Dinacarya, Dina-carya, Dinacaryā: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Dinacarya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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 Dinacarya.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) refers to the “daily routine” (of domesticated elephants), 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 11, “On the keeping of elephants and their daily and seasonal regimen”]: “8. Inspection of bed and water (?), exercise, suitable medicine, rubbing down with powder, returning to the stall post, food accompanied by ghee and jaggery, giving of pastry, bathing, drinking water, and in the afternoon food accompanied by a quarter (of the amount) of sesame oil, and medicine, and then sleep—this is the daily routine (dinacaryā) of elephants, step by step [dinacaryā gajānāṃ krameṇa]”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) refers to one of the topics dealt with in the Rudradatta, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—Dinacaryā and other topics of the the Rudradatta deal with medicine.
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) refers to the “daily routine” (including general lines of hygienic life), according to Ayurvedic treatises and Dharmaśāstras.—These texts are full of injunctions regarding purity, ablutions, diet, regulations, behaviour and mental and physical discipline. The daily routine and seasonal conduct known as dinacaryā-ṛtucaryā as well as the general lines of hygienic life known as svasthavṛtta are given in elaborate detail in the medical treatises, and these no doubt formed part of the universal curriculum of education and ethics. The benefits of cleansing the teeth and the tongue, ear, the eye and the skin, the bath, the inunction, massage, non-suppression of the natural urges, the selection of food and drink, the occasions for avoidance and indulgence in the sexual act, the usefulness and manner of taking certain things like curds, butter-milk, honey and ghee and such other simple but very important facts that make for a healthy life were the common knowledge of all people.
Dinacaryā thus refers to the “regimen of daily life”.—Hygiene plays a most important role in Indian medicine. This code of health lays down in full details the regimen of daily life (dinacaryā) in general, and its modifications and variations in different seasons (ṛtucaryā) and the most important point emphasized is that the application of these rules is to be made according to the individual constitution (prakṛti) of men. Dinacaryā comprises of instructions about diet and activity, work, rest and sleep, sense-purity, sex-hygiene and behaviour in general. Its domain covers not only strengthening the physical powers of the body, but also the strengthening and increasing the vitality of all the senses and the psyche. It contains specific injunctions and clear-cut dos and don’ts with regard to the natural urges of the body and mind.
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या):—Made out of two words, Dina and Charya. Dina refers to Day / day time / day today and Charya refers to regimen / routine work which includes Ahara(Food) and Vihara (activities), thus Dinacharaya means daily routines or day to day regimens.
Dinacharya (daily regimen) is one of the principles mentioned in Ayurveda in context to prevention. The dinacharya a regimen if followed properly helps to attain physical, mental and spiritual well-being of an individual. Concept of the lifestyle is nothing but, prevention is better than cure. By adopting dinacharya which is given in Ayurveda one can maintain the health and we can avoid the diseases and its complication, which is need to day’s stannous lifestyle. Not only that we can help in conservation and preservation of environmental hazards, thereby help to balances the ecosystem and lifestyle.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) refers to “daily transits”, according to the Hāyanaratna—a nibandha or meta-commentary drawing on many important expositions of Tājika or Perso-Arabic astrology.—The last chapter of the Hāyanaratna quotes twice from the section on ‘daily transits’ (dinacaryā) in the Saṃvitprakāśa authored by Govinda Kavīśvara, although the author’s name is not given by Balabhadra.—[Note: This Saṃvitprakāśa should not be confused with the Vaiṣṇava idealist treatise of the same name, authored by Vāmanadatta in Kashmir in the eleventh century or earlier].
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Kavya (poetry)
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) refers to the “daily practice (of a king)”, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 53. Accordingly, “[...] And Vīravara stood at the palace gate of the king [Vikramatuṅga] for the first half of the day, and after he had performed his daily prayers and other duties he came back and remained there at night also. The spies reported to the king continually that daily practice (dinacaryā) of his [etāṃ taddinacaryāṃ ca nityaṃ cārā nyavedayan], and then the king, being satisfied, ordered those spies to desist from observing him. And Vīravara remained day and night at the gate of the king’s palace, sword in hand, excepting only the time set apart for bathing and matters of that kind. [...]”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) or “daily practice” is known in Tibetan as nyin mo spyod pa.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) refers to “daily routine” (for Mumukṣus—those pursuing the path of liberation).—According to Samani Pratibha Pragya: “In 1983, pursuing the path of liberation (mumukṣu), I joined the Pāramārthika Śikṣaṇa Sansthā, which is a training center for an aspirant of an ascetic life in the Terāpanth. This is when I first started practicing prekṣā-dhyāna. It was part of the daily routine (dinacaryā) for a Mumukṣu to practice prekṣā-dhyāna early in the morning at 4 am. Later in 1989, I was initiated into the Samaṇa order (samaṇa-śreṇī)”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
dinacaryā (दिनचर्या).—f (S dina Day, caryā Course,) also dinakṛtya n (S) The passing on of the day somehow or other; i.e. a subsistence for the passing day, a bare pittance. Ex. tyā rōjagārānta paikā sāṇṭhā- yācā nāhīṃ sarāsarī di0 mātra cālēla. 2 An official journal or day-book.
dinacaryā (दिनचर्या).—f The passing on the day somehow or other; a bare pittance. An official journal or day-book. A day's round of duties or engage- ments, daily routine.
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
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या).—daily occupation, daily routine of business.
Dinacaryā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dina and caryā (चर्या).
1) Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Prapannadinacaryā.
2) Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या):—jy. Pheh. 7. Np. X, 50.
3) Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या):—[tantric] Ulwar 2169.
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या):—[=dina-caryā] [from dina] f. daily-work, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या):—f. Tagesverrichtung [Oxforder Handschriften 303,b,7.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 53,99]
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या):—f. Tagesverrichtung.
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
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या) [Also spelled dincharya]:—(nf) daily routine.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Dinacarya (ದಿನಚರ್ಯ):—[noun] = ದಿನಚರಿ [dinacari]1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Dinacaryā (दिनचर्या):—n. daily work; daily routine of business;
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: Carya, Charya, Dina, Dina.
Starts with: Dinacaryaphala, Dinacaryaprakarana.
Full-text (+37): Dincharya, Dinacaryaprakarana, Vedantacaryadinacarya, Prapannadinacarya, Strishudradidinacaryakrama, Carya, Dinabhavadhyaya, nyin mo spyod pa, Daily regimen, Hygiene, Svasthavritta, Usapana, Khadira, Arka, Dantadhavana, Nyagrodha, Sadness, Methyl paraben, Sodium Benzoate, Titanium dioxide.
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