Alana, Ālāna: 18 definitions
Introduction:
Alana means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Ālāna (आलान) (Cf. Ālānita, Bandhitā) refers to “binding” (to the post of the mind), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Further, for the complete attainment of the desire for liberation, non-attachment, restraint and tranquillity, those [twelve reflections] are tied [com.—ālāna—‘binding’] to the post of the mind by mendicants desiring liberation”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
ālāna : (nt.) stake; a post (to which an elephant is tied). || āḷāna (nt.), stake; a post (to which an elephant is tied).
Ālāna, & Āḷāna (nt.) (for ānāhana with substitution of l for n (cp. apilandhana for apinandh° and contraction of °āhana to °āna originally meaning “tying to” then the thing to which anything is tied) a peg, stake, post, esp. one to which an elephant is tied J.I, 415; IV, 308; DhA.I, 126 (ḷ) where all MSS. have āḷāhana, perhaps correctly. (Page 109)
1) ālāna (အာလာန) [(na) (န)]—
[ā+lā+yu]
[အာ+လာ+ယု]
2) āḷāna (အာဠာန) [(na) (န)]—
[ā+lā+yu]
[အာ+လာ+ယု]
3) āḷāna (အာဠာန) [(na) (န)]—
[ā+lā+yu]
[အာ+လာ+ယု]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) ālāna—
(Burmese text): ချည်တိုင်၊ ဆင်ချည်တိုင်။
(Auto-Translation): String puppet, elephant string puppet.
2) āḷāna—
(Burmese text): ချည်တိုင်၊ ဆင်ချည်တိုင်။
(Auto-Translation): Bamboo pole, elephant bamboo pole.
3) āḷāna—
(Burmese text): ချည်တိုင်၊ ဆင်ချည်တိုင်။ အာလာန-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): String doll, elephant string doll. Look at the altar.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
aḷaṇa (अळण).—n A sauce,--flour of gram (Cicer arietinum) boiled and spiced. 2 Flour, or other matter, used as thickening stuff to dishes.
aḷaṇa (अळण).—n A sauce. Flour or other matter thickening dishes.
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āḷaṇa (आळण).—See under अ.
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
Ālāna (आलान).—[ālīyate'tra, ā-lī-lyuṭ]
1) The post to which an elephant is tied; tying post, also the rope that ties him; अरुंतुदमिवालानमनिर्वाणस्य दन्तिनः (aruṃtudamivālānamanirvāṇasya dantinaḥ) R.1.17,4. 69,81; आलाने गृह्यते हस्ती (ālāne gṛhyate hastī) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.5; वन्या इव विनालानं क्रीडन्तु करिणो मम (vanyā iva vinālānaṃ krīḍantu kariṇo mama) Śiva. B.19.19;2.52.
2) A fetter, tie.
3) A chain, rope, string.
4) Tying, binding.
Derivable forms: ālānam (आलानम्).
Ālāna (आलान).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. The post to which an elephant is lied. 2. The rope that ties him. 3. A fetter, a tie. 4. Tying, binding. 5. A rope or string. E. āṅ before lā to take, ālā to tie or fasten, affix lyuṭa.
Ālāna (आलान).—n., 1. A post to which an elephant is tied, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 62, [distich] 76. 2. The rope that ties him, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 69.
Ālāna (आलान).—[neuter] the post or rope, to or with which an elephant is tied.
1) Ālāna (आलान):—n. ([from] ā-√lī, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary] ?), the post to which an elephant is tied, [Mṛcchakaṭikā; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.
2) the rope that ties him
3) a fetter, tie, rope or string, [Raghuvaṃśa; Kādambarī]
4) binding, tying, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) m. Name of a minister of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Ālāna (आलान):—[ā-lāna] (naṃ) 1. n. The post to which an elephant is tied; a rope.
[Sanskrit to German]
Ālāna (आलान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āṇāla.
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
Ālāna (ಆಲಾನ):—[noun] a post for tying an elephant to.
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Āḷāna (ಆಳಾನ):—[noun] a heavy post to tie an elephant to.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Ālāna (आलान):—n. 1. the post to which an elephant is tied; elephant post; 2. fetter; tie; 3. chain; rope; string; 4. tying; binding;
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)
Partial matches: Yu, Lana, A, La.
Starts with: Alanakam, Alanam, Alanastambha, Alanata, Alanatappu, Alanay.
Full-text: Alanika, Alanita, Alanam, Alanastambha, Pitaki, Vicalana, Alan, Anala, Bandhita, Gajabandhana, Tan-aricuttu, Alaka, Atana, Shanku.
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