Shadanana, 峁岣嵞乶补苍补, Shash-anana, Shad-anana: 14 definitions
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Shadanana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit term 峁岣嵞乶补苍补 can be transliterated into English as Sadanana or Shadanana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�).鈥�(Skanda)鈥攂orn out of the left side of the belly of Um膩;1 born at 艢arava峁嘺 in Kail膩sa.2
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)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣膩stra峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasa艣膩stra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., 峁岣嵞乶补苍补-谤补蝉补): 鈥渢he minerals (uparasa), poisons (惫颈峁), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.鈥� (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�) or 峁岣嵞乶补苍补rasa refers to one of the topics discussed in the 搁补蝉补办补耻尘耻诲墨, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue 鈥淣otices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)鈥� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822鈥�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.鈥擳he 搁补蝉补办补耻尘耻诲墨 by M膩dhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 艣濒辞办补蝉.鈥擳he catalogue includes the term鈥�峁岣嵞乶补苍补-rasa in its 鈥榮ubject-matter list鈥� or Vi峁ya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: 峁岣嵞乶补苍补谤补蝉补岣� .
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�) refers to 鈥渙ne who has six faces鈥�, according to the 峁峁璼膩hasrasa峁僪it膩, an expansion of the Kubjik膩matatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjik膩 cult.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥�(P奴r峁嘺giri) is on the northern peak of Kail膩艣a and is full of countless flames. [...] That divine city of the supreme Lord is made of pillars of adamantine. It is surrounded by temple arches and palaces of the Fire of Time. It is filled with many forms and adorned with knowledge and (divine) qualities. Possessing many wonders, it is life itself in the triple universe. (All) this is filled by it and so it is called 鈥楩ull鈥� (辫奴谤峁嘺 i.e. P奴r峁嘺giri). (The Fire of Time) has seven tongues (of flame); (his) form is Time and has six faces [i.e., 峁岣嵞乶补苍补]. Possessing the Full Moon, (he) is beautiful. (He is) the Great Vitality, holds a spear and brings about creation and destruction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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�) or 峁峁噈ukha refers to 鈥渢he six-faced God鈥� and is used as an epithet for Skanda.鈥擟f. Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter IV).鈥擨n Brahmanism, [Kum膩ra] is the god Skanda (cf. Hopkins, Epic Mythology, p. 227鈥�231). God of war, he is Sanatkum膩ra, 鈥楨ver youthful鈥�, one of Brahm膩鈥檚 sons (Mah膩bh膩rata, 12, 37, 12). In the eulogy to 艢iva (ibid., 13, 14, v. 378), he appears beside Um膩, seated on a peacock and holding a bell and a spear. His birth is told in the Mah膩bh膩rata, 9, 43鈥�46. Nursed by the K峁泃tik膩s (Pleiades), he developed six mouths in order to suckle them, hence his epithet of the six-faced god (峁岣嵞乶补苍补, 峁峁噈耻办丑补).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�).鈥攁 S Having six faces or sides.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�).鈥�a Having six faces or sides.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�).鈥攎.
(-苍补岣�) Kartikeya. E. 峁峁� six, and 腻苍补苍补 a face; having six faces, four directed to the four cardinal points, and two to the zenith and nadir, according to some accounts, though not generally so represented.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�).鈥�1. [substantive] six mouths (only 掳鈥�).
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峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�).鈥�2. [adjective] having six mouths (Skanda).
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厂补诲腻苍补苍补 (啶膏う啶距え啶�).鈥擺adjective] fair-faced.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�):鈥擺=峁岣�-腻苍补苍补] [from 峁岣� > 峁峁�] ([in the beginning of a compound]) six mouths or six faces, [Raghuva峁兣沘]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. six-mouthed, six-faced
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Skanda, [Mah膩bh膩rata; R膩m膩ya峁嘺; Kath膩sarits膩gara; M膩rka峁囜笉eya-pur膩峁嘺]
4) 厂补诲腻苍补苍补 (啶膏う啶距え啶�):鈥擺=sad-腻苍补苍补] [from sad > sat] mfn. fair-faced, [Kir膩t膩rjun墨ya]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�):鈥擺峁岣嵞�+苍补苍补] (苍补岣�) 1. m. K膩rtikeya, the six-faced one.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (嗖粪病嗖距波嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖粪玻喑嵿伯喑佮矕 [shanmukha].
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峁岣嵞乶补苍补 (啶粪ぁ啶距え啶�):鈥攏. 1. lit. one having six faces; 2. Mythol. an epithet of kartikeya (啶曕ぞ啶班啶むた啶曕啶� [办腻谤迟颈办别测补] );
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Shadananarasa, Shatananan.
Full-text: Shatananan, Vishadanana, Shadvaktra, Shadananarasa, Catananan, Shanmukha, Shadanan, Anana, Subrahmanya.
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