The Sanskrit term Adhodiś can be transliterated into English as Adhodis or Adhodish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Adhodiś (अधोदिश्) refers to the “direction of below”, according to the Viṃśikāvṛtti 7.—Accordingly, “For if an atom has one part in the direction of the east, [and others in the directions of the south, west, north, above] and below (adhodiś-bhāga), given that [the atom] is differentiated into [various] parts according to the directions, how could the atom be one [whereas it] consists of these [different parts]?”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhodiś (अधोदिश्).—f. the lower region, the nadir; the southern direction.

Adhodiś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhas and diś (दिश्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Adhodiś (अधोदिश्).—(-dik) (= Sanskrit adho-diś, recorded in commentary on Hemacandra Abhidh., [Boehtlingk and Roth]; also, without citation, in Apte), the nadir; according to Kern, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Preface vi, in Kashgar recension of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, for Nepalese adhodik.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhodiś (अधोदिश्):—[=adho-diś] [from adhas] f. the lower region, the nadir.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhodiś (अधोदिश्):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-dik) 1) The lower region.

2) The Nadir. E. adhas and diś.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adhodish in German

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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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Partial matches: Dish, Adho, Adhas, Ato.

Starts with: Adhodisha.

Full-text: Adhas, Dharmarata, Adhara.

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