rainy season. 辫腻0 丑补岣峚办补濒腻 (The rain is got as dry as a bone.) The rain utterly holds up. 辫腻vas膩c膿峁� p艒峁璦 phu峁璦峁嚹撫箖 To rain in torrents. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� jh膩岣峚l膿峁� The rain is cleared off. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� 岣嵟嶀阜膿 ugha岣峚l膿 It is become fair; the rainy weather is cleared off. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� 岣嵟嶀阜膿 va峁乺al膿 The sky is become as brass and the windows of heaven are closed. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� div膩 l膩val膩 (The rain has fixed up his lamp.) Sunny weather and drought are threatened. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� bhijavil膿峁� b膩辫腻n膿峁� m膩ral膿峁� sara- k膩r膩n膿峁� lu峁璦l膿峁� k艒峁噃膩java岣穉 phiry膩da kar膩v墨? We should submit to unavoidable evils.
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辫补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥攎 (S) The tenth Hindu month, December-January.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English辫腻奴蝉补 (啶ぞ啶娻じ).鈥�m Rain. A shower of rain. An overflow of profits or gains; an exu- berance of gifts: a shower, a stream, a torrent. pa岣峚ty膩 辫腻vas膩nta In the mon- soon or rainy season. 辫腻?B 耻迟补谤补峁嚹抚箖 To lower. 辫腻?B 岣嵟嵞玽ara y膿峁嚹撫箖 To be impend- ing-rain or the rainy season. 辫腻?B bhara Throughout the rainy season. 辫腻?B 丑补岣峚办补濒腻 The rain utterly holds up. 辫腻vas膩c膿 p艒峁璦 phu峁璦峁嚹撫箖 To rain in torrents. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� jh艒岣峚l膿峁� The rain is cleared off. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� 岣嵟嶀阜膿 ugha岣峚l膿 It is become fair; the rainy weather is cleared off. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� 岣嵟嶀阜膿 va峁乺al膿 Rain threatens to dis- appear. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� div膩 l膩val膩 Sunny weather and drought are threatened. 辫腻vas膩n膿峁� bhijavil膿峁�, b膩辫腻n膿峁� m膩ral膿峁�, sarak膩r膩n膿峁� lu峁璦l膿峁�, k艒峁嚹乯ava岣穉 phiry膩da kar膩v墨? We should submit to unavoidable evils.
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辫补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥�m or
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辫补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥�m The tenth Hindu month, December-January.
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笔补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥�
1) Name of a lunar month in which the moon is in the Pu峁a asterism (corresponding to DecemberJanuary).
-峁Ｄ� The day of full-moon in the month of 笔补耻峁; 啶啶粪啶ぞ啶� 啶むた啶ム 啶啶粪啶ぎ啶膏啶� 啶い啷嵿え啷� (pau峁膩峁� tithau 辫耻峁补mas奴ta patn墨) R.18.32.
-峁尘 A festival.
2) A fight, combat.
Derivable forms: 辫补耻峁岣� (啶啶粪).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥攎.
(-峁岣�) The month Pausha, in which the moon is in the Pushya asterism, (December-January.) f. (-峁Ｄ�) Day of full moon in the month of Pausha. E. 辫耻峁补 the asterism in which the moon is full in this month, and 补帽 aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥攊. e. 辫耻峁补 + a, I. adj., f. 峁Ｄ�, Relating to the time when the moon is in the asterism Pu峁a, [Raghuva峁兣沘, (ed. Stenzler.)] 18, 31. Ii. m. The name of a month, Dec.
鈥� Jan. Iii. f. 峁Ｄ�, Day or night of full moon in the month 笔补耻峁.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补耻峁 (啶啶�).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of a cert. month.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 笔补耻峁 (啶啶�):鈥攎f(墨)n. relating to or occurring at the time when the moon is in the asterism Pu峁a, [Raghuva峁兣沘; Var膩ha-mihira]
2) m. the month 笔补耻峁 (December-January, when the full moon is in the asterism Pu峁a), [G峁沨ya-s奴tra and 艣rauta-s奴tra; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.
3) Name of the 3rd year in the 12 years' cycle of Jupiter, [Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it膩]
4) n. a festival or a [particular] festival, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) a fight, combat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Name of sub voce S膩mans, [Br膩hma峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补耻峁 (啶啶�):鈥�(峁岣�) 1. m. The month Pausha. f. (峁Ｄ�) Day of its full moon.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pusa, Posa.
[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 dictionary笔补耻峁 (啶啶�) [Also spelled paush]:鈥�(nm) the tenth month of the Hindu (lunar) calendar.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Pausa (啶啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: 笔谤补诲惫颈峁�.
2) P膩usa (啶ぞ啶夃じ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 笔谤腻惫峁涐梗.
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 corpus笔补耻峁 (嗖硨嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the tenth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
2) [noun] a day of religious celebration; a festival.
3) [noun] afight; a combat.
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 Dictionary笔补耻峁 (啶啶�):鈥攏. ninth month of the Nepali year (December/January);
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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