Dasama, Dashama, Dasa-ma: 19 definitions
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Dasama means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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 Dasham.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationDaśama (दशम) refers to the “tenth (month)” (after pregnancy), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.6.—Accordingly, after the Gods eulogised Goddess Śivā:—“Thus eulogising, in many ways, the great goddess stationed in the womb, the gods returned to their abodes, highly delighted in their minds. When nine months were completed, in the tenth month [i.e., daśama—daśame māsi], the goddess, the mother of the universe, bore all the states of a child in the womb in the complete form. The time was good. The planets, stars and the luminary heavenly bodies were quiet; the sky was clear and there was brilliance in all the quarters. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchDaśama (दशम) refers to the “tenth (year)” (of Yogic breathing exercises), according to the Śivayogadīpikā, an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with Yoga possibly corresponding to the Śivayoga quoted in Śivānanda’s Yogacintāmaṇi.—Accordingly, [while describing a sequence of Haṭhayoga practices]: “Thus, by means of this Haṭhayoga which has eight auxiliaries, those [students who are] life-long celibates obtain the Siddhis of the [best of Sages] because of their untiring practice. [...] In the tenth (daśama) [year], he can move [as fast as] his mind and cheerfully go wherever he wishes. In the eleventh year, he is omniscient and a yogin who possesses the Siddhis. [...]”.
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).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusDaśama (दशम) refers to the “tenth year” (of an elephant), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “11. Producing seed upon jumping (the cow), stout-limbed, with erect penis, firmly grown teeth, rich in fire and strength, eating with relish, gladdening the herd, in the tenth year (daśama) he is a vikka”.
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: ManthanabhairavatantramDaśama (दशम) refers to the “tenth” (divine place), according to the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, [while discussing the Hagiography of Siddha Aṃśadeva]: “Then in the tenth (daśama) divine place, there will be an extremely powerful Command and you will certainly establish a lineage and a clan in the oli of the Child by the power of (that) divine Command. After that the Siddha fashioned a (human) form with (all its) limbs and the name Aṃśadeva (God with Limbs) came into being on the surface of the earth. Hands and feet, shanks, heart and back -a human body came into being and (its) face was that of a deer. He will be called Aṅgadeva in the Age of Strife. [...]”.
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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA householder (gahapati) of Atthakanagara. One day, having finished some business which took him to Pataliputta, he visited the Kukkutarama to call upon Ananda. Learning that Ananda was at Beluvagama near Vesali, he visited him there and held a discussion with him, which is recorded in the Atthakanagara Sutta. Later, assembling the monks from Pataliputta and Vesali, he entertained them and presented each with two lengths of cloth, while to Ananda he gave a suit of three robes and built for him a cell costing five hundred pieces (M.i.349ff; A.v.342ff).
Buddhaghosa says (MA.ii.571; AA.ii.866) that Dasama was so called because in the order of precedence with regard to aristocracy of birth and wealth, he occupied the tenth rank.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydaśama (दशम).—a (S) Tenth.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishdaśama (दशम).—m A tooth.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDaśama (दशम).—n. (-mī f.) Tenth.
-mam A tenth part
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśama (दशम).—mfn.
(-maḥ-mī-maṃ) Tenth. f. (-mī) 1. The tenth day of the half month. 2. The tenth or last stage of human life, the last ten years of a century. E. daśan ten, and maṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśama (दशम).—i. e. daśan + ma, I. ordinal number, f. mī, Tenth,
Daśama (दशम).—[feminine] i the tenth; [neuter] [adverb] for the tenth time; [feminine] ī the tenth day of the half moon, the tenth decad of the life.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Daśama (दशम):—[from daśa] mf(ī)n. the 10th, [Ṛg-veda i] (with yuga = mī, [158, 6]); [x; Atharva-veda v; xiii; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] n. with ahan, the last day of the day of the Daśa-rātra ceremony, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] (without ahan), [Lāṭyāyana]
4) [v.s. ...] (proparox, [Pāṇini 5-3, 49]) a 10th part, [Manu-smṛti viii f.]
5) [from daśa] cf. [Latin] decimus.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaśama (दशम):—[(maḥ-mī-maṃ) a.] Tenth. f. The tenth day of the half month; the tenth stage of life.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryDaśama (दशम) [Also spelled dasham]:—(a) the tenth.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDaśama (ದಶಮ):—
1) [adjective] preceded by nine others in a continuous series; tenth; 10th.
2) [adjective] designating any of the ten equal parts of a whole.
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Daśama (ದಶಮ):—[noun] the tenth one in a continuous series.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarydasama (ဒသမ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[dasa+ma．rū.4va6．thī-nitea dasamāç dasamī．(dagama-saṃ)]
[ဒသ+မ။ ရူ။၄ဝ၆။ ထီ-၌ ဒသမာ,ဒသမီ။ (ဒဂမ-သံ)]
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: Ma, Taca, Dasa.
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Search found 55 books and stories containing Dasama, Dashama, Daśama, Dasa-ma; (plurals include: Dasamas, Dashamas, Daśamas, mas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 1.23 < [Chapter 1 - The Innate Nature of the Zodiac Signs and Planets]
Verse 1.72 < [Chapter 1 - The Innate Nature of the Zodiac Signs and Planets]
Verse 1.49 < [Chapter 1 - The Innate Nature of the Zodiac Signs and Planets]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.24.23 < [Sukta 24]
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 1.18 < [Chapter 1 - Zodiac Signs]
Verse 1.16 < [Chapter 1 - Zodiac Signs]
Verse 10.1 < [Chapter 10 - Vocation]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Rama-caritabdhi-ratna of Nityananda Shastri (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)