Sevana, 厂别惫补苍腻: 23 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
2. Purana
3. Shaktism
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
5. Prakrit
6. Kannada
7. Nepali
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Introduction:

Sevana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Sevan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣腻stra

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え):鈥擲ixteenth of the eighteen Sa峁僺k腻ra (special purification process). They are used to purify rasa (mercury) as per 搁补蝉补艣腻蝉迟谤补 literature (Medicinal Alchemy), and are mentioned in texts such as the Rasaprak腻艣asudh腻kara. In 膧yurveda, Sa峁僺k腻ra refers to the 鈥渄etoxification鈥� process of metals and herbs. The Sevana-sa峁僺k腻ra is mainly used for transmutational alchemical purposes. In other words: the last ten 蝉补峁僺办腻谤补蝉 are sequentially used for the ends of transmutational and elixir alchemy. Sevana refers to the final process of transmuting mercury, where it 鈥榖ecomes fit鈥� for internal use.

: archive.org: History of Indian Science Technology (rasashastra)

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え, 鈥渂ecoming fit鈥�) refers to 鈥渂ecoming fit for internal use鈥� and represents to the last of eighteen alchemical purification processes of mercury (mah腻rasa, rasendra or p腻rada). A religio-philosophic base was given to mercury-based alchemy in India. Mercury was looked upon as the essence of God 艢iva, and sulphur as that of Goddess P腻rvat墨.

Mercury had to undergo 18 processes (e.g., sevana) before it could be used for transforming either metals or the human body. A combination of male and female principles (i.e. mercury and sulphur) forming cinnabar or mercuric sulphide or even of mercury and mica, was supposed to be highly potent and was therefore consumed as a Ras腻yana or medicine for increasing body fluids or vitality. The earliest mention of Ras腻yana was found in 膧yurveda which was probably composed by 8th or 9th century BC, since it was a part of Atharvaveda, the last of the four Vedas.

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え) refers to the 鈥渟utures (in the skull)鈥� (of elephants), according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 5, 鈥渙n marks of the stages of life鈥漖: 鈥�6. With wood-like (hardening) skin, thin (nearly closed) sutures (tanu-sevana) (in the skull), thin hair (on the head), fond of mud, water, and dust; he shows a very little sexual excitement, becomes angry, is sensitive to pleasure and pain and to guidance with the foot, and also understands words (of command) and other (directions, sc., with goad or stick), and so (begins to be) controllable by a driver, and is superficially sensitive (to very slight stimuli); the nape of the neck, avagraha, and tusks become prominent: this is a kalabha, who has reached the fifth year鈥�.

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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.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え) refers to 鈥渟erving鈥� and represents one of the nine-fold (苍补惫补诲丑腻) devotion (bhakti), as explained in the 艢ivapur腻峁嘺 2.2.23, as 艢iva said to Sat墨:鈥斺€淸...] O Goddess Sat墨, listen, I shall explain the great principle whereby the remorseful creature becomes a liberated soul (mukta). [...] Devotion (bhakti) to me is considered as the bestower of worldly pleasures and salvation. It is achievable only by my grace. It is nine-fold (苍补惫补诲丑腻) [viz., sevana]. There is no difference between devotion and perfect knowledge. A person who is engrossed in devotion enjoys perpetual happiness. Perfect knowledge never descends in a vicious person averse to devotion. [...] According to scholars O Goddess, the nine ancillary adjuncts are:鈥擺viz., sevana, 鈥榮erving鈥�...]. O 艢iva, its further subdivisions too have been explained鈥�.

Sevana (鈥榮erving鈥�) detailed explanation: 鈥渢he service rendered to the godhead commencing at the early dawn, with mind, speech, hands and feet is what is called serving鈥�.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え) refers to 鈥渁ttending鈥� (the sacred seats), according to the Manth腻nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik腻.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗e who constantly worships the transmission of the sacred seats that has come down through the sequence of the series (of teachers), having known it thus, is himself Bhairava directly apparent. He who does the round of the sacred seats, whether he is a teacher (腻c腻rya) or an adept, is liberated. He is 艢iva directly apparent; he is (a true) member of the tradition and the best of teachers. By attending (sevana) the sacred seats, all (one鈥檚) countless sins are destroyed, whether one has committed brahminicide a thousand times (or even) if one has killed a myriad cows. So one should worship the four seats constantly. The desire of one (who does) so becomes an accomplishment (siddhi) and he is dear to the Yogi苍墨s鈥�.

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Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch腻

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え) refers to 鈥渟erving (spiritual friends)鈥�, according to the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch腻: the eighth chapter of the Mah腻sa峁僴ip腻ta (a collection of Mah腻y腻na Buddhist S奴tras).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗ow, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva obtain the mastery (惫补艣颈迟腻辫谤腻辫迟补) in the arising of birth and death? When the Bodhisattva is endowed with twelve dharmas, son of good family, he attains the mastery in the arising of birth and death. What are the twelve? To wit, (1) he avoids bad friends and serves spiritual friends (办补濒测腻峁嘺尘颈迟谤补-蝉别惫补苍补); (2) he completely purifies erroneous view-points; (3) he purifies the mass of moral discipline which is authorized by the Buddha; (4) he knows the entrance into concentration; [...]鈥�.

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Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻y腻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帽腻p腻ramit腻蝉奴迟谤补蝉.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え) refers to 鈥渄evotion (to teachings)鈥�, according to the 11th century J帽腻n腻r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸com.鈥擧e speaks about the result of devotion to other teachings (补苍测补艣腻蝉补苍补蝉别惫补苍补辫丑补濒补尘)]鈥擜lso the unconsidered and pleasing teachings, which are vile, of those who are bad are practised by people who are controlled by [their] tongue and genitals, etc. The jewel of enlightenment is not easily obtained again for men in the ocean of life like a jewel of great value that has fallen from the hand into a great ocean鈥�.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sevana : (nt.) 1. 腻ssociation with; 2. service. 3. use of. || sevan腻 (f.) 1. 腻ssociation with; 2. service. 3. use of.

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

厂别惫补苍腻, (f.) (fr. sevati) following, associating with Sn. 259; Dhs. 1326; Pug. 20; Dhtp 285 (as nt.); cohabiting Vin. III, 29. (Page 724)

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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

s膿vana (啶膏啶掂え).鈥攏 (S) Serving or service. 2 Using, adopting, taking up into fruition, trying; the so employing or applying of a substance, a thing, an operation, a measure, a means (e. g. an article of food or medicine, an act or a point of regimen) as to be, in one's own person, the recipient of the virtues, qualities, or influences of. Ex. au峁dh腻c膿峁� s膿0 t奴 kara m墨 u峁ａ箛艒dakasn腻n腻c膿峁� s膿0 办补谤补迟艒峁�; t膿thal腻 v腻yu 腻峁噄 t膿thal膿峁� p腻峁嚹� t膿thal腻腻c腻ra 腻峁噄 t膿thal腻 vic腻ra t膿thal膿峁� j膿峁� k腻峁僪墨帽ca t墨峁� as墨峁� gu峁嚹�- vaha 腻h膿ta k墨峁� mahin腻bhara ty腻帽c膿峁� s膿0 k膿ly腻sa yaccay腻vat r艒ga n腻h墨峁僺膿 h艒t腻ta. 3 Sewing. 4 In anatomy. A certain union of parts, of which seven instances occur in the body; viz. the five sutures of the cranium, the frenum of the tongue, and that of the glans penis.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

s膿vana (啶膏啶掂え).鈥�n Service, serving. Using.

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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

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え).鈥擺蝉颈惫-蝉别惫-濒测耻峁�]

1) The act of serving, service, attendance upon, worship; 啶ぞ啶む啶班啶曕啶むぞ啶む啶ぞ啶椸啶班啶膏啶掂え啷囙え (p腻tr墨k峁泃腻tm腻 gurusevanena) R.18.3; 笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补 (Bombay) 1.11.

2) Following, practising, employing; 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距ぃ啶距 啶啶班じ啶權啶椸啶� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶膏啶ぞ啶膏啶掂え啷囙え啶� 啷� 啶ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶膏啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班ぞ啶ㄠさ啶︵啶掂ぞ啶傕じ啷� 啶ㄠぐ啶距ぇ啶ぞ啶� (indriy腻峁嚹遽箖 prasa峁単ena dharmasy腻sevanena ca | p腻p腻n sa峁儁腻nti sa峁僺腻r腻navadv腻峁僺o nar腻dham腻岣�) || Manusm峁泃i 12.52.

3) Using, enjoying.

4) Enjoying carnally; 啶い啷� 啶曕ぐ啷嬥い啷嵿く啷囙啶傕ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ啶掂啶粪げ啷€啶膏啶掂え啶距う啷� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹 (yat karotyeka峁價腻tre峁嘺 v峁涐梗al墨sevan腻d dvija岣�) Manusm峁泃i 11.178.

5) Devotion to, fondness for.

6) Frequenting, dwelling in.

7) Binding, fastening.

8) Sewing, stitching.

9) A sack.

Derivable forms: sevanam (啶膏啶掂え啶).

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厂别惫补苍腻 (啶膏啶掂え啶�).鈥擲ee 啶膏啶掂え啶 (sevanam) (1); 啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶む 啶う啶ㄠ啶膏啶掂え啶ぞ啶掂ぐ啷佮う啷嵿ぇ啶距え啷� (t腻neva te madanusevanay腻varuddh腻n) Bh腻g. 3.23.7.

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

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え).鈥攏.

(-苍补峁�) 1. Sewing, darning, stitching. 2. A sack. 3. Service, worship. 4. Using, practising, following, being addicted to, or fond of. 5. Enjoying sexually. f. (-苍墨) 1. A needle. 2. (In anatomy,) A peculiar union of parts, of which seven instances occur in the body: viz:鈥攖he five sutures of the cranium, the frenum of the tongue, and that of the glans penis. 3. A seam. E. 峁惫 to sew, or 峁惫 to serve, aff. lyu峁� .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え).鈥攊. e. siv and sev + ana, I. n. 1. Sewing, stitching. 2. A sack. 3. Following, being addicted to, haunting, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 241, 1; practising, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] ii. [distich] 32; using, 217, 23. 4. Enjoying, dallying with, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 11, 178. 5. Service, [搁腻箩补迟补谤补峁単颈峁嚹�] 5, 368. Ii. f. 苍墨, A needle.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え).鈥�1. [neuter] sewing; seam, suture.

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Sevana (啶膏啶掂え).鈥�2. [neuter] following, serving, revering, practising, frequenting, using, employing (mostly 鈥斅�).

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

1) Sevana (啶膏啶掂え):鈥擺from siv] a See 2. sev sub voce

2) [from sev] 1. sevana n. (for 2. See [column]2) the act of frequenting or visiting or dwelling in or resorting to ([compound]), [K腻vya literature; 笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补; Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺]

3) [v.s. ...] waiting upon, attendance, service, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah腻bh腻rata] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] honouring, reverence, worship, adoration (also f(腻). ), [K腻vya literature; Var腻ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it腻] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] sexual enjoyment, intercourse with ([compound]), [Manu-sm峁泃i xi, 178]

6) [v.s. ...] devotion or addiction to, fondness for, indulgence in, practise or employment of ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Manu-sm峁泃i; R腻m腻ya峁嘺 etc.]

7) [from sevaka] 2. sevana n. (for 1. See [column]1) the act of sewing, darning, stitching, [Su艣ruta; Vopadeva; 膧pastamba-艣rauta-s奴tra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え):鈥�(苍补峁�) 1. n. Sewing; a sack; service; practising. f. (墨) A needle; the union of parts in anatomy.

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

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 厂别惫补峁嘺, 厂别惫补峁嘺y腻, Seva峁嚹�.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え) [Also spelled sevan]:鈥�(nm) taking (as medicine, etc.), consuming; using, use; serving.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

1) 厂别惫补峁嘺 (啶膏啶掂ぃ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Sevana.

2) Seva峁嚹� (啶膏啶掂ぃ啶�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 厂别惫补苍腻.

2) Seva峁嚹� has the following synonyms: 厂别惫补峁嘺y腻.

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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

S膿vana (嗖膏硣嗖掂波):鈥�

1) [noun] a taking care of another a respectable or elder person or of the sick, injure, etc.; a diligent and attentive service.

2) [noun] the act of joining together by or as by sewing.

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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

Sevana (啶膏啶掂え):鈥攏. 1. serving; service; 2. devotion; 3. taking a course of medicine;

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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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