Vedanta, 痴别诲腻苍迟补, Veda-anta, Ved膩峁僼a, Vedamta: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擲ee under Veda.
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�) refers to 鈥渓iterally, veda鈥撯�榁edic knowledge鈥�, anta鈥撯�榗onclusion鈥�. The 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s are the latter portion of the Vedas, and the 痴别诲腻苍迟补-蝉奴迟谤补 summarizes the philosophy of the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s in concise statements. Therefore the word 鈥槼毡鸹迥宀猿俨光�� especially refers to the 痴别诲腻苍迟补-蝉奴迟谤补鈥�. (cf. Glossary page from 艢谤墨尘补诲-叠丑补驳补惫补诲-骋墨迟腻).
: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd Edition痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�) refers to:鈥斺�榯he conclusion of Vedic knowledge鈥�. The 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s are the latter portion of the Vedas and the 痴别诲腻苍迟补-蝉奴迟谤补 summarises the philosophy of the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s in concise statements. Therefore, the word 鈥槼毡鸹迥宀猿俨光�� especially refers to the 痴别诲腻苍迟补-蝉奴迟谤补. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�) refers to the 鈥湵璨共跃贬梗a诲s鈥�, according to the Yogay膩j帽avalkya 2.8-10ab.鈥擜ccordingly, while discussing the study of the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s and the Pur膩峁嘺s: 鈥淸In the case of Brahmins,] the wise say that the study of philosophy, [which is the sixth Niyama in this yoga system,] is the study of the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s (惫别诲腻苍迟补). Like Brahmins, they prescribe the study of [the same] philosophy for K峁triyas. And 鈥�...鈥� for good Vai艣yas, possessed of virtuous conduct, as well as [those] 艢奴dras, women and ascetics who maintain their religious duties, the wise say that the study of philosophy is the study of the Pur膩峁嘺s鈥�.
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).
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: HinduismThe mystic teachings in Vedanta are centered on a fundamental truth of the universe that cannot be reduced to a concept or word for the ordinary mind to manipulate. Rather, the human experience and mind are themselves a tiny fragment of this truth. In this tradition, no mind-object can be identified as absolute truth, such that one may say, "That's it." So, to keep the mind from attaching to incomplete fragments of reality, a speaker could use this term to indicate that truth is "Not that."
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraVedanta (啶掂啶︵え啷嵿い) refers to the 鈥渄octrine of M膩y膩 (illusion)鈥�, as mentioned in chapter 1.1 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, as Mah膩mati exposed the Vedanta doctrine to king 惭补丑腻产补濒补 (i.e., previous incarnation of 峁氠梗abha):鈥�
鈥淚t is illusion (尘腻测腻); nothing is real. The visible world is like a dream or a mirage. A teacher and a disciple; a father and a son; virtue and vice; one鈥檚 own and another鈥檚; such things as appear, that is only a form of expression, not reality. Just as the jackal left meat, and ran after a fish on the bank, and the fish got in the water and a vulture got the meat, exactly so those men are deceived and deprive themselves of both, who abandon pleasures of this world and run after those of the next world. After they have heard the false teaching of heretics, fearing hell, they foolishly torment their own bodies, alas! by vows, etc. Just as a partridge dances on one foot, afraid that it will fall on the ground, so a man practices penance fearing a fall into hell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 Dictionaryv膿d膩nta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶傕い).鈥攎 (S) The theological part of the Vedas. Considered collectively, it is contained in the passages or chapters of the Vedas termed upa- ni峁d. They inculcate an abstract and speculative monotheistical worship, and deny the actual existence of the material universe. 2 A theological system founded upon the Vedas, teaching that Matter is an illusion and that the sole existence is One all-pervading spirit. 3 The term is applied to any sage discourse upon the illusoriness and unreality of the objects of sense, or upon the emptiness of earthly pleasures, pains, or troubles.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishv膿d膩nta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶傕い).鈥�m The theological part of the Vedas.
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痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥�
1) 'the end of the Veda', an 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲 (which comes at the end of the Veda). Also
Derivable forms: 惫别诲腻苍迟补岣� (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶む).
痴别诲腻苍迟补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms veda and anta (啶呧え啷嵿い).
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痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥�(See quotation from b峁沨adyogiy膩j帽a- valkyasm峁泃i under -补峁単补 above).
Derivable forms: 惫别诲腻苍迟补m (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぎ啷�).
痴别诲腻苍迟补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms veda and anta (啶呧え啷嵿い).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攎.
(-苍迟补岣�) The theological part of the Vedas; considered collectively it is contained in the many numerous passages or chapters of the Vedas termed Upanishads, which inculcate an abstract and speculative monotheistical worship, and these have been further explained and illustrated by later writers: the founder of the school is Vyasa, and subsequently Sankaracharya is its most eminent teacher. E. veda the Vedas, and anta end, sum, scope or substance.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攊. e. veda-anta, m. 1. The complete Veda, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 2, 160. 2. A philosophical system based particularly on the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s, [痴别诲腻苍迟补s膩ra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擺masculine] the end of the Veda or of the Veda-study; [Name] of a philos. system.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攂y Sv膩tm膩nandopade艣a. B. 4, 94. The latter is likely to be the true title.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺from veda] a etc. See p.1017.
2) [from veda] b m. end of the Veda (= 鈥榗omplete knowledge of the Veda鈥� cf. 惫别诲腻苍迟补-ga), [Taittir墨ya-膩ra峁噛aka; Mah膩bh膩rata]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of the second and most important part of the M墨m膩峁僺膩 or third of the three great divisions of Hind奴 philosophy (called 痴别诲腻苍迟补 either as teaching the ultimate scope of the Veda or simply as explained in the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s which come at the end of the Veda; this system, although belonging to the M墨m膩峁僺膩 [q.v.] and sometimes called Uttara-m墨m膩峁僺膩, 鈥榚xamination of the later portion or 箩帽腻苍补-办腻峁囜笉补 [q.v.] of the Veda鈥�, is really the one sole orthodox exponent of the pantheistic creed of the Hind奴s of the present day a creed which underlies all the polytheism and multiform mythology of the people; its chief doctrine [as expounded by 艢a峁僰ara] is that of Advaita id est. that nothing really exists but the One Self or Soul of the Universe called Brahman [neut.] or Param膩tman, and that the J墨v膩tman or individual human soul and indeed all the phenomena of nature are really identical with the Param膩tman, and that their existence is only the result of Aj帽膩na [otherwise called Avidy膩] or an assumed ignorance on the part of that one universal Soul which is described as both Creator and Creation; Actor and Act; Existence, Knowledge and Joy, and as devoid of the three qualities [see 驳耻峁嘺]; the liberation of the human soul, its deliverance from transmigrations, and re-union with the Param膩tman, with which it is really identified, is only to be effected by a removal of that ignorance through a proper understanding of the 痴别诲腻苍迟补; this system is also called Brahma-m墨m膩峁僺膩 and 艢膩r墨rakam墨m膩峁僺膩, 鈥榠nquiring into Spirit or embodied Spirit鈥�; the founder of the school is said to have been Vy膩sa, also called B膩dar膩ya峁嘺, and its most eminent teacher was 艢a峁僰ar膩c膩rya), [鲍辫补苍颈峁诲; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s or works on the 痴别诲腻苍迟补 philosophy, [Manvarthamukt膩val墨, kull奴ka bha峁弓a鈥檚 Commentary on manu-sm峁泃i on Manu-sm峁泃i vi, 83.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺惫别诲腻+苍迟补] (苍迟补岣�) 1. m. The metaphysicotheological doctrines of the Vedas, teaching the abstract worship of God; name of a school of divinity or philosophy professing them.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)痴别诲腻苍迟补 (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 痴别补峁僼补.
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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 dictionaryVed膩峁僼a (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶傕い) [Also spelled vedant]:鈥�(nm) one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy (so called either as teaching the ultimate scope of the Veda or simply as explained in the Upanishads, which come at the end of the Vedas); ~[箩帽补/惫颈诲] conversant with the Vedanta system of philosophy; ~[惫腻诲墨] one who believes in the [惫别诲腻峁僼补] philosophy; -[蝉奴迟谤补] the aphorism of Vedanta, compiled by the sage-philosopher Vyas or Badrayan.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusV膿d膩峁僼a (嗖掂硣嗖︵簿嗖傕菠):鈥�
1) [noun] one of the six main schools of ancient Indian philosophy.
2) [noun] Indian philosophy in gen.
3) [noun] a fundamental truth, law, doctrine or motivating force, upon which others are based; a principle.
4) [noun] the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s, which form the concluding part of the vedas.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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