Chada, Chāda, Chāḍā: 28 definitions
Introduction:
Chada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chhada.
Ambiguity: Although Chada has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Cada. It further has the optional forms Chaḍa.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Chada (छद) or Chadana refers to the “leaves” of a tree or plant, as mentioned in a list of seven synonyms, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Chada] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Chada (छद) is a synonym of Patra (plant-leaf), and represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.— The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants, e.g., Leaf (parṇa or patra). [...] The synonyms of Patra (“leaf”) are defined as follows: Parṇa, Dala, Palāśa, Chada and Barha.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Chada (छद) is a Sanskrit technical term translating to a “leaf” or a “feather”, or in a different context, refers to a “cover” or “covering”. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita or the Carakasaṃhita.
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)
Chada (छद) refers to a “shawl”, according to the Kularatnoddyota, one of the earliest Kubjikā Tantras.—Accordingly, “[...] (The gross form has) five faces, ten arms and, pure, it has a smiling face. [...] Her stomach is thin, navel, deep set and thighs large. (Her) hips and knees are very soft. She has beautiful thighs and red finger (nails) that are very beautiful. She (wears) beautiful cloths, a divine garland and an excellent shawl [i.e., vara-chadā]. (She wears) a necklace made of large gems, bangles on her limbs, anklets and a blazing diadem of rubies (māṇikya). O supreme mistress, adorned with divine rings (on her fingers), she sits on a svastika (as her) seat”.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Chada (छद) refers to “being covered (in a garment)”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 9.19cd-26, while instructing to visualize Sadāśiva in order to worship the formless Amṛteśa]—“[He] resembles the swelling moon, a heap of mountain snow. Five-faced, large-eyed, ten-armed, [and] three-armed, [he] has a serpent as a sacred thread. He is covered in a garment made of tiger skin (vyāghracarman-ambara-chada). [He] sits in the bound lotus pose atop a white lotus, [holding] a trident, blue lotus, arrow, rudrākṣa, [and] a mallet. [...]”.
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.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Chada (छद) refers to “layers (of leaf sheaths)”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] When the thorn of mental-faculties has been uprooted, roots and all, by means of the no-mind spade, the sage becomes happy. Like a plantain tree, the great illusion, whose layers (chada) [of leaf sheaths] along with the mind and senses [samanaskendriyacchadā], perishes totally when it has produced the fruit of the no-mind [state]. [...]”.
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).
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
Chada (छद) (lit. “the feathers of birds”) is a synonym for Vāja—a class of Yellow-eyed Hawks (known as the Pāṭalākṣa division), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the yellow-eyed division of hawks]: “As Patra, Vāja and Chada are synonymous words, all birds have a common name Vāja. Just as, though Aśvathāmā, Karṇa, Bhīṣma, Pārtha and Rukmī could all draw the bow with their left hand, Pārtha alone was called ‘the drawer of the bow, with the left hand’ for his pre-eminence, so, though all birds are Vāja (winged), the hawks specially are called Vāja”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Chada (छद) refers to the “top-sheet” or “cover (of a bed)” (i.e, “a clean white cloth”) (situated in the householders’ residence—when settling down as a citizen), according to chapter 1.4 of Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text from the 2nd century dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life belonging to Kāmaśāstra (the ancient Indian science of love-making).—Accordingly [while describing the residence of a citizen]: “[...] The house should be surrounded by a garden, and also contain two rooms, an outer and an inner one. The inner room should be occupied by the females, while the outer room, balmy with rich perfumes, should contain a bed, soft, agreeable to the sight, covered with a clean white cloth (śuklottara-cchada), low in the middle part, [madhye vinataṃ śuklottaracchadaṃ] having garlands and bunches of flowers upon it, and a canopy above it, and two pillows, one at the top, another at the bottom. [...]”.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
chada : (m.) (in cpds.) anything that covers; a veil.
Chada, (cp. chādeti chad=saṃvaraṇe Dhtp 586) anything that covers, protects or hides, viz. a cover, an awning D.I, 7≈ (sa-uttara° but °chadana at D.II, 194);— a veil, in phrase vivaṭacchada “with the veil lifted” thus spelt only at Nd2 242, 593, DhA.I, 106 (vivattha°, v. l. vaṭṭa°) & DA.I, 251 (vivatta°), otherwise °chadda; — shelter, clothing in phrase ghāsacchada Pug.51 (see ghāsa & cp. chāda);— a hedge J.VI, 60;— a wing Th.1, I 108 (citra°). (Page 274)
chada (ဆဒ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[chada+ṇa]
[ဆဒ+ဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
chada—
(Burmese text): (၁) ဖုံးလွှမ်းခြင်း၊ ဖုံးအပ်ခြင်း၊ မိုးခြင်း။ (၂) (သတ္တဝါတို့၏ သန္တာန်ကို) ဖုံးလွှမ်း-ဖုံးကွယ်-တတ်သော အကုသိုလ် ဒုစရိုက်တရား။ (၃) ဖုံးအုပ်ကြောင်း-မိုးကြောင်း-ဖြစ်သော အရာဝတ္ထု။ (က) မြက်,သစ်ရွက်စသောအမိုး။ (ခ) ငှက်တောင်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Covering, enveloping, raining. (2) The virtue of covering and concealing the essence of beings. (3) Objects that are covered and overshadowed. (a) Grass, leaves, and such coverings. (b) A bird's nest.
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
chaḍā (छडा).—m (chaḍaṇēṃ) A close and rigid search, scrutiny, inquiry, or examination. v kāḍha, pāha, lāva g. of o. 2 A trace, track, vestige, an indication of a thing sought. v lāva & lāga g. of o. 3 A twist or cord (of silk, silver &c.) by which ornaments are secured around the neck or wrist.
chaḍā (छडा).—m A close and rigid search. A trace. A cord of silk &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
Chada (छद).—
1) A covering, cover; अल्पच्छद, उत्तर च्छद (alpacchada, uttara cchada) &c.
2) A wing; अन्यभृतच्छदच्छवेः (anyabhṛtacchadacchaveḥ) Śiśupālavadha 16.5; -च्छद- हेम कषन्निवालसत् (cchada- hema kaṣannivālasat) N.2.69.
3) A leaf.
4) A sheath, case; षण्णेम्यनन्तच्छदि यत्त्रिणाभि (ṣaṇṇemyanantacchadi yattriṇābhi) Bhāgavata 3.21.18.
Derivable forms: chadaḥ (छदः).
See also (synonyms): chadana.
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Chāda (छाद).—[chad-ac] A thatch, roof.
Derivable forms: chādam (छादम्).
Chāda (छाद).—(-chāda), ifc. (compare Sanskrit chādana etc.; this stem seems not recorded anywhere), cover, protection: tad rājyaṃ dharma-chādaṃ (with dharma as its protection) prādāt Gaṇḍavyūha 416.19 (prose).
Chada (छद).—m.
(-daḥ) 1. A leaf. 2. A wing. 3. A plant: see granthiparṇī. 4. A tree bearing dark blossoms: see tamāla. E. chad to cover, &c. aff. gha, hrasvaśca .
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Chāda (छाद).—n.
(-daṃ) A thatch, a roof E. chad to cover, affix ac .
Chada (छद).—[chad + a], m. A cover, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 15, 19. 2. A leaf, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 2.
Chada (छद).—[adjective] covering (—°); [masculine] cover, veil, wing, leaf.
1) Chada (छद):—[from chad] mfn. ifc. covering, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa x, 83, 36]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a cover, covering (ifc.), [Rāmāyaṇa vii, 23, 4, 32]
3) [v.s. ...] cf. alpa-, uttara-, uraś-, ghana-, tanu-, danta-, daśana-, vadana-
4) [v.s. ...] m. (ifc. f(ā). ) a wing, [Nalopākhyāna ix, 12]
5) [v.s. ...] m. a leaf, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcatantra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Prabodha-candrodaya iv, 27/28]
6) [v.s. ...] cf. a-yuk-, kara-, karkaśa-, etc.
7) [v.s. ...] asra-bindu- & āyata-cchadā
8) [v.s. ...] the lip, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] Xanthochymus pictorius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] the plant granthi-parṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] n. feathers, [Bālarāmāyaṇa v, 13.]
12) Chāda (छाद):—[from chad] a n. ([irregular] [Pāṇini 6-4, 96]) a roof, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [from chāttra] b etc. See, [ib.]
1) Chada (छद):—(daḥ) 1. m. A leaf; a wing; a plant; a tree with dark blossoms.
2) Chāda (छाद):—(daṃ) 1. n. A thatch, a roof.
Chada (छद):—(von 1. chad) m. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 3.]
1) Decke, Bedeckung: alpacchada nothdürftig bekleidet [Mṛcchakaṭikā 15, 19.] hṛtaukaso marā ghanacchadāḥ in Wolken gehüllt [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 27.] Vgl. uttaracchada, uraśchada, tanucchada, dantacchada, vadanacchada . —
2) Flügel [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 30.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 206.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1318.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 226.] [Medinīkoṣa d. 5. Nalopākhyāna 9, 12.] —
3) Blatt [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 14.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1123] [?(Nalopākhyāna). Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha Medinīkoṣa Mahābhārata 3, 8359. Arjunasamāgama 4, 50. Rāmāyaṇa 2, 55, 6. 5, 16, 37. 43. Pañcatantra II, 2. Prabodhacandrodaja 79, 17. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 6, 28.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Mahābhārata 2, 1809.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 59, 21.] Vgl. ayukchada, asravinducchadā, āyatacchadā, karacchada, karkaśacchada u. s. w. —
4) Name zweier Pflanzen: a) = granthiparṇa . — b) = tamāla [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. duśchada .
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Chāda (छाद):—(von [1.] chad) n. (!) Dach [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] Eine falsche Form; vgl. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 96.]
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Chada (छद):—
1) vaiyāghravasanacchada [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 23, 4, 32.] —
5) adj. verhüllend: ravicchada [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 83, 36.]
Chada (छद):——
1) Adj. am Ende eines Comp. verhüllend. —
2) m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) Decke , Bedeckung , Hülle. — b) Flügel. — c) Blatt. — d) *Xanthochymus pictorius und *eine andere Pflanze. —
3) n. Gefieder [Bālarāmāyaṇa 122,6.]
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Chāda (छाद):—n. (!) Dach.
Chāda (छाद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Oṃbāla, Chaya, Chāya, Ḍhakka, Ṇuma, Ṇūma, Sannuma.
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.
Hindi dictionary
1) Chaḍa (छड):—(nf) a rod, bar.
2) Chaḍā (छडा):—(a) unmarried; with no encumbrance; all by oneself, alone.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Chaḍa (छड) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āruh.
2) Chaḍā (छडा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Chaṭā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Chaḍa (ಛಡ):—[noun] the act of going up; a climbing, soaring.
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Chada (ಛದ):—
1) [noun] a piece of cloth used for concealing something; a cloth cover.
2) [noun] either of the two feathered forelimbs of a bird, fully developed for flying, as in most birds or insufficiently developed for flight and used for balance in running, etc., as in chickens or ostriches or for swimming, as in penguins or some ducks; a wing.
3) [noun] any of the flat, thin, expanded organs, usu. green, growing laterally from the stem or twig of a plant, that is involved in the processes of photosynthesis and transpiration; a leaf.
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Chāḍa (ಛಾಡ):—[noun] = ಛಾಡಿ [chadi].
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Chāda (ಛಾದ):—[noun] = ಛಾದನ [chadana].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Chaḍa (छड):—n. a rod; pole; bar;
2) Chada (छद):—n. 1. a covering; lid; 2. skin; hide; 3. wings of a bird; 4. leaves of trees or creepers;
3) Chāḍā (छाडा):—adj. 1. unrestrained; free; wanton; 2. branded; 3. shameless; mannerless; 4. unbarred for animals; n. wanton person or animal;
4) Chāda (छाद):—n. 1. vomit; spew; 2. the vomited object;
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 (+0): Chada, Cata, Na.
Starts with (+31): Cata, Cata-cataenal, Catacatenal, Catakkatai, Catamakutam, Catamuni, Catamuti, Cataniram, Cataparam, Cataparatan, Catapatarttam, Catappal, Catavaka, Chadambara, Chadapana, Chadapatra, Chadapehi, Chadapesi, Chadapessasi, Chadapeti.
Full-text (+328): Channa, Chanda, Dantacchada, Shati, Chadana, Acchadana, Pacchada, Paticchadi, Acchanna, Challi, Saptacchada, Ucchadana, Acchadita, Urashchada, Ucchanna, Dasanacchada, Dushchada, Dacchada, Uttaracchada, Chata.
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