Game: 3 definitions
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Game 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.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Games (to be played with dice) were traditionally practiced and played, as one of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kamasutra of Vatsyayana.—Cf. the Sanskrit Dyūtaviśeṣa, which refers to “various games to be played with dice”.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The history of Indian Art covers approximately five thousand years which pre sents a rich and almost continuous record. The references of sixty four kinds of Kala (कला, kalā) are found in the Bhagavatapurana, Shaiva-Tantras, Kamasutra of Vatsyayana etc.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
1) game (ဂမေ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[gamu+a+eyyāmi]
[ဂမု+အ+ဧယျာမိ]
2) game (ဂမေ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[gamu+a+eyyāsi]
[ဂမု+အ+ဧယျာသိ]
3) game (ဂမေ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[gamu+a+eyya]
[ဂမု+အ+ဧယျ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) game—
(Burmese text): သွားရာ၏။ ဂစ္ဆတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Go ahead. Look at the destination.
2) game—
(Burmese text): သွားရာ၏။ ဂစ္ဆတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Go ahead. Look at the demonstration.
3) game—
(Burmese text): သွားရာ၏။ ဂစ္ဆတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Go ahead. Look carefully.
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 (+0): The, The, Gamu, Game, A, Te.
Starts with (+12): Gam, Gameh, Gamehi, Gameia, Gameisa, Gamela, Gamema, Gamendavalamaha Vihara, Gamendavalamahavihara, Gamenditalaka, Gamene-mene, Gamenta, Gameram, Gamesa, Gameshamana, Gamesi, Gamessami, Gamessanti, Gamet, Gamet walanda.
Full-text (+2466): Gameyya, Nigacche, Gameyyami, Gameyyasi, Caupata, Sakka, Deva, Paccagaccheyya, Shanku, Kojagara, Bhedati, Upagaccheyya, Vigaccheyya, Avapata, Cenduphali, Shalakapari, Tattu, Baji, Yuga, Bharadava.
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