Adho: 6 definitions
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Adho means something in 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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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Adho (“nadir”) represents one of the “two directions above and below” (paṭidisā in Pali), itself part of the “ten directions” (diś in Sanskrit or disā in Pali) according to an appendix included in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XIV). Adho or heṭṭhimā is a Pali word and is known in Sanskrit as Adhas or Adhastāt or Heṣṭhimā (?), in Tibetan as ḥog and in Chinese as hia.
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
Pali-English dictionary
adho : (ind.) under; below.
Adho, (adv.) (Vedic adhaḥ; compar. adharaḥ = Lat. inferus, Goth. undar, E. under, Ind. * n̊dher-; superl. adhamaḥ = Lat. infimus) below, usually combd. or contrasted with uddhaṃ “above” and tiriyaṃ “across”, describing the 3 dimensions. — uddhaṃ and adho above and below, marking zenith & nadir. Thus with uddhaṃ and the 4 bearings (disā) and intermediate points (anudisā) at S.I, 122; III, 124; A.IV, 167; with uddhaṃ & tiriyaṃ at Sn.150, 537, 1055, 1068. Expld. at KhA 248 by heṭṭhā and in detail (dogmatically & speculatively) at Nd2 155. For further ref. see uddhaṃ. The compn. form of adho before vowels is adh°.
adho (အဓော) [(bya) (ဗျ)]—
[sattamyantani. rū. nhā-1va9. nīti,sutta. nhā-312. .1156. (a-saṃ)]
[သတ္တမျန္တနိပါတ်။ ရူ။ နှာ-၁ဝ၉။ နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။ နှာ-၃၁၂။ ဓာန်။၁၁၅၆ကြည့်။ (အဓသ်-သံ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
adho—
(Burmese text): အောက်၊ အောက်အရပ်မျက်နှာ,ကာလ,တရား,ဘုံစသည်။ (က) အောက်၊ အကြေ၊ အစုန်။ အဓောဂါမီ-လည်းကြည့်။ (ခ) အောက် အရှိုင်း။ (ဂ) အောက်အရပ်မျက်နှာ။ (ဃ) ကာမဓာတ်၊ ကာမဘုံ။ (င) အတိတ်-ကာလ-အဓွန့်။ (စ) အနာဂတ်ကာလ။ (ဆ) အကုသိုလ်တရား။ (ဇ) ဒုက္ခဝေဒနာ။ (ဈ) လူ့ဘုံ။
(Auto-Translation): Below, aspects such as time, law, and universality. (a) Below, transparency, gathering. Also check the essence. (b) Below, depth. (c) Below aspects. (d) Sensual elements, sensual universality. (e) Past time characteristics. (f) Future time. (g) The principle of karma. (h) Suffering and pain. (i) Humanity.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Adho (अधो):—pref. down; downward; below;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+22): Adhagga, Adhakkhaka, Adhama, Adhobana, Adhobandhana, Adhobhaga, Adhobhakta, Adhobhava, Adhobhumi, Adhobhuvana, Adhodaru, Adhodesha, Adhodish, Adhodisha, Adhodrishti, Adhodvara, Adhogala, Adhogama, Adhogamana, Adhogamaniya.
Full-text (+133): Ato, Adhomukha, Adhobhaga, Adhama, Adhogata, Adhodrishti, Adhovayu, Adhogati, Adhobhuvana, Adholoka, Adhogamana, Adhodish, Adhojihvika, Adhomukhi, Adhoghanta, Adhobhumi, Adhovadana, Adhomshuka, Adhovasha, Adholamba.
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Literary research on adho shakhagat vedhya sira < [2018, Issue II, february,]
A clinical study to evaluate the effect of urdhwa-adho shodhan followed by repeated leech application in psoriasis < [2016, Issue X October]
Effect of avapeedaka snehapana in management of benign prostrate hyperplasia < [2022, Issue 07 July]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Concept of dosha gati in reference to dosha mulsthan < [2022: Volume 11, October issue 13]
Conceptual review on adho shakhagata marma < [2022: Volume 11, March issue 3]
Efficacy of pippalyadi churna with gudodak in puerperium. < [2015: Volume 4, July issue 7]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
A comprehensive study on Regional Anatomy of Adho Shaakhaagata Maamsa Marma... < [Vol. 7 No. 8 (2022)]
A literature review of Lohitaksha Marma with special reference to anatomical... < [Vol. 8 No. 7 (2023)]
A review article on Ayurvedic approach for Chikitsa Krama of Amlapitta < [Vol. 9 No. 3 (2024)]
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Page 117 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 100 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
Page 112 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]
The Relationship between Corporate Culture and Value at Different Life Cycle... < [Volume 13, Issue 4 (2021)]
Effects of an 8-Week Yoga-Based Physical Exercise Intervention on Teachers’... < [Volume 13, Issue 4 (2021)]
Assessing the Efficiency of Increasing the Track Speed in the Line Section... < [Volume 12, Issue 18 (2020)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.8.3 < [Chapter 8 - The Killing of Kaṃsa]
Verse 6.1.25 < [Chapter 1 - Jarāsandha’s Defeat]
Verse 6.13.25 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]