Bahiraka, Bāhiraka: 5 definitions
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Bahiraka means something in 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybāhiraka : (adj.) of another faith; outsider.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBāhiraka, (adj.) (=bāhira, but specialised in meaning bāhira 3) outsider, non-religious, non-Buddhist, heretic, profane S. II, 267; A. I, 73; III, 107; Kvu 172 (isayo); VvA. 67 (itthi).—kathā unreligious discussion, profane story KhA 118 (cp. bāhirakathā).—tapa=foll. J. I, 390.—pabbajjā the ascetic life as led by disciples of other teachers than the Buddha, esp. Brahmanic (cp. bāhira° and BSk. bāhirako mārgaḥ, e.g. MVastu I. 284; II, 210; II, 223) J. III, 364; DhA. I, 311. (Page 486)
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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybahiraka (बहिरक).—f (Better bairaka) An ensign or a banner: also a troop or company (esp. of Arabs) under one flag.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbahiraka (बहिरक).—f An ensign or a banner: a company (esp. of Arabs) under one flag.
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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBāhiraka (बाहिरक).—(compare prec.; = Pali id.), external, but in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] noted only in the special meaning outside (the Buddhist religion), non-Buddhist, heretical: brāhmaṇo °rako Mahāvastu iii.223.4; with tīrthya, Śikṣāsamuccaya 332.9; in Pali with -pabbajjā and -tittha in this sense; in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] especially with mārga, a non- Buddhist (religious) path, °keṇa mārgeṇa Mahāvastu i.284.1; ii.210.7 (by em.); iii.450.9; and read so in ii.30.11; 48.19; iii.152.11, in which Senart keeps the corruption bāhitakena (or vāh°) mārgeṇa, inconsistently (the phrase is obviously the same and must be read in the same way; Senart, i n. 431 and 587, expresses the belief that the true reading is °taka, but fails to act on it in the first three passages above; Pali bāhiraka helps to prove him wrong). For the general sense compare bahidhānugatāḥ s.v. bahidhā.
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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Starts with: Bahirakapabbajja, Bahirakarma.
Full-text: Bahitaka, Vahitaka, Abbhantarika, Bahayati, Baheti, Bahira.
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