Ashuddhi, Aśuddhi, Asuddhī: 12 definitions

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Ashuddhi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Aśuddhi can be transliterated into English as Asuddhi or Ashuddhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि):—Dirty

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि) refers to “impurity”, according to the Mālinīvijayottaratantra, chapter 18 (“appropriate conduct of the accomplished Yogin”) verses 18.74-81 (as quoted in the Tantrāloka verse 4.213-221ab).—Accordingly, “There is no purity here, nor impurity (aśuddhi), no consideration of what is to be eaten, etc. There is no duality, nor non-duality, and no (requirement to perform) acts of devotion to the liṅga, etc. There is similarly no (requisite) abandoning of those [acts], nor the (required) renunciation of material possessions, nor again any (requirement regarding the) accumulation of material possessions. There is no (requisite) maintenance of twisted locks of hair [jaṭā], of (smearing oneself with) sacred ashes, or the like, nor any (requisite) abandoning of the same. [...]”.

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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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Yoga (school of philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Ashuddhi in Yoga glossary
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि) refers to “impurity”, according to the Bhāṣya (commentary) on the Pātañjalayogaśāstra (i.e., The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali).—Accordingly: “Yoga is not perfected by one who does not practise Tapas. Impurity (aśuddhi), which is of various kinds because of beginningless Karma, affliction and habitual tendencies and because of which the network of sense objects stands opposed [to Yoga], is not weakened without Tapas. Thus, the mention of Tapas [in the root text]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि).—a.

1) Impure, foul.

2) Wicked.

-ddhiḥ f. Impurity, foulness.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि).—f.

(-ddhiḥ) Impurity. mfn. (-ddhiḥ-ddhiḥ-ddhi) Impure. E. a neg. śuddhi purity.

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

Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि).—[feminine] impurity.

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

Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि):—[=a-śuddhi] [from a-śuddha] f. impurity, [Yoga-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashuddhi 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aśuddhi (ಅಶುದ್ಧಿ):—

1) [adjective] not clean; dirty; unclean; filthy; foul.

2) [adjective] ceremonially impure; loss of sanctity.

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Aśuddhi (ಅಶುದ್ಧಿ):—

1) [noun] = ಅಶುದ್ಧತೆ [ashuddhate].

2) [noun] disgustingly offensive dirt, garbage, etc.; filth.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ashuddhi in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Aśuddhi (अशुद्धि):—n. impurity; uncleanness;

2) Asuddhī (असुद्धी):—adj. 1. senseless; unconscious; 2. absent-minded;

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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.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ashuddhi in Pali glossary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

asuddhi (အသုဒ္ဓိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[na+suddhi]
[န+သုဒ္ဓိ]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

asuddhi—

(Burmese text): (၁) မစင်ကြယ်သော တရား၊ အကုသိုလ်တရား။ (၂) မစင်ကြယ်ခြင်း။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Impure law, wrongful law. (2) Impurity.

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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.

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