Bahuguna, Bahuguṇa, Bahu-guna: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Bahuguṇa (बहुगुण) refers to “possessed of many qualities”, and is mentioned in verse 1.28 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Bahukalpa (“susceptible of many modes of application”) and Bahuguṇa (“possessed of many qualities”) have been combined into a single phrase: cho-ga maṅ-po daṅ yon-tan maṅ ldan (“possessed of many modes of application and many qualities”).
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramBahuguṇa (बहुगुण) refers to “many qualities”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “(The sacred seat) Oṃkāra is in the centre. It is white and is the supreme energy. Oḍikā, (the goddess who resides here) is the mother Carcikā (of this seat). [...] The gesture is Kārālyā and it sustains the Krama that is supreme (transcendent) and inferior (immanent) and the Samayā Raudra. The current is that of the Aged, the mother is Maṅgalā who removes the impurity of the Age of Strife. (This), the First Seat, is Śivahood. (This) is the sacred seat of the Rudra called Ucchuṣma. It is endowed with the most excellent Vaṭuka and the guardian of the field is called Vara. I praise the first sacred seat, the abode of many qualities [i.e., bahuguṇa-nilaya], divided into sixteen divisions”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBahuguṇa (बहुगुण).—a. having many threads or qualities.
Bahuguṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bahu and guṇa (गुण). See also (synonyms): bahīguṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBahuguṇa (बहुगुण).—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) 1. Many times. 2. Having many good qualitles. E. bahu and guṇa quality, &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBahuguṇa (बहुगुण).—[adjective] many-threaded, manifold, various, having many (good) qualities or virtues.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bahuguṇa (बहुगुण):—[=bahu-guṇa] [from bahu > bah] mfn. many-threaded (as a rope), [Pāṇini 6-2, 176 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) [v.s. ...] manifold, multifarious, much, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] having many good qualities or virtues, [Pāṇini 6-2, 176 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Deva-gandharva, [Mahābhārata]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBahuguṇa (बहुगुण):—[bahu-guṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a. Many times; of many or good qualities.
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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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