Piccha: 19 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
India history
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Prakrit
5. Kannada
6. Nepali
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Introduction:

Piccha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, 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 Pichchha.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita鈥擳ext on Visha Chikitsa

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�) [=辫颈帽肠肠丑补] refers to 鈥渇eathers鈥� (e.g., of a peacock), according to the K腻艣yapa Sa峁僪it腻: an ancient Sanskrit text from the P腻帽car腻tra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Vi峁cikits腻鈥攁n important topic from 膧yurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Vi峁vidy腻 or Sarpavidy腻).鈥擜 number of different permutation and combination of herbs are prescribed as Lepa and P腻na for removing the poison of Ma峁囜笉al墨 snakes.鈥擜ccording to the K腻艣yapasa峁僪it腻 verse 9.80: 鈥淧aste of K腻p墨, blue Lotus and sesame when used for fumigation destroy the poison of Gho峁嘺sa snake. Also fumigation with mango bark, sesame the lorement of the Boar and feather of peacock (may奴ra-辫颈帽肠肠丑补)鈥�.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�):鈥擺piccha岣 Slimy

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膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

India history and geography

: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

1) Piccha refers to one of the septs (khilai) among the Sembanattus (Sembanadus): an important sub-divisions of the Maravans (one of the first of the Dravidian tribes that penetrated to the south of the peninsula). The Maravan people claim descent from Guha or Kuha, R腻ma鈥檚 boatman, who rowed him across to Ceylon.

2) Piccha (mendicancy symbolic of family priests) refers to a type of 鈥減rivilege鈥� applied to certain divisions of the Nambutiris. Piccha refers to the right of officiating as family priests. The Nambutiri people form the socio-spiritual aristocracy of Malabar, and, as the traditional landlords of Parasu Rama鈥檚 land, they are everywhere held in great reverence.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

piccha : (nt.) 1. tail-feather; 2. (any kind of) gum.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Piccha, (nt.) (cp. Epic Sk. piccha & puccha tail, to Lat. pinna, E. fin. Ger. finne) tail-feather, esp. of the peacock Vin. I, 186 (mora掳).鈥攄ve掳 (& de掳) having two tail-feathers J. V, 339, 341 (perhaps to be taken as 鈥渨ing鈥� here, cp. Hal腻yudha 2, 84=pak峁). Cp. pi帽cha & pi帽ja. (Page 457)

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Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻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 Dictionary

piccha (啶た啶氞啶�).鈥攏 (S) A feather. 2 The tail of a peacock. 3 A crest. 4 m S A tail.

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辫颈肠肠丑腻 (啶た啶氞啶涏ぞ).鈥攎 (piccha S through H) The hinder parts. 2 The back-piece (of an Angrakha &c.) Used gen. in figurative senses, such as these following. 辫颈肠肠丑腻 gh膿峁嚹撫箖-puravi峁嚹撫箖-dhara峁嚹撫箖, picchay腻sa basa峁嚹撫箖 or l腻ga峁嚹撫箖, picchay腻vara asa峁嚹撫箖 To pursue with closeness and determination, lit. fig.; to hang upon; to be closely dodging, intently following or watching (in order to injure, befriend &c.) 辫颈肠肠丑腻办补谤补峁嚹抚箖 To recoil or kick--a gun.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

piccha (啶た啶氞啶�).鈥�n A feather. A crest. A tail.

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辫颈肠肠丑腻 (啶た啶氞啶涏ぞ) [-岣嵞�, -啶∴ぞ].鈥�m The hinder parts. The back piece. 辫颈肠肠丑腻 gh膿峁嚹撫箖-puravi峁嚹撫箖-dhara峁嚹撫箖, picchay腻sa basa峁嚹撫箖 or l腻ga峁嚹撫箖, picchay腻vara asa峁嚹撫箖 To pursue with closeness and determination. 辫颈肠肠丑腻 办补谤补峁嚹抚箖 To recoil or kick-a gun.

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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

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�).鈥擺picch-ac]

1) A feather of a tail (as of a peacock); Bh腻gavata 1.12.4.

2) The tail of a peacock; 啶多た啶栢た啶た啶氞啶涏げ啶距啷嵿啶苦い啶曕お啷嬥げ啶た啶む啶む (艣颈办丑颈辫颈肠肠丑补濒腻帽肠丑颈迟补办补辫辞濒补产丑颈迟迟墨) Kir腻t腻rjun墨ya 12.41; 啶曕啶粪ぃ啶げ啶樴啶掂た啶侧ぎ啷嵿が啶苦お啶苦啷嵿- 啶︵ぞ啶啶ㄠ 啶多た啶栢ぐ啶多た啶栢ぞ啶� 啶多た啶栢た啶多啶栢ぐ啶距え啶啶粪啶� (k峁峁嘺malaghuvilambipiccha- d腻mna岣� 艣ikhara艣ikh腻岣� 艣ikhi艣ekhar腻namu峁a) 艢i艣up腻lavadha 4.5.

3) The feathers of an arrow.

4) A wing.

5) A crest.

-肠肠丑补岣� A tail in general.

-肠肠丑腻 1 A sheath, covering, coat.

2) The scum of boiled rice.

3) A row, line.

4) A heap, multitude.

5) The gum or exudation of the silk-cotton tree.

6) A plantain.

7) An armour.

8) The calf of the leg.

9) The venomous saliva of a snake.

1) A betel-nut.

11) A diseased affection of a horse's feet.

Derivable forms: piccham (啶た啶氞啶涏ぎ啷�).

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Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�).鈥攓. v.

See also (synonyms): 辫颈帽肠肠丑补.

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

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�).鈥攏.

(-肠肠丑补峁�) 1. The tail of a peacock. 2. A crest. 3. The feather of a tail. 4. The feather of an arrow. m.

(-肠肠丑补岣�) A tail in general. f.

(-肠肠丑腻) 1. The gum of the silk cotton tree. 2. A line, a row or range. 3. A diseased affection of a horse鈥檚 feet. 4. The nut of the Areca, betel-nut. 5. A plantain. 6. The scum of boiled rice. 7. A sort of body dress, or jacket. 8. The venomous saliva of a snake. 9. The Sisu tree, (Dalbergia Sisu.) 10. A sheath, a coat or cover. 11. An armour. 12. A multitude, a heap. 13. The calf of the leg. 14. The Indian cuckoo. 15. The exudation of the Salmali tree. E. picch to divide, aff. 驳丑补帽 or ac .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�).鈥擨. m. A tail. Ii. n. 1. A feather of the tail, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 175, 9; especially of a peacock. 2. A crest.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�).鈥擺neuter] feather of a tail ([especially] of the peacock); [plural] the feathers of an arrow. [feminine] 腻 the scum of boiled rice etc.; lump, mass, heap, multitude.

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

1) Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�):鈥擺from pich] n. a feather of a tail ([especially] of a peacock, [probably] from its being spread or expanded), [Mah腻bh腻rata; K腻vya literature] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] ([plural]) the feathers of an arrow, [K腻ty腻yana-艣rauta-s奴tra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] a tail (also m.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a wing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a crest, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) 笔颈肠肠丑腻 (啶た啶氞啶涏ぞ):鈥擺from piccha > pich] f. the scum of boiled rice and of other grain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] the gum of Bombax Heptaphyllum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] slimy saliva, [Caraka]

9) [v.s. ...] the venomous saliva of a snake, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] a multitude, mass, heap, [Caraka]

11) [v.s. ...] the calf of the leg, [Var腻ha-mihira]

12) [v.s. ...] a sheath or cover, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

13) [v.s. ...] the areca-nut, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

14) [v.s. ...] a row or line, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

15) [v.s. ...] a diseased affection of a horse鈥檚 feet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

16) [v.s. ...] Dalbergia Sissoo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

17) [v.s. ...] = moc腻 and picchila, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

18) [v.s. ...] armour, a sort of cuirass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�):鈥�(肠肠丑补峁�) 1. n. The tail of a peacock; a crest. m. A tail. f. (ch腻) A gum; arrow; betel nut; plantain; a coat or sheath; a sore in horse鈥檚 feet; scum of rice; saliva of a snake; a Sisu tree.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Piccha.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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 dictionary

1) Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit words: 顿峁浥�, 笔谤别办峁�.

2) Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Piccha.

3) 笔颈肠肠丑腻 (啶た啶氞啶涏ぞ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 笔谤别办峁Ｄ�.

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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 corpus

Piccha (嗖部嗖氞硩嗖�):鈥�

1) [noun] a feather of a bird.

2) [noun] the long, brightly coloured feather of a peacock.

3) [noun] one of the feathers tied or fixed to one end of an arrow.

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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

Piccha (啶た啶氞啶�):鈥攏. 1. the tail of a peacock; 2. tail;

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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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