Cihana, Cihaṇa, Cihāna: 5 definitions
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Cihana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chihana.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCihaṇa (चिहण).—a. = चिक्कण (cikkaṇa) q. v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCihaṇa (चिहण):—beginning a Gaṇa of [Pāṇini 6-2, 125.]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryCihāna (चिहान):—n. 1. crematorium; graveyard; 2. a burial-place;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarycihana (စိဟန) [(na) (န)]—
[ciha+yu．cihīyati lakkhīyati anenāti cihanaṃ．ciha lakkhaṇe．,ṭī．55．(cihna-saṃ)]
[စိဟ+ယု။ စိဟီယတိ လက္ခီယတိ အနေနာတိ စိဟနံ။ စိဟ လက္ခဏေ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၅၅။ (စိဟ္န-သံ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)cihana—
(Burmese text): မှတ်သားကြောင်းတံဆိပ်၊ အမှတ်တံဆိပ်၊ အမှတ်အသား။
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Yu.
Starts with: Cihanakantha.
Full-text: Cihanakantha, Chihaan.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 934 < [Hindi-Kannada-English Volume 1]
Page 918 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
Page 159 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 3]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 4.5c - List of virtues associated with the fifth Yogadṛṣṭi < [Chapter 4 - The Eight Yogadṛṣṭis and the nature of a Liberated Soul]
Chapter 4.5c - Nature of spiritual activities performed by a Sthirā-dṛṣṭi beholder < [Chapter 4 - The Eight Yogadṛṣṭis and the nature of a Liberated Soul]