Svapnavat, Svapnav膩n: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationSvapnavat (啶膏啶掂お啷嵿え啶掂い啷�) refers to 鈥渄ream-like鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.23 (鈥淥utraging the modesty of V峁沶d膩鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after Vi峁ａ箛u (in disguise) tricks V峁沶da (wife of Jalandhara): 鈥淎fter saying this and restoring him to life, that sage who was Vi峁ａ箛u the foremost among those who wield illusion vanished from the scene. Jalandhara thus revived to life by him stood up. Delighted in mind he embraced V峁沶d膩 and kissed her face. On seeing her husband, V峁沶d膩 too was delighted. She forgot her sorrow. She considered everything a dream (svapnavat) [蝉惫补辫苍补惫补诲诲丑峁沝测补尘补苍测补迟补]. Delighted in the heart and with all the dormant passions kindled up, she sported with him for many days in the middle of that forest. Once at the end of the sexual intercourse she realised that it was Vi峁ａ箛u. V峁沶d膩 rebuked him angrily and spoke thus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.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaSvapnavat (啶膏啶掂お啷嵿え啶掂い啷�) refers to the 鈥渄ream-like (appearance)鈥� (of delusion), according to the A峁ａ弓膩vakrag墨t膩 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved膩nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淧raise be to that by the awareness of which delusion itself becomes dream-like (svapnavat) [yasya bodhodaye t膩vatsvapnavadbhavati bhrama岣�], to that which is pure happiness, peace and light. One may get all sorts of pleasure by the acquisition of various objects of enjoyment, but one cannot be happy except by the renunciation of everything. [...]鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) 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).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsSvapnavat (啶膏啶掂お啷嵿え啶掂い啷�) or Svapanavat, refers to 鈥渄ream-like鈥� (i.e., 鈥榯hat which is like a dream鈥�), according to the 11th century J帽膩n膩r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚s one not disturbed by [family] attachments? Is this body not cut down by diseases? Does death not open its mouth? Do calamities not do harm every day? Are hells not dreadful? Are not sensual pleasures deceiving like a dream (svapanavat鈥�svapanavad bhog膩 na ki峁� va帽cak膩)? Because of which, having discarded one鈥檚 own benefit, you have a desire for the world which is like a city of Ki峁僴aras鈥�.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysvapnavat (啶膏啶掂お啷嵿え啶掂い啷�).鈥攁 (S) Like a dream; illusory, unreal, unsubstantial, airy, evanescent, flitting &c. (as a dream).
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsvapnavat (啶膏啶掂お啷嵿え啶掂い啷�).鈥�a Like a dream; illusory.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySvapnavat (啶膏啶掂お啷嵿え啶掂い啷�):鈥擺=svapna-vat] [from svapna > svap] ind. (risen) as (from) a dr掳, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
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.
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Partial matches: Svapna, Van, Vat.
Full-text: Svapanavat.
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