Adosha, Adoṣa, Adosa: 16 definitions
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Adosha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. 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.
The Sanskrit term Adoṣa can be transliterated into English as Adosa or Adosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Adoṣa (अदोष).—Absence of fault; absence of inconvenience. The expression सोप्यदोषो भवति (sopyadoṣo bhavati) often occurs in the Mahābhāṣya: cf. MBh. on I. 3.62; I. 4.108, etc.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Adoṣa (अदोष, “poetry”) means “devoid of faults or blemishes”—.These faults are divided into two types—sphuṭa or permanent and asphuṭa which are not permanent. The blemishes like cyutasaṃskṛti etc. are permanent. So the words and meanings which will go to constitute poetry must be devoid of these permanent blemishes.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Part of the Sobhana Cetasikas. Adosa has non destructive effect. It urges citta to have a good mood and kindness. In the presence of adosa others wellbeing is always considered. This comprises physical, mental, emotional, psychological, social and any aspect of others. It character is unhurting in nature. It is true friendship. It is loving kindness.
'hatelessness, is one of the 3 wholesome roots (mūla).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Biology (plants and animals)
Adosa in India is the name of a plant defined with Justicia adhatoda in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Adhatoda vasica Nees (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Research Bulletin (1970)
· Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft (1976)
· Planta Medica (1990)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (Wallich) (1829)
· Planta Medica (1989)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Adosa, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
aḍōsā (अडोसा).—m (āḍa & vasaṇēṃ) Shelter, covert, cover; shade or defence afforded. aḍōśānēṃ From behind some shelter or covert (some wall, tree, curtain, screen, veil).
aḍōsā (अद्ōसा).—m [āḍōsā] Covert, shelter. Shade or defence.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Adoṣa (अदोष).—a. [na. ba.]
1) Free from faults, demerits &c.; innocent; जायामदोषामुत संत्यजामि (jāyāmadoṣāmuta saṃtyajāmi) R.14.34.
2) Free from the faults of composition, such as अश्लीलता, ग्राभ्यता (aślīlatā, grābhyatā) &c., See दोष (doṣa); अदोषौ शब्दार्थौ (adoṣau śabdārthau) K.P.1; अदोषं गुणवत् काव्यम् (adoṣaṃ guṇavat kāvyam) Sar. K.1.
-ṣaḥ Not a fault; किमित्यदोषेण तिरस्कृता वयम् (kimityadoṣeṇa tiraskṛtā vayam) Kirātārjunīya 14.11. though not at fault.
Adoṣa (अदोष).—[adjective] guiltless, sinless; [masculine] no guilt or sin.
Adoṣa (अदोष):—[=a-doṣa] mfn. faultless, guiltless, [Raghuvaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
Adoṣa (अदोष):—1. m. —
1) kein Uebel , — Missstand [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 25,5,25.] —
2) kein Vergehen , keine Sünde [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra 23,29.]
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Adoṣa (अदोष):—2. Adj. (f. ā) schuldlos [120,18.] [Raghuvaṃśa 14,34.]
Adoṣa (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 有何失 [yǒu hé shī]: “what kind of error will there be?”..
2) 無失 [wú shī]: “without loss”.
3) 無有失 [wú yǒu shī]: “nothing to lose”.
4) 無有過 [wú yǒu guò]: “faultless”.
5) 無此過 [wú cǐ guò]: “no [such] fallacy”.
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
Adōṣa (ಅದೋಷ):—[noun] absence of fault or blemishness; faultlessness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Adoṣa (अदोष):—adj. faultless; guiltless; blameless;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
1) adosa (အဒေါသ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+dosa]
[န+ဒေါသ]
2) adosa (အဒေါသ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[na+dosa]
[န+ဒေါသ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) adosa—
(Burmese text): မပြစ်မှားခြင်း၊ အမျက်မထွက်ခြင်း၊ မပြစ်မှားတတ်သောတရား၊ အဒေါသစေတသိက်၊ မေတ္တာ။
(Auto-Translation): No wrongs, no mistakes, the steadfast truth, the path of compassion, kindness.
2) adosa—
(Burmese text): အပြစ်-အနာအဆာ-မရှိသော။
(Auto-Translation): Innocent.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dosha, A, Na.
Starts with: Adoshadarshin, Adoshagunatmata, Adoshajna, Adoshata, Adoshavant.
Full-text (+33): Dosha, Adoshadarshin, Mukhadosha, Adosajjhasaya, Adosanidana, Adosahetu, Adosapakata, Ganthadosa, Adosanissanda, Adosussada, Kushalamula, Adosasamudaya, Dosaggha, Kulina, Adosh, Hetuka, Adasasamika, Adosappaccaya, Adosaniddesa, Adosaja.
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