Vriddhavastha, 痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻, Vriddha-avastha: 10 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Nepali
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Introduction:

Vriddhavastha means something in 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.

The Sanskrit term 痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 can be transliterated into English as Vrddhavastha or Vriddhavastha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vraddhvastha.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�) refers to 鈥渙ld age鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.50 (鈥淒escription of fun and frolic鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淸...] Then the sixteen celestial ladies arrived there and saw the couple [i.e., 艢iva and P膩rvat墨] with great respect. [...] The celestial ladies made these sweet witty remarks to Him one by one. [...] Ahaly膩 said:鈥斺€楲eave off your old age (惫峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻). Be extremely youthful so that Men膩 whose mind is fixed in her daughter may approve of you鈥欌€�.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�) refers to the 鈥渁ged state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, 鈥淵ou must understand that the body is overcome by disease, youth is overcome by old age [com.鈥敱贯箾d诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻-vy膩pta鈥斺€榓ccompanied by the aged state鈥橾, vitality is oppressed by decay and life is oppressed by death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

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

惫峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�).鈥攆 (S) Old age.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

惫峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�).鈥�f Old age.

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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

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�).鈥攐ld age.

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 惫峁沝诲丑补 and 补惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶呧さ啶膏啶ムぞ).

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

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�).鈥攆.

(-蝉迟丑腻) The condition or period of old age. E. 惫峁沝诲丑补, 补惫补蝉迟丑腻 state.

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

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�):鈥擺from 惫峁沝诲丑补 > v峁沝h] f. the condition or period of old age, senility, [Horace H. Wilson]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�):鈥擺惫峁沝诲丑腻+惫补蝉迟丑腻] (蝉迟丑腻) 1. f. State of old age.

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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

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�) [Also spelled vraddhvastha]:鈥�(nf) old age, senility.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

痴峁沝诲丑腻惫补蝉迟丑腻 (啶掂啶︵啶оぞ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶�):鈥攏. old age;

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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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