Ashadhabhuti, Āṣāḍhabhūtī, Āṣāḍhabhūti: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Ashadhabhuti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
The Sanskrit terms Āṣāḍhabhūtī and Āṣāḍhabhūti can be transliterated into English as Asadhabhuti or Ashadhabhuti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaĀṣāḍhabhūti (आषाढभूति).—See under Pañcatantra.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I1) Āṣāḍhabhūti (आषाढभूति) or Āṣāḍhabhūtikathā refers to one of the 157 stories embedded in the Kathāmahodadhi by Somacandra (narrating stories from Jain literature, based on the Karpūraprakara), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Kathāmahodadhi represents a repository of 157 stories [e.g., Āṣāḍhabhūti-kathā] written in prose Sanskrit, although each of them is preceded by a verse. Together, they stage a large number of Jain characters (including early teachers). [...]
2) Āṣāḍhabhūti (आषाढभूति) is the name of a monk, according to the Āṣāḍhabhūtirāsa (dealing with the lives of Jain teachers).—The story [of Āṣāḍhabhūtirāsa] goes back to the Piṇḍaniryukti 474-480 where it is delineated in cryptic style and meant to illustrate alms-food obtained through fraud (māyāpiṇḍa), then expanded in Sanskrit by the avacūris and numerous versions in vernaculars. The monk Āṣāḍhabhūti begged alms at the house of the actor Viśvakarma. In order to get alms several times, he used deceit, repeatedly changing his appearance through magical power. He gave up monastic life to marry the actor’s two daughters whose beauty had attracted him, and became a professional actor. [...]”.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryāṣāḍhabhūtī (आषाढभूती).—See ākhāḍa &c.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀṣāḍhabhūti (आषाढभूति):—[=āṣāḍha-bhūti] [from āṣāḍha] m. Name of a man, [Pañcatantra]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Aṣāḍhabhūti (अषाढभूति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Asāḍhabhūi.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀṣāḍhabhūti (ಆಷಾಢಭೂತಿ):—[noun] one who feigns to be better than he is or to be what he is not; a hypocrite.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ashadha, Bhuti, Asada.
Starts with: Ashadhabhutikatha, Ashadhabhutirasa, Ashadhabhutitana.
Full-text: Ashataputi, Asadhabhui, Ashadhabhutirasa, Mayapinda.
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