Achadana, Āchādana: 1 definition
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Achadana means something in 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 Achhadana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀchādana (आछादन).—nt. = prec. (compare next), gift, present (not necessarily clothes): Lalitavistara 58.2 āchādanāni codgṛhya; this verse deals with the same events described in prose 58.6 saṃpravāryāchādanāni ca dattvā (clothes might, but need not necessarily, be meant); Mahāvastu iii.177.16 -pauruṣeyā veṣṭetavyā (see veṣṭeti) bhojanāchādanena sarvehi ca utsavehi samanvāharitavyā; Bodhisattvabhūmi 115.7 kaścit pareṣāṃ bhaktāchādanahetoḥ dāsabhāvam upagacchet; 269.24 tasyāham ucitaṃ vā bhaktāchādanaṃ samucchetsyāmi…, I will deprive him of his customary gift of food; bhaktā- chādana Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.51.22. (Some take bhojanāch°, bhaktāch° as dvandvas, food and clothing; while perhaps not impos- sible, this seems to me unlikely.)
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Starts with: Accatanam, Accatanapalai, Accatanapalam.
Full-text: Accatanam, Accatanapalai, Accatanapalam, Gonika, Ucchadana.
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