Dhauti, Dhautī: 6 definitions
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Dhauti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDhauti (धौति) or Dhautī (धौती).—f. Ved.
1) A spring.
2) A river; यो धौतीनामहिहन्नारिणक् पथः (yo dhautīnāmahihannāriṇak pathaḥ) Ṛgveda 2.13.5.
3) One of the ways of practising Yoga; धौती बस्ती तथा नौती नौलिकी त्रोटकस्तथा । कपालभाती चैतानि षट् कर्मणि समाचरेत् (dhautī bastī tathā nautī naulikī troṭakastathā | kapālabhātī caitāni ṣaṭ karmaṇi samācaret) || Haṭhayogapradīpikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhauti (धौति).—[feminine] spring, brook.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dhautī (धौती):—[from dhauta] a f. washing, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
2) [from dhauta] DotI b f. a kind of penance (consisting in washing a strip of white cloth, swallowing it and then drawing it out of the mouth), [Catalogue(s)]
3) Dhauti (धौति):—[from dhauta] 1. dhauti f. a kind of penance (consisting in washing a strip of white cloth, swallowing it and then drawing it out of the mouth), [Catalogue(s)]
4) 2. dhauti f. (√1. dhāv) spring, well, rivulet, [Ṛg-veda ii, 13, 5.]
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDhauti (ಧೌತಿ):—[noun] (yoga.) a yogic cleansing, in which a narrow, long piece of clean cloth is taken into stomach and taken our from the anus.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Amdhauti, Badhauti.
Full-text: Ghatashodhanakaraka, Satkarman, Hathayoga.
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Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Sūtra 2.32 < [Second Chapter (Sadhana Pada)]
Varahi Tantra (English Study) (by Roberta Pamio)
Chapter 26 - Haṭhayoga (according to the Haṭhayogapradīpikā) < [Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra]
Serpent Power (Kundalini-shakti), Introduction (by Arthur Avalon)
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
Part 4.4 - Yogic techniques for control of Vrttis (2): Astangayoga < [Chapter 2 - Yoga philosophy and practices]
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