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Svabhavata, 屹ٲ: 6 definitions

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Svabhavata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Svabhavata in Ayurveda glossary

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

屹ٲ (स्वभाव�) or Svabhāva refers to the classification of medicinal drugs (ṣa) and substances (dravy) according to “natural properties� (or the state of a thing as such), as defined in the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). Accordingly, “these seven [eg., 屹ٲ] are the everlasting sources of the names i.e. names spoken in different regions or countries such as Kāśmīraja, Kāmbojī, Magadhodbhavā or Vālhikā�.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Svabhavata in Shaktism glossary
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

1) 屹ٲ (स्वभाव�) refers to “one’s own true nature�, according to the second recension of the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, as the God (i.e., Bhairava) said to the Goddess (i.e., Khageśī), “O goddess, have compassion on me. I am Bhairava who has come before (you). O lord (prabhu), impart the Kula liturgy of the Command (ñ) (to me)—burst apart the Liṅga! Reveal yourself according to your own true nature (屹ٲ) as the greatly sacred Ocean of the Yoni. Accomplishment (siddhi) has come forth from there.�.

2) 屹ٲ (स्वभाव�) refers to “one who has arisen spontaneously�, representing an aspect of Śivā, according to the Devīpañcaśataka, an important source of the Kālīkrama that developed in Kashmir after the Kālī Mata of the Jayadrathayāmala.—Accordingly, “The Great God—Mahādeva—is beyond Śakti, supreme bliss, [...] O Supreme Lord! By his awakening, that supreme Kālikā has spontaneously arisen (𳦳󲹲), the one supreme power endowed with those same attributes. She is subtle, supreme, tranquil, and delighted by supreme bliss. Śivā has arisen spontaneously (屹ٲ); stainless, she is (all that is) knowable. She is the Supreme Goddess who, by her own will, is (both) the Transmental (‘Without Mind�) and With Mind�.

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Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) 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.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Svabhavata in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

屹ٲ (स्वभाव�) refers to “one’s own nature�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.9.—Accordingly, as Menā said to Himācala (Himavat):—“As but is natural to women [i.e., nārī-屹ٲ], the words of the sage have not been understood by me well. (I think it is better) that you perform the marriage of our daughter with a handsome bridegroom. Let the bridegroom of Pārvatī be born of a good family endowed with good characteristic signs. In every respect that marriage will yield an unprecedented happiness. Obeisance to you. Do everything necessary to make our daughter, as beloved to us as our own lives, very happy and delighted after being united with a good bridegroom�.

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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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Vedanta (school of philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Svabhavata in Vedanta glossary
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

屹ٲ (स्वभाव�) refers to “acting in accordance with one’s own nature�, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “[...] Truly it is in the limitless ocean of myself, that stimulated by the colourful waves of the worlds everything suddenly arises in the wind of consciousness. It is in the limitless ocean of myself, that the wind of thought subsides, and the trader-like living beings' world bark is wrecked by lack of goods. How wonderful it is that in the limitless ocean of myself the waves of living beings arise, collide, play and disappear, according to their natures (屹ٲ) [udyanti ghnanti khelanti praviśanti 屹ٲ��.

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Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Svabhavata in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

屹ٲ: (स्वभाव�:).�ad Naturally.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Svabhavata in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

屹 (स्वभावता):—[=-屹-] [from sva-bhāva > sva] f. ([Jātakamālā]) the state of innate disposition or nature

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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