Acchidra: 11 definitions
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Acchidra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Achchhidra.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Acchidra (अच्छिद्र) refers to the “non-frayed (edges)” (of the ears of elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 2, “on favorable marks”]: “3. (Good is) an elephant whose feet are distinguished by nails numbering twenty, the elevation of whose temporal bosses is great, whose two ears are red and their edges not frayed (acchidra) [acchidrāñcalaraktakarṇayugalaḥ], whose girth is very smooth, whose tusks are honey colored and the right one higher, whose belly is well filled out, whose tail and trunk are regularly stout, straight, long, and handsome, who is swarthy like betel nuts”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Acchidra (अच्छिद्र, “crackless”) or Acchidraśīla refers to the “morality without cracks”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “if, with the exception of the four grave offenses formulated in the fivefold discipline (pañcaśīla), one violates all the other serious precepts, this is a violation ‘with faults’ (khaṇḍa). The other wrongdoings are ‘cracks ‘ (chidra). [...] the great sins are called ‘defects’ (defeats?) and the small wrongdoings are called ‘cracks’”.
Acchidra (अच्छिद्र) refers to the “absence of chinks (in one’s thought)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja said this to the congregation of Bodhisattvas: ‘Sons of good family, may all of you elucidate the gates into the dharma of transcending the path of the works of Māra’ [...] The Bodhisattva Śailaśikharasaṃghaṭṭanarāja said: ‘Just as the wind enters through a chink, just so the māra can find a weak point where there is a chink in thought. The Bodhisattva therefore should not have any chink (acchidra) in his thought. Here, the thought without chink (acchidra) is, that is to say, to fulfill the emptiness endowed with all sorts of excellencies ([...]). This is the gate into the light of the dharma that the Bodhisattva transcends the sphere of the Māra’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Acchidra (अच्छिद्र).—a. [na. ba.] Unbroken, uninjured, complete, unimpaired, without holes or weak points, faultless, without defect; अच्छिद्रैः सुस्तम्भैर्मन्त्रिभिः (acchidraiḥ sustambhairmantribhiḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.126; जपच्छिद्रं तपच्छिद्रं यच्छिद्रं श्राद्धकर्मणि । सर्वं भवतु मेऽच्छिद्रं ब्राह्मणानां प्रसादतः (japacchidraṃ tapacchidraṃ yacchidraṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi | sarvaṃ bhavatu me'cchidraṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādataḥ) ||; तत्तथा क्रियतां राजन्यथाऽच्छिद्रः क्रतुर्भवेत् (tattathā kriyatāṃ rājanyathā'cchidraḥ kraturbhavet) Rām., °ऊति (ūti) giving perfect protection Ṛgveda 1.245.3.
-dram A faultless action or condition, absence of defect; °द्रेण (dreṇa) uninterruptedly, from first to last.
Acchidra (अच्छिद्र).—[adjective] unbroken, uninterrupted, complete.
1) Acchidra (अच्छिद्र):—[=a-cchidra] mfn. free from clefts or flaws, unbroken, uninterrupted, uninjured
2) [v.s. ...] n. unbroken or uninjured condition, an action free from defect or flaw
Acchidra (अच्छिद्र):—I. [tatpurusha compound] n.
(-dram) Uninterruptedness, complete-ness. E. a neg. and chidra. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-draḥ-drā-dram) 1) Uninterrupted.
2) Uninjured, unhurt. E. a priv. and chidra.
[Sanskrit to German]
Acchidra (अच्छिद्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Acchidda.
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
Acchidra (ಅಚ್ಛಿದ್ರ):—
1) [adjective] not having pores; non-porous; not having rifts.
2) [adjective] not broken; being in intact position.
3) [adjective] without deficiency; defectless.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Acchidracitta, Acchidracittata, Acchidradarshana, Acchidrakanda, Acchidrancala, Acchidrata, Acchidrayaman, Acchidrodhan, Acchidrodhni.
Full-text (+2): Acchidrakanda, Acchidrodhni, Acchidroti, Acchidradarshana, Acchidda, Chidradarshana, Acchidroktha, Acchedya, Acchidrena, Aviddhakarna, Acchinnaparna, Acchedika, Acchidyamana, Aroka, Achidradarshana, Aviddhakarni, Acchinna, Acchinnapattra, Acchidrancala, Acchidracittata.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 28 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter IV(b) - Anugīta-Gāthā < [Volume I]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 12 - Liberation (mokṣa) < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 28 - Jaṭeśvara (jaṭa-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 28 - Procedure of the Pilgrimage (Yātrā) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]