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Aulukya, ܱūⲹ: 7 definitions

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Aulukya means something in 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.

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

: Annali di Ca� Foscari. Serie orientale: The Epistemological Model of Vedantic Doxography According to the 岹śԲṃg

ܱūⲹ (औलूक्य) or ܱūⲹ岹śԲ refers to the tenth chapter of the 岹śԲṃg (lit., “ompendium of all the 岹śԲ�) by Mādhavācārya (fourteenth century CE) refers to the most famous text of the Saṃgraha literary genre dealing in 16 chapters with different 岹śԲ or schools of Indian philosophy.—The tenth 岹śԲ is named aulūkya-岹śԲ, and it treats of the school of Indian atomistic physics, the vaiśeṣika岹śԲ, whose semi-mythical founder is the sage (muni) Ulūka (a name meaning ‘owl�, because according to the hagiographic tradition he had assumed the form of an owl in order to gratify Śiva), better known as Kaṇāda (atom-eater). The chapter contains a synopsis and a résumé of the root text of the school, the Vaiśeṣikasūtra. [...]

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ܱūⲹ (औलूक्य).—[ܱū첹syāpatya�, yañ] Name of Kaṇāda, the propounder of the Vaiśeṣika philosophy; (see औलूक्य- दर्श� (aulūkya- 岹śԲ) in Sarva. S.

Derivable forms: ܱūⲹ� (शϤूक्य�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ܱūⲹ (औलूक्य).—m.

(-ⲹ�) A follower of the Vaiseshika doctrine. E. ܱū첹 an owl, and ṣyñ affix, like an owl: this etymology, and perhaps the word, owes its origin probably to controversial animosity.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ܱūⲹ (औलूक्य):—[from aܱū첹] m. a descendant of Ulūka [gana] , [Pāṇini 4-1, 105]

2) [v.s. ...] a follower of the Vaiśeṣika doctrine (cf. ܱū첹).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ܱūⲹ (औलूक्य):�(ⲹ�) 1. m. A follower of the Vaisheshika doctrine.

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