Maccha, 惭补肠肠丑腻: 18 definitions
Introduction:
Maccha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Machchha.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationMaccha (啶啷嵿) refers to a 鈥渞idge鈥� [?], according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.11.鈥擜ccordingly, as Him膩cala (i.e., Him膩laya) said to his attendants and family-members: 鈥淔rom now onwards, none of you shall go to the ridge of mine [i.e., 尘补肠肠丑补-腻蝉补苍补], called Ga峁単膩vatara峁嘺. This is my command. I am telling you the truth. If anyone of you goes there I shall punish that rogue particularly. This is the truth I am speaking. O sage, after thus checking all of his attendants, the mountain made other arrangements also. I now tell you all about the same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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA country, with its people, included in the traditional List of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (A.i.213; iv. 252, 256, 260).
The Maccha are generally mentioned with the Surasena (E.g., D.ii.200; cp. Kasikosala, Vajjimalla). In the Vidhura Pandita Jataka (J. i.280) the Maccha are mentioned among those who witnessed the game of dice between the king of the Kurus and Punnaka.
The Maccha country lay to the south or south west of Indraprastha and to the south of Surasena. Its capital was Viratanagara or Vairat, so called because it was the city of King Virata. Rv.vii.6, 18; Law: Anct. Geog. Of India, p. 19.
Therav膩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).
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Ma峁囜笉ala惭补肠肠丑腻 (啶啷嵿啶�) is the name of a 岣屇乲in墨 who, together with the V墨ra (hero) named Maccha forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Jalacakra, according to the 10th century 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补 chapter 15. Accordingly, the jalacakra refers to one of the three divisions of the 蝉补峁僢丑辞驳补-辫耻峁璦 (鈥榚njoyment layer鈥�), situated in the 贬别谤耻办补尘补峁囜笉补濒补. The 36 pairs of 岣屇乲in墨s [viz., 惭补肠肠丑腻] and V墨ras are white in color; the shapes of their faces are in accordance with their names; they have four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife..
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
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymaccha : (m.) a fish.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMaccha, (cp. Vedic matsya) fish A. III, 301; Sn. 605, 777, 936; J. I, 210, 211; V, 266 (in simile); VI, 113 (phandanti macch膩, on dry land); Pug. 55; Sdhp. 610.鈥攎accha is given at Nd2 91 as syn. of ambuc膩rin.鈥攑奴ti掳 rotten fish M. III, 168; & in simile at It. 68=J. IV, 435=VI, 236 =KhA 127. Cp. J. P. T. S. 1906, 201. 产补丑耻掳 rich in fish J. III, 430. 濒辞峁嘺掳 salt fish Vism. 28. 谤辞丑颈迟补掳 the species Cyprinus rohita J. II, 433; III, 333; DhA. II, 132. On maccha in simile see J. P. T. S. 1907, 121. Of names of fishes several are given in the J膩taka tales; viz. 膧苍补苍诲补 (as the king of the fishes or a Leviathan) J. I, 207; II, 352; V, 462; Timanda & 罢颈尘颈谤补辫颈峁単补濒补 J. V, 462; Mitacintin J. I, 427; Bahucintin J. I, 427.
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)1) maccha鈥�
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(Auto-Translation): (1) Fish. (2) Various types of fish. (3) Fish. (In the ocean, there are one hundred species of fish. There are three hundred species of specific fish. There are four hundred species of definitive fish. There are seven hundred species of particular fish. There are a thousand species known as Ananda fish, specific Nanda fish, Azhyaroha fish, and Mahatimai fish, totaling eight major types of fish. For further details on fish quantities, refer to the relevant specifics.)
2) macch膩鈥�
(Burmese text):
醼欋赌呩赌贯赌�-醼赌醼坚赌娽赌丰赌横亱
(Auto-Translation):
Miss, look.
3) macch膩鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼欋�搬�羔�氠�呩�横�佱�坚�勧�横�羔亱 醼涐�搬�羔�炨�结�曖�横�佱�坚�勧�横�羔亱
(Auto-Translation): Addiction. Obsession.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩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 Dictionarymaccha (啶啷嵿).鈥攎 (S) A fish. 2 fig. The sharp-edged member of a pier which meets and sustains the force of the stream. 3 also macchayantra n The mariner's compass.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmaccha (啶啷嵿).鈥�m A fish.
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 dictionaryMaccha (啶啷嵿).鈥擜 fish (corrupted from matsya).
Derivable forms: 尘补肠肠丑补岣� (啶啷嵿啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMaccha (啶啷嵿).鈥�(Pali id.), MIndic for Sanskrit matsya, fish: 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.15.10.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaccha (啶啷嵿).鈥攎.
(-肠肠丑补岣�) A fish in general. E. mad to delight, and 艣补 aff., form irr. see matsya .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaccha (啶啷嵿):鈥�m. ([Prakrit] for matsya) a fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaccha (啶啷嵿):鈥�(肠肠丑补岣�) 1. m. A fish in general.
[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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Maccha (啶啷嵿) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Matsya.
2) Maccha (啶啷嵿) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Matsya.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMaccha (嗖矚喑嵿矝):鈥擺noun] = 嗖瞩喑嵿瞩 [macca]3.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: A, Cha, Mada, Mutta, Caya.
Starts with (+11): Maccha Jataka, Maccha Sutta, Macchabandha, Macchabhatta, Macchada, Macchadani, Macchagandha, Macchagumba, Macchakshanka, Macchamamsa, Macchamdia, Macchanda, Macchandar, Macchandar Vahal, Macchandi, Macchara, Maccharattha, Maccharayana, Maccharayati, Maccharena Sutta.
Full-text (+106): 碍丑颈峁嘺尘补肠肠丑补, Macchadana, Vaggalamaccha, Matsya, Gilabalisamaccha, Macchamamsa, Kakamacchaka, Macchabandha, Kapila Maccha, Ayatanamaccha, Kujjakakulisakamacchasanghatapittha, Macchayoni, Khuddakamaccha, Macchapacchi, Macchaparidevana, Ruccanakamaccha, Macchavilumpana, Macchavalaka, Macchasakalika, Maccha Jataka.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 100 < [Volume 4, Part 1 (1908)]
A Persian Translation of the Matsya-purana < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 66 < [Volume 9 (1888)]
Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 216: Maccha-j膩taka < [Book II - Dukanip膩ta]
Jataka 34: Maccha-j膩taka < [Book I - Ekanip膩ta]
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Vasudevahindi (cultural history) (by A. P. Jamkhedkar)
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