Dikshita, 顿墨办峁迟补: 24 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 顿墨办峁迟补 can be transliterated into English as Diksita or Dikshita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dikshit.
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Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Google Books: Manusm峁泃i with the 惭补苍耻产丑腻峁补顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) is one who has been consecrated by means of the 顿墨办峁峁嚹珁补-滨峁ａ弓颈. (See the 惭补苍耻产丑腻峁补 verse 4.210)
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�, 鈥減repared鈥�) refers to 鈥榯hose who have consecrated themselves鈥� for some rites or for a Vedic sacrifice, whose mask should be represented as having a shaven head (艣颈谤辞尘耻峁囜笉补), according to N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 23. Providing masks is a component of nepathya (costumes and make-up) and is to be done in accordance with the science of 腻丑腻谤测腻产丑颈苍补测补 (extraneous representation).
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).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) means 鈥渋nitiated鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭here is (the energy which is) one measure (别办补尘腻迟谤腻), two measures (诲惫颈尘腻迟谤腻) and three measures (迟谤颈尘腻迟谤腻). The (energy which is the) half-measure is supreme and subtle. Above it is (the one reality which is both) supreme (transcendent) and inferior (immanent). It is the teacher鈥檚 place, the Great Place. The Self, which is endowed with the consciousness of its own consciousness, has come from that Place. The pure (beings) who are on their way to the Supreme should also be conjoined into that plane, initiated [i.e., 诲墨办峁迟补] by 艢r墨n膩tha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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) refers to 鈥渋nitiation鈥� (for the observance of ritualistic activities), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.22 (鈥淒escription of P膩rva迟墨鈥檚 penance鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after Men膩 spoke to P膩rva迟墨: 鈥淸...] Suppressing the delusion with fortitude after a long time P膩rva迟墨, the daughter of Himavat, got herself initiated [i.e., 诲墨办峁迟补] for the observance of ritualistic activities. She performed penance in the excellent holy centre 艢峁涐箙gi迟墨rtha which (later) acquired the title 鈥楪aur墨-艢ikhara鈥� due to her performance of penance thereon. O sage, many beautiful holy plants were laid there by P膩rva迟墨 for testing the fruitfulness of her penance. [...]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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) refers to 鈥渋nitiation鈥� (into the great observance), as mentioned in the Malhar or Junwani copper plate inscription (647CE, see Bakker 2000 and 2015; Sanderson 2012).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸鈥 reaching the present Kali age, the venerable Lord Lakul墨艣a took up an incarnation and was born in the family of a Brahmin called Soma艣arman. He was initiated (诲墨办峁迟补) into the Great Observance by him (?) [and became] the Moon of the World. Then by him, Musal墨艣a [was initiated], then, by the unbroken tradition starting with Soma, the local Master Rudrasoma, his disciple Tejasoma, whose pupil is the venerable Bh墨masoma [鈥鈥�.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) refers to 鈥渋nitiates鈥�, according to the Devy膩mata (chapter 105).鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the construction of residence for initiates]鈥斺�淎 residence is recommended to the south of the temple. The residence should be built beyond the outer wall of the temple. It is to be dwelt in by initiates (诲墨办峁迟补), their senses well-subordinated, who have come to the image. Or, in its absence, [they should dwell in] another pleasant place. [...]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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) refers to 鈥渢hose performing sacrificial rites鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 17), 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 Mercury [i.e., Bhauma] should suffer defeat in his conjunction with Mars, trees, rivers, ascetics, the people of A艣maka, the people of the north, sacrificial rites and the 顿墨办峁迟补s performing them (诲墨办峁迟补) will suffer much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顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) refers to one of the seven kinds of Samayins (i.e., 鈥渙ne who has undergone 诲墨办峁Ｄ�鈥�), as discussed in chapter 29 of the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a Sanskrit text written in 2600 verses which covers typical P膩帽car膩tra topics through a narrative dialogue between Aupag膩yana and Siddha Sumati.鈥擠escription of the chapter [蝉补尘补测腻肠腻谤补-濒补办峁峁嘺]: Any man from any class鈥攕o long as he has undergone 诲墨办峁Ｄ� and further more has faith, self-control and equanimity鈥攎ay be called a Samayin. There are, however, seven classes of Samayins to be distinguished [e.g., Samayin] (1-3) [...]. The names given to 顿墨办峁迟补s from each of the four classes are respectively 艢arm膩, Varm膩, Gupta and D膩sa (7). The general duties of all Vaishnavites, regardless of caste-origin, are then given (10-52). [..]
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: academia.edu: The 诲墨办峁迟补鈥檚 Language顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) refers to the 鈥渃onsecrated man鈥�, according to the Jaimin墨ya Br膩hma峁嘺, an ancient Vedic text associated with the Sama-veda predating the 6th century BCE.鈥擳he 铿乶al portion of the Jaimin墨ya Br膩hma峁嘺 2.64 is devoted to the last rites before the ablution of the 鈥榗onsecrated man鈥� (诲墨办峁迟补), performed at the end of the solemn consecration introducing to the soma sacri铿乧e.鈥擳he framework of this chapter is in fact a conversation between Ke艣in D膩rbhya, the King of Pa帽c膩las, and a deceased King named Yaj帽asena, in the form of a golden wild goose who instructs Ke艣in on consecration (诲墨办峁Ｄ�). In general, the whole account (Jaimin墨ya Br膩hma峁嘺 2.53鈥�68) is mentioned as kai艣in墨 诲墨办峁Ｄ�, because it pertains to Ke艣in鈥檚 诲墨办峁Ｄ�.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary顿墨办峁迟补.鈥�(EI 22; CII 3, 4), same as Yaj帽a-诲墨办峁迟补; epithet of Br膩hma峁嘺s; later stereotyped as a Brahmanical family name. Note: 诲墨办峁迟补 is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary诲墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�).鈥攎 (S) One that has conducted a sacrifice: also any descendent of such person. 2 Engaged in a course of austerities or ceremonies; and fig. of arts, schemes, endeavors to accomplish an object gen. 3 fig. Expert, adroit, adept, eminently clever.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English诲墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�).鈥�m One that has conducted a sacri- fice: also any descendant of such person. Expert, adroit.
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顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�).鈥�p. p. [诲墨办峁� kartari kta, 诲墨办峁Ｄ� j膩t膩'sya t膩ra掳 itac v膩]
1) Consecrated, initiated (as for a religious ceremony); 啶忇い啷� 啶掂た啶掂ぞ啶灌う啷�啶曕啶粪た啶むぞ 啶啶ぎ啷� (ete viv膩ha诲墨办峁t膩 y奴yam) Uttarar膩macarita 1; Pa帽catantra (Bombay) 1.167; 啶嗋お啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ- 啶く啶膏い啷嵿ぐ啷囙し啷� 啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶むぞ啶� 啶栢げ啷� 啶啶班さ啶距 (膩pann膩- bhayasatre峁 诲墨办峁t膩岣� khalu paurav膩岣�) 艢.2.17; R.8.75;11.24, Ve. 1.25.
2) Prepared for a sacrifice.
3) Prepared for, having taken a vow of; 啶む 啶た啶む啶班啶掂ぇ啶さ啷囙え 啶え啷嵿く啷佮え啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹さ啶傕ざ- 啶ㄠた啶оえ啶距く 啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶むぎ啷� (ta峁� piturvadhabhavena manyun膩 r膩java峁兣沘- nidhan膩ya 诲墨办峁迟补m) R.11.67.
4) Crowned; 啶う啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶う啷嵿ぎ啶距い啶い啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶啶溹 啶膏ぞ啶啶班ぞ啶溹啶う啷�啶曕啶粪た啶むぎ啷� (padm膩 padm膩tapatre峁嘺 bheje s膩mr膩jya诲墨办峁迟补m) R.4.5.
5) Performed (as the 诲墨办峁Ｄ� ceremony).
-迟补岣� 1 A priest engaged in a D墨k峁Ｄ�; 啶ㄠぞ啶侧 啶む 啶掂た啶啶班た啶 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷佮 啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶むじ啷嵿く啷囙さ 啶膏ぞ啶оさ啶� (n膩la峁� te vipriya峁� kartu峁� 诲墨办峁迟补syeva s膩dhava岣�) 搁腻尘.3.65.12.
2) A pupil.
3) A person who or whose ancestors may have performed a grand sacrificial ceremony, such as 啶溹啶啶むた啶粪啶熰啶� (箩测辞迟颈峁ａ弓辞尘补).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-迟补岣�-迟腻-迟补峁�) 1. Initiated. 2. Performed, (as the Diksha ceremony.) 3. One by whom the preparatory ceremonies have been observed. m.
(-迟补岣�) 1. An assemblage of priests for peculiar ceremonies, or for any sacrifice. 2. The pupil or an ascetick. E. 诲墨办峁� to perform a sacrifice or to be initiated, affix karttari kta or 诲墨办峁Ｄ� j膩t膩 asya t膩ra0 itac v膩 .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�).鈥擺feminine] 迟墨 consecrated for ([dative], [locative], [instrumental], or 鈥斅�), prepared, ready for ([dative], [instrumental], [locative], or 鈥斅�); [abstract] tva鈥� [neuter] 鈥� Often 掳鈥� or 鈥斅� in names, [especially] of Brahmans.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擲ukhabodhanad墨pik膩.
顿墨办峁迟补 has the following synonyms: Puru峁ttama mi艣ra.
2) 顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�):鈥攕on of Mah膩deva V膩japeyin, pupil of Vi艣ve艣vara. Middle of last century: Pa艣uprayoga Baudh. Pa艣ubandhak膩rik膩. Prayogaratna. Mah膩gnicayanaprayoga. Mah膩gnisarvasva Baudh. M墨m膩峁僺膩kut奴halav峁泃ti. Y膩j帽ikasarvasva. S膩vitr膩dik膩峁環akacayana. Somak膩rik膩. V膩sudeva诲墨办峁迟补k膩rik膩. Oppert. Ii, 5264. 5353. 7202. 7445.
顿墨办峁迟补 has the following synonyms: V膩sudeva adhvarin.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�):鈥擺from 诲墨办峁�] mf(墨, [Gopatha-br膩hma峁嘺 i, 5, 24])n. consecrated, initiated into ([dative case] [locative case] [instrumental case], or [compound]), [Atharva-veda; Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it膩; Br膩hma峁嘺; ???; Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] prepared, ready for ([dative case] [instrumental case] or [compound]), [Mah膩bh膩rata; R膩m膩ya峁嘺] (迟补峁�-鈭歬峁�, to initiate, instruct, [Kath膩sarits膩gara xx, 198])
3) [v.s. ...] performed (as the D墨k峁Ｄ� ceremony), [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] m. a priest engaged in a D掳 (-tva n., [Jaimini])
5) [v.s. ...] m. a pupil of (affixed, and rarely prefixed to the Name of a teacher, and given as a Name to a Br膩hman to denote his being a pupil of that t掳 e.g. 产丑补峁弓辞箩颈-, 艣补峁�-办补谤补-; sometimes the teacher鈥檚 Name is dropped and D掳 is used alone).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�):鈥擺(ta岣�-t膩-ta峁�) p.] Initiated; done. 1. m. Assemblage of priests for any sacrifice; pupil of an ascetic.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dikkhia.
[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顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�) [Also spelled dikshit]:鈥�(a) initiated.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus顿墨办峁迟补 (嗖︵硛嗖曕硩嗖粪部嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a man who has taken up an undertaking with determination, fervor and scrupulousness; a dedicated undertaker.
2) [noun] a man who is consecrated to take up a religious sacrifice.
3) [noun] a man who has performed the S艒ma sacrifice.
4) [noun] a pupil of a religious preceptor.
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顿墨办峁迟补 (啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶�):鈥攁dj. 1. consecrated; initiated (as for a religious ceremony); 2. (one) prepared for; having taken a vow of; instructed;
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 (+4): Dikshita ananta, Dikshita balakrishna, Dikshita cakrapani, Dikshita damodara, Dikshita devadatta, Dikshita dhundhiraja, Dikshita samvatsara, Dikshita shri harsha, Dikshita shrikantha sharman, Dikshitabalakrishna, Dikshitabrahmana, Dikshitadhundhiraja, Dikshitar, Dikshitasamaraja, Dikshitatana, Dikshitatman, Dikshitatva, Dikshitavada, Dikshitavasana, Dikshitavedana.
Full-text (+979): Adikshita, Dharmayya dikshita, Jivaraja dikshita, Krishna dikshita, Narayana dikshita, Krishnadhurjatidikshita, Nanadikshita, Yajna Dikshita, Govindadikshita, Appayyadikshita, Haridikshita, Vallabha dikshita, Renudikshita, Keshava dikshita, Bhavaganeshadikshita, Vrajaraja dikshita, Bhavavishvanathadikshita, Apyayadikshita, Bhattojidikshita, Dikshitavimita.
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