Tiracchana, Tiracchāna: 3 definitions
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Tiracchana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Tirachchhana.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarytiracchāna : (m.) an animal; a beast.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryTiracchāna, (for °gata=Sk. tiraścīna (°gata)=tiraśca; “going horizontally, ” i.e. not erect. Cp. tiraccha, tiriyaṃ, tiro) an animal It. 92 (tiracchānaṃ ca yoniyo for tiracchāna-yoniyo); Vbh. 339 (°gāminī paṭipadā leading to rebirth among beasts); VvA. 23 (manussatiracchāna an animal-man, wild man, “werwolf”).
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTiracchāna (तिरच्छान).—(m.; = Pali id.; compare Sanskrit tiraścīna; ā for ī due to some analogy, somehow related to the stem-final of tiraccha, q.v. for other forms), animal (sub-human): °na-cārikāṃ Mahāvastu i.27.2, 4, journey to the animals (compare tiryagyoniṣu 4); °na-yonīyaṃ iii.274.16, see s.v. tiric- chāna; °na-gata (= Pali id.), existing in the state of an animal: °gatāṃ Mahāvastu i.17.5 (acc. pl.); °gatāye (v.l. tiric- chāna- q.v.) iii.153.19.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tiracchanagata, Tiracchanakatha, Tiracchanavijja, Tiracchanayoni, Tiracchanayonika.
Full-text (+9): Low Speech, Low Talk, Tiricchana, Frivolous Talk, Foolish Babble, Vaca, Poṇika, Tiryagyonika, Tiracchanavijja, Tiracchanayonika, Tiraccha, Bhassa, Tiracchanakatha, Tiracchanagata, Kathika Sutta, Kacchapalakkhana, Kathika, Tiracchanayoni, Loka, Manussa.
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