Sveshta, 厂惫别峁ａ弓补, Sva-ishta: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 厂惫别峁ａ弓补 can be transliterated into English as Svesta or Sveshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation厂惫别峁ａ弓补 (啶膏啶掂啶粪啶�) refers to 鈥渙ne鈥檚 favourite deity鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.53 (鈥淒escription of 艢iva鈥檚 return journey鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淭hen Vi峁ａ箛u and other gods, the sages and ascetics sent message to the mountain about their intention to leave after finishing their immediate duties. Then the lord of mountains finished his ceremonial ablution and the worship of his favourite deity (蝉惫别峁ａ弓补). Calling his kinsmen in the city, he came to the audience hall joyously. There he worshipped the lord with pleasure and requested him to stay in his house for a few days more along with all the people. [...]鈥�.
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: Google Books: Consecration Rituals In South Asia厂惫别峁ａ弓补 (啶膏啶掂啶粪啶�) or 厂惫别峁ａ弓补濒颈峁単补 refers to 鈥渙ne鈥檚 own 濒颈峁単补鈥�, as discussed in the section dealing with J墨r峁噊ddh膩ra (鈥渞enovation鈥�) in verse 119cd-124 of the Pr膩ya艣cittasamuccaya of Trilocana艣iva: a 12thcentury 艢aiva manual on expiations.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f one鈥檚 own 濒颈峁単补 [e.g., 蝉惫别峁ａ弓补-濒颈峁単补] is dropped, destroyed, burnt, stolen or taken away by a rat, kite, crow, dog or monkey, one will be purified after reciting one lakh of aghora, [and] after installing, according to the rules, another 濒颈峁単补. And the same [rule] applies for the 辫颈峁囜笉颈办腻. But if the 濒颈峁単补 falls from one鈥檚 hand into flowing or stagnant water, in that case too one should recite [aghora] one lakh times and [the 濒颈峁単补] requires re-inauguration. [...]鈥�
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩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
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)厂惫别峁ａ弓补 (啶膏啶掂啶粪啶�) refers to 鈥渙ne鈥檚 own chosen (deity)鈥�, according to Kuladatta鈥檚 Kriy膩sa峁僩rahapa帽jik膩, a text within Tantric Buddhism representing a construction manual for monasteries.鈥擜ccordingly, [办补濒补艣腻诲丑颈惫腻蝉补苍腻, chapter 3]鈥斺�淚f an 膧c膩rya does not have a strong conviction in the Vajradh膩tu, there is no obstacle to his doing all the rites from purification of the site to consecration [of images etc.] with a strong conviction in his own chosen deity (蝉惫别峁ａ弓补-devat膩)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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂惫别峁ａ弓补 (啶膏啶掂啶粪啶�).鈥擺adjective] dear to one鈥檚 self, nearest to one鈥檚 heart.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂惫别峁ａ弓补 (啶膏啶掂啶粪啶�):鈥擺from sva] a mfn. dear to one鈥檚 self
2) b svaitu, 蝉惫补颈峁 See p. 1277, col. 3.
[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.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by 艢r墨 艢r墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja)
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