Ketubha, Keṭubha, Ketu-bha: 8 definitions
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Ketubha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKeṭubha, (deriv. unknown) explained by Buddhaghosa DA. I, 247 as “the science which assists the officiating priests by laying down rules for the rites, or by leaving them to their discretion” (so Trenckner, J. P. T. S. 1908, 116). In short, the ritual; the kalpa as it is called as one of the vedaṅgas. Only in a stock list of the subject a learned Brahmin is supposed to have mastered D. I, 88; A. I, 163, 166; Sn. 1020; Miln. 10, 178. So in BSk; AvŚ II. 19; Divy 619. (Page 225)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKetubha (केतुभ).—a cloud.
Derivable forms: ketubhaḥ (केतुभः).
Ketubha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ketu and bha (भ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKetubha (केतुभ).—m.
(-bhaḥ) A cloud. E. ketu the plant, and bha what resembles it in darkness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKetubha (केतुभ):—[=ketu-bha] [from ketu] m. a cloud, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKetubha (केतुभ):—[ketu-bha] (bhaḥ) 1. m. A cloud.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKēṭubha (ಕೇಟುಭ):—[noun] that part of the scriptures which deals with the procedure, conditions etc. of rituals.
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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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Chapter 3 - Sumedha the Brahmin < [Volume 1.1]
Buddha Chronicle 3: Maṅgala Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Biography (41): Mogharāja Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on Biography of the thera Sāgata < [Chapter 4 - Kuṇḍadhānavagga (section on Kuṇḍadhāna)]
Commentary on Biography of thera Parappasādaka < [Chapter 7 - Sakacintaniyavagga (section on Sakacintaniya)]
Commentary on the biography of the the thera Sāriputta < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXIII - Megha and Meghadatta < [Volume I]