Shramanoddesha, Śramaṇoddeśa: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śramaṇoddeśa can be transliterated into English as Sramanoddesa or Shramanoddesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryŚramaṇoddeśa.—(LL), Buddhist; a novice. Note: śramaṇoddeśa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚramaṇoddeśa (श्रमणोद्देश).—m. (= Pali samaṇuddesa, here seems only applied to novices, sāmaṇera), a subordinate of a (Buddhist) monk, but not always = śrāmaṇera: Ṛddhila- mātā upāsikā śramaṇoddeśikā (see next) Cundaḥ °deśaḥ (see Cunda, who is called in Divyāvadāna a śrāmaṇeraka of Śāri- putra) Divyāvadāna 160.6; in Avadāna-śataka ii.69.4 ff. (where mss. regularly śravaṇ° for śramaṇ°, em. Speyer) applied to Sumanas (4), who had been given by his father as attendant to Aniruddha; but at the time when this epithet is applied to him he had not only been initiated but become an arhant, while still acting in the rôle of attendant to Aniruddha, who calls him putraka, ii.69.3.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚramaṇoddeśa (श्रमणोद्देश):—[from śramaṇa > śram] m. (and f(ikā). ) a male or female disciple of a Śramaṇa, [Divyāvadāna]
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.
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Starts with: Shramanoddeshaka.
Full-text: Samaṇuddesa, Cunda.
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