Paricaya: 20 definitions
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Paricaya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (yoga)Paricaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�) refers to one of the 鈥渇ive stages of Yogic discipline鈥� (that leads to comprehend the Lord), as discussed in chapter 3 of the 艢谤墨辫谤补艣苍补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.鈥擠escription of the chapter [测辞驳补箩帽腻苍补-迟补迟迟惫补-办补迟丑补苍补]: 艢r墨 asks about the yoga which leads to a comprehension of the Lord鈥檚 Being in the sage's heart. Bhagav膩n explains that the kind of yogic discipline that leads sages to comprehend Him within has five characteristic stages: mantrayoga, laya, paricaya, 苍颈峁补迟迟颈 and 补惫补蝉迟丑腻. Of these, the second one [laya] contains the classical 8 steps of yogic practical aims. (1-24). [...]
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)Paricaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�) refers to one of the four 鈥渟tates鈥� or 鈥渟tages鈥� of yoga practice, according to the Am峁泃asiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Ha峁環ayoga textual tradition.鈥擳he four 补惫补蝉迟丑腻s, 鈥渟tates鈥� or 鈥渟tages鈥� of yoga practice (腻谤补尘产丑补, 驳丑补峁璦, paricaya, 苍颈峁补苍苍补/苍颈峁补迟迟颈) introduced in the Am峁泃asiddhi (vivekas 19鈥�33), are taught in many Sanskrit Ha峁環ayoga texts; they are also mentioned in the old Hindi Gorakhb膩峁嚹� (艣补产诲蝉 136鈥�139).
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Paricaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�) refers to 鈥渋nspiring (the hawk) with confidence鈥� (in order to get acquinted with the trainer), according to the 艢测补颈苍颈办补-艣腻蝉迟谤补: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by R膩j膩 Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: 鈥淸...] Then every night, in the dim light of lamps, the eyes should be opened, and washed with cool and fair water. The hawk should be gradually inspired with confidence (paricaya) [ki峁僣it paricaya峁� k膩rayet] and made to hear the falconer鈥檚 voice. [...]鈥�.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (鈥減erforming arts鈥�) and Shastras (鈥渟ciences鈥�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: WikiPedia: Mahayana BuddhismParicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�) or Paricayabala (Tibetan: yong-su 鈥檇ris-pa) refers to the 鈥減ower of familiarity鈥� representing one of the six Bala (鈥減owers鈥�) connected with 艣补尘补迟丑补 (鈥渁ccess concentration鈥�), according to Kamala艣墨la and the 艢r膩vakabh奴mi section of the Yog膩c膩rabh奴mi-艣膩stra.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryparicaya : (m.) practice; familiarity; acquaintance.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryParicaya, (fr. pari+ci) familiarity, acquaintance J. VI, 337; Vism. 153; PvA. 74.鈥攁dj. (-掳) acquainted with, versed in (Loc.) J. II, 249 (j膩ta掳), VvA. 24 (kata掳); PvA. 4 (id.), 129 (id.). (Page 424)
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 Dictionaryparicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥攎 (S) Acquaintance, intimacy, familiar intercourse, conversancy (with persons, business, subjects or branches of knowledge). 2 (Mistaken for pratyaya) Experience or experimental knowledge. v gh膿, p膩ha, y膿, utara. See explication under 辫谤补迟墨迟颈.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishparicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥�m Acquaintance, intimacy.
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 dictionaryParicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥�
1) Heaping up, accumulation.
2) Acquaintance; familiarity, intimacy; 啶啶班啶粪お啶班た啶氞く啷囙え (辫耻谤耻峁辫补谤颈肠补测别苍补) M峁沜chaka峁璱ka 1.56; 啶呧い啶苦お啶班た啶氞く啶距う啶掂啷嵿啶� (补迟颈辫补谤颈肠补测腻诲补惫补箩帽腻) 'familiarity breeds contempt'; 啶ぐ啶苦啶 啶氞げ啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿く啶ㄠた啶ぞ啶むえ啷� (paricaya峁� calalak峁anip膩tane) R.9.49; 啶膏啶侧啶侧ぞ啶ぐ啶苦啶 (蝉补办补濒补办补濒腻辫补谤颈肠补测补岣�) K.76.
3) Trial, study, practice, frequent repetition; 啶灌啶む啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啶啶膏啶ム啶班啶 啶掂啷嵿い啷佮ぐ啷嵿啷佮ぃ啶ㄠた啶曕啶� 啶膏ぞ (hetu岣� paricayesthairye vakturgu峁嘺nikaiva s膩) 艢i艣up膩lavadha 2.75;11.5; 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶ぐ啶苦啶 啶曕ぐ啷嬥い啶� (var峁嘺paricaya峁� karoti) 艢.5.
4) Recognition; Meghad奴ta 9.
5) Stay; 啶氞た啶班 啶ぞ啶む啶侧お啶班た啶氞く啶距う啶掂た啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�- 啶掂啶む啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶洁じ啷嵿ぎ啶� (cira峁� m膩tulaparicay膩davij帽膩ta- v峁泃t膩nto'smi) Pratim膩 3.
Derivable forms: 辫补谤颈肠补测补岣� (啶ぐ啶苦啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryParicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥攎.
(-测补岣�) 1. Acquaintance, intimacy. 2. Accumulation. 3. Meeting with a friend. 4. Study, Practice. 5. Recognition. E. pari about, ci to gather, aff. ac.
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Paric膩ya (啶ぐ啶苦啶距く) or Paric膩yya.鈥攎.
(-测补岣�) 1. A place for preparing or holding a sacrificial fire. 2. Sacrificial fire in general. 3. Raising the rent or revenue of land. E. pari worship, &c. ci to collect, aff. 峁噛补迟, form specific.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryParicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥攊. e. pari-ci + a, m. 1. Knowledge, [厂耻艣谤耻迟补] 1, 28, 17. 2. Trial, [艢膩kuntala, (ed. B枚htlingk.)] 59, 4 ([Prakrit]). 3. Acquaintance, familiarity, [Kath膩sarits膩gara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 9, 9. 4. Accumulation.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryParicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥�1. [masculine] heaping up, accumulation.
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Paricaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥�2. [masculine] knowledge, acquaintance, familiarity or intercourse with ([genetive], [locative], [instrumental] 卤蝉补尘补尘, or 鈥斅�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Paricaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�):鈥擺=pari-caya] a etc. See under pari- 鈭�1. 2. ci.
2) [=pari-caya] [from pari-ci] b m. heaping up, accumulation, [Kau艣ika-s奴tra]
3) [=pari-caya] [from pari-ci] c m. acquaintance, intimacy, familiarity with, knowledge of ([genitive case] [locative case] [instrumental case] with or sc. samam, or [compound]), [Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] trial, practice, frequent repetition, [K膩vya literature] (cf. rati-p)
5) [v.s. ...] meeting with a friend, [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Paricaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�):鈥擺pari-caya] (测补岣�) 1. m. Acquaintance; meeting a friend; accumulation.
2) Paric膩ya (啶ぐ啶苦啶距く):鈥擺辫补谤颈-肠腻测补] (测测补岣�) 1. m. Sacrificial fire; its place; raising the rent of land.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Paricaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 笔腻谤补测补测补.
[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 dictionaryParicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�) [Also spelled parichay]:鈥�(nm) introduction; acquaintance, familiarity; -[辫补峁僰迟颈] a legend; -[patra] a letter of introduction; —[办补谤补苍腻/诲别苍腻] to introduce; to familiarize.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusParicaya (嗖舶嗖苦矚嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the state of being acquainted (with someone) or the relation resulting from it; acquaintance.
2) [noun] the state or fact of being intimate; intimate association; familiarity; intimacy.
3) [noun] the act or process of applying the mind so as to acquire knowledge or understanding, as by reading, investigating, etc.; a study.
4) [noun] 嗖舶嗖苦瞩嗖驳嗖距矖喑� [paricayavagu] paricayav膩gu to be acquainted; to be introduced to; 嗖舶嗖苦矚嗖� 嗖灌菠喑嵿菠喑� [paricaya hattu] paricaya hattu to recall another鈥檚 acquaintenance (when met again); 嗖舶嗖苦矚嗖� 嗖簿嗖∴部嗖曕硦嗖∴硜 [paricaya madikodu] paricaya m膩岣峣ko岣島 to introduce ( a person or thing) to another; 嗖舶嗖苦矚嗖� 嗖簿嗖∴部嗖曕硦嗖赤硩嗖赤硜 [paricaya madikollu] paricaya m膩岣峣ko岣丰阜u to get introduced to another; to become acquainted with.
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 DictionaryParicaya (啶ぐ啶苦啶�):鈥攏. 1. acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; conversancy; 2. heaping up; accumulation; 3. trail; study; practice; 4. identity; introduction;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Paricaya-pati, Paricayabala, Paricayaka, Paricayaka-cihna, Paricayakaruna, Paricayambade, Paricayaniya, Paricayapatra, Paricayapatta, Paricayastha, Paricayasthe, Paricayatmaka, Paricayatmika, Paricayavant, Paricayavastha, Paricayavat, Pariccayam.
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