Shobha, So产丑腻, 艢辞产丑腻, Sobha: 25 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 艢辞产丑腻 can be transliterated into English as Sobha or Shobha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢腻ktism艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ, 鈥渂eauty, splendour鈥�):鈥擭ame of one of the goddesses to be worshipped during 膧vara峁嘺p奴j腻 (鈥淲orship of the Circuit of Goddesses鈥�), according to the Durg腻p奴j腻tattva (鈥淭he truth concerning Durg腻鈥檚 ritual鈥�). They should be worshipped with either the five 耻辫腻肠腻谤补蝉 or perfume and flowers.
Her mantra is as follows:
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢r墨mad Dev墨 Bh腻gavatam啶灌啶班啶� 啶撪 啶多啶ぞ啶 啶ㄠぎ啶�
hr墨峁� o峁� 艣辞产丑腻yai nama岣�
艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ, 鈥渂eauty, loveliness鈥�):鈥擮ne of the names attributed to Dev墨, as chanted by the Vedas in their hymns, who were at the time incarnated in their personified forms. See the 顿别惫墨-产丑腻驳补惫补迟补-辫耻谤腻峁嘺 chapter 5.51-68, called 鈥�the narrative of Hayagr墨va鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N腻峁瓂a-艣腻stra1) 艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ, 鈥渂eauty鈥�) refers to one of the thirty-six 鈥渃haracteristic features鈥� (濒补办峁峁嘺) of perfect 鈥榩oetic compositions鈥� (办腻惫测补产补苍诲丑补) and 鈥榙ramatic compositions鈥� (诲峁浥泍补办腻惫测补, or simply 办腻惫测补). According to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 17, these thirty-six 濒补办峁峁嘺s act as instructions for composing playwrights. The term is used throughout 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 literature.
2) 艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ, 鈥渂eauty鈥�) refers to one of the ten 鈥� involuntary graces鈥� of women (蝉惫腻产丑腻惫颈办腻), according to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 24. These involuntary (spontaneous) graces, represent one of the three aspects of graces (补濒补峁僰腻谤补) which forms which forms the support of sentiments (rasa) in drama.
艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ, 鈥渂rilliant character鈥�) also refers to one of the eight aspects of the male鈥檚 sattva, according to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 24.
These involuntary graces (such as 艣辞产丑腻) and sattvas are defined according to the science of 蝉腻尘腻苍测腻产丑颈苍补测补, or 鈥渉armonious representation鈥�.
According to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra, 鈥渟kill in various things, heroism, and energy, aversion to mean acts and emulation of the best virtues constitute 鈥榖rilliant character鈥� (艣辞产丑腻, lit. beauty)鈥�.
: archive.org: Natya Shastra艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ, 鈥渂rilliance鈥�).鈥擮ne of the thirty-six 濒补办峁峁嘺, or 鈥渆xcellent points of a dramatic composition鈥�;鈥擠escription of 艣辞产丑腻: Where for the purpose of giving distinction to a case of double entendre (艣le峁), a less-known meaning is called forth along with the well-known meanings, it is called Brilliance (艣辞产丑腻, lit. 鈥渂eauty鈥�).
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ) refers to one of the 130 惫补谤峁嘺惫峁泃迟补蝉 (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the 痴峁泃迟补尘耻办迟腻惫补濒墨, ascribed to 顿耻谤驳腻诲补迟迟补 (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Var峁嘺v峁泃ta (e.g., 艣辞产丑腻) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ, 鈥渂eauty鈥�) refers to one of the defining characteristics of the Adhi峁ａ弓h腻nas (or 鈥渂asements鈥� of temples), as discussed in chapter 7 (Kriy腻p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腻 covering the entire range of concerns of P腻帽car腻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.鈥擠escription of the chapter [补诲丑颈峁ａ弓丑腻苍补-惫颈诲丑颈]:鈥� The purpose of the basement-elements of a temple are threefold, beauty [艣辞产丑腻], protection [谤补办峁峁嘺] and added height [蝉补尘耻肠肠丑谤腻测补]. The component parts, proportionate measurements and decorative motifs of 耻辫补辫墨峁环补蝉 are first discussed (2-24); [...]
: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajit腻gama and Raurav腻gama艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ) refers to 鈥渆ntrance pavilion of the first enclosure 搂 4.33.鈥�.鈥�(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajit腻gama et du Raurav腻gama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v腻stu艣腻stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesKing of Sobhavati in the time of Konagamana Buddha (Bu.xxiv.16; D.ii.7). He sent a branch of the Bodhi tree to Ceylon in the care of Kanakadatta. MT.355, where he is called Sobhana.
Therav腻da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ) refers to 鈥�(heavenly) splendour鈥�, according to the 11th century J帽腻n腻r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢耻产丑acandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淎nd, having obtained the good fortune [com.鈥攐r prosperity (濒补办峁墨峁�) whose splendour is heavenly (deva艣辞产丑腻峁�)] of heaven, [those corporeal beings] enjoy heavenly pleasure in the lower heavens and in the celestial vehicles or among other groups [of gods]. They fall from that place [and] immediately they enter the Ras腻tala hell. They roam about the whole world like the wind [and] they fall down into the Naraka hell鈥�.
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
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryso产丑腻 : (f.) splendour; beauty.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySo产丑腻, (f.) (fr. 艣耻产丑; Sk. 艣辞产丑腻) splendour, radiance, beauty Mhvs 33, 30; J. IV, 333; ThA. 226; Miln. 356. (Page 726)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻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 Dictionary艣艒产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ).鈥攆 (S) Beauty, grace, comeliness, elegance, handsomeness. 2 Anything which confers beauty, which adorns, graces, embellishes. 3 S Light, lustre, radiance. 艣艒产丑腻 kara峁嚹撫箖 g. of o. To adorn, ironically; i. e. to disgrace or dishonor; to treat with ridicule and contumely.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English艣艒产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ).鈥�f Beauty, comeliness, grace; lustre. 艣艒产丑腻 kara峁嚹撫箖 Adorn, ironically; i. e. disgrace or dishonour.
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艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ).鈥擺艣耻产丑-a]
1) Light, lustre, brilliance, radiance.
2) (a) Splendour, beauty, elegance, grace, loveliness; 啶掂お啷佮ぐ啶た啶ㄠさ啶じ啷嵿く啶距 啶啶粪啶い啶� 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶� 啶� 啶多啶ぞ啶 (vapurabhinavamasy腻岣� pu峁ati sv腻峁� na 艣辞产丑腻m) 艢.1.19; Meghad奴ta 54,61 (v. l.) (b) Natural beauty, grandeur (as of a mountain); 啶呧う啷嵿ぐ啶苦ざ啷嬥き啶� (adri艣辞产丑腻) R.2.27.
3) An ornament, graceful expression; 啶多啶啶� 啶え啷嵿う啶班啷嵿し啷佮が啷嵿ぇ啶曕啶粪啶た啶むぞ啶啶啶оた啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶ㄠぞ (艣辞产丑补iva mandarak峁bdhak峁bhit腻mbhodhivar峁嘺n腻) 艢i艣up腻lavadha 2.17.
4) Turmeric.
5) A kind of pigment (= 驳辞谤辞肠补苍腻 q. v.).
6) Distinguished merit.
7) Colour, hue.
8) Wish, desire.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary艢辞产丑补 (啶多啶�).鈥攏ame of the king of 艢辞产丑腻vat墨, q.v.: 础惫补诲腻苍补-艣补迟补办补 ii.29.10; [Page533-b+ 71] 100.12. In Pali also Sobha was king of Sobhavat墨, but in the time of Ko峁嚹錱amana (Kanakamuni), not Krakuc- chanda.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢辞产丑补 (啶多啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-产丑补岣�-产丑腻-产丑补峁�) 1. Handsome. 2. Bright. f.
(-产丑腻) 1. Light, lustre, radiance, splendour. 2. Beauty. 3. Distinguished merit. 4. A species of the Kriti-metre. E. 艣耻产丑 to shine, aff. ac, fem. aff. 峁錺 .
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艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ).鈥攆.
(-产丑腻) 1. Light, lustre. 2. Beauty, grace, loveliness. 3. Grandeur. 4. Turmeric. 5. The Pigment called 鈥湶荡前浅Σ共阅�.鈥� E. 艣耻产丑, a aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢辞产丑补 (啶多啶�).鈥攊. e. 艣耻产丑 + a, I. adj. 1. Bright. 2. Handsome. Ii. f. 产丑腻. 1. Splendour, [Meghad奴ta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 60; [顿补艣补办耻尘腻谤补肠补谤颈迟补] in
艢辞产丑补 (啶多啶�).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of a man; [feminine] 艣辞产丑腻 beauty, splendour, colour, semblance.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢辞产丑补 (啶多啶�):鈥擺from 艣耻产丑] a etc. See p. 1092, col. 1.
2) b mfn. ([from] 鈭�艣耻产丑) bright, brilliant, handsome, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) m. Name of a man, [R腻jatara峁単i峁嚹玗
4) ([plural]) of a class of gods, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) of a class of heretics, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) lustre (in [compound] for 艣辞产丑腻 q.v.)
7) 艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ):鈥擺from 艣辞产丑补] f. (ifc. f(腻). ) splendour, brilliance, lustre, beauty, grace, loveliness (k腻 艣辞产丑腻 with [locative case], 鈥榳hat beauty is there [in that]鈥� id est. 鈥榠t has no beauty鈥�; 艣辞产丑腻峁� na-鈭歬峁�, 鈥榯o look bad or ugly鈥�; ifc. often = 鈥榮plendid鈥�, 鈥榚xcellent鈥� e.g. 艣aurya-艣辞产丑腻, 鈥榮plendid heroism鈥�; karma-艣辞产丑腻, 鈥榓 masterpiece鈥�), [Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it腻] etc. etc.
8) [v.s. ...] distinguished merit, [Horace H. Wilson]
9) [v.s. ...] colour, hue, [Var腻ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it腻; Mudr腻r腻k峁sa]
10) [v.s. ...] wish, desire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]
12) [v.s. ...] turmeric, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [v.s. ...] the yellow pigment Go-rocan腻, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) Sobha (啶膏啶�):鈥�n. Name of the city of the Gandharvas, [Indische Studien by A. Weber]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢辞产丑补 (啶多啶�):鈥擺(bha岣�-产丑腻-bha峁�) a.] Handsome; bright. f. (产丑腻) Light; beauty; merit.
2) 艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ):鈥�(产丑腻) 1. f. Light, beauty.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)艢辞产丑补 (啶多啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Sobha, Soha, Soh腻.
[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艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ):鈥�(nf) grace, elegance, beauty; glamour, splendour, brilliance, lustre; ~[maya] splendid, brilliant, lustrous, radiant; beautiful; ~[y腻tr腻] pageant; ~[艣奴苍测补/丑墨苍补] devoid of glamour/grace/beauty; ugly.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Sobha (啶膏啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: 艢耻产丑.
2) Sobha (啶膏啶�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 艢辞产丑补.
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.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary艢辞产丑腻 (啶多啶ぞ):鈥攏. beauty; handsomeness; magnificence; elegance; luster; resplendence;
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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Starts with (+12): Shobhaanjan, Shobhadambara, Shobhajata, Shobhaka, Shobhakara, Shobhakara bhatta, Shobhakaramitra, Shobhakati, Shobhakrit, Shobhakriti, Shobhakritu, Shobhakshate, Shobhamaya, Shobhan, Shobhana, Shobhanagana, Shobhanagudu, Shobhanamberu, Shobhanapathaka, Shobhanavaha.
Full-text (+117): Sobhanjana, Sobhamana, Shobhavati, Upashobha, Dvarashobha, Shobhakrit, Kritashobha, Shobhakara, Mukhashobha, Sushobha, Aharyashobha, Shobhasimha, Shobhajata, Udarashobha, Sprihaniyashobha, Samasashobha, Suryashobha, Shabdashobha, Rupasobha, Lakkhananubyanjanasobha.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by 艢r墨la R奴pa Gosv腻m墨)
Verse 2.1.253 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vi产丑腻va)]
Verse 2.5.134 < [Part 5 - Permanent Ecstatic Mood (sth腻y墨-产丑腻va)]
Verse 3.5.37 < [Part 5 - Conjugal Love (m腻dhurya-rasa)]
Brahma Samhita (Jiva Goswami commentary) (by Srila Narayana Maharaja)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada D腻sa)
Text 4.64 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
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Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha of Udbhata (by Narayana Daso Banhatti)
Chapter 6 (sastho vargah) < [Sanskrit text of the Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha]
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Chapter 4 (caturtho vargah) < [Sanskrit text of the Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha]
艢r墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺-vijaya (by 艢r墨 Gunaraja Khan)