Isi, Ishi, Iṣi, Īsī: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Isi means something in Christianity, Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, biology. 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.
The Sanskrit term Iṣi can be transliterated into English as Isi or Ishi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Isi (इसि) (Prakrit; in Sanskrit: Ṛṣi) refers to “seers”, as taught in the Paṇhavāgaraṇa: (Sanskrit: Praśnavyākaraṇa), according to the Sthānāṅgasūtra (Sūtra 755).—The Paṇhavāgaraṇa is the tenth Anga of the Jain canon which deals with the prophetic explanation of queries regarding divination.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Isi in Central African Republic is the name of a plant defined with Dichrostachys cinerea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cailliea glomerata (Forssk.) J.F. Macbr. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Leguminosae of Madagascar (2002)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Revista Sudamericana de Botánica (1936)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1806)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
isi : (m.) a sage; seer.
Isi, (Vedic ṛṣi fr. ṛṣ.—Voc. ise Sn. 1025; pl. Nom. isayo, Gen. isinaṃ S. II, 280 & isīnaṃ S. I, 192; etc. inst. isibhi Th. 1, 1065) — 1. a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” D. I, 96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); S. I, 33, 35, 65, 128, 191, 192, 226 sq. , 236 (ācāro isīnaṃ); II, 280 (dhammo isinaṃ dhajo); A. II, 24, 51; Vin. IV, 15 = 22 (°bhāsito dhammo); It. 123; Sn. 284, 458, 979, 689, 691, 1008, 1025, 1043, 1044, 1116 (dev° divine Seer), 1126, Nd2 149 (isi-nāmakā ye keci isi-pabbajjaṃ pabbajitā ājīvikā nigaṇṭhā jaṭilā tāpasā); Dh. 281; J. I, 17 (v. 90: isayo n’atthi me samā of Buddha); J. V, 140 (°gaṇa), 266, 267 (isi Gotamo); Pv. II, 614 (= yama-niyam’ādīnaṃ esanatthena isayo PvA. 98); II, 133 (= jhān’ādīnaṃ guṇānaṃ esanatthena isi PvA. 163); IV, 73 (= asekkhānaṃ sīlakkhandh’ādīnaṃ esanatthena isiṃ PvA. 265); Miln. 19 (°vāta) 248 (°bhattika); DA. I, 266 (Gen. isino); Sdhp. 200, 384. See also mahesi.—2. (in brahmanic tradition) the ten (divinely) inspired singers or composers of the Vedic hymns (brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo mantānaṃ kattāro pavattāro), whose names are given at Vin. I, 245; D. I, 104, 238; A. III, 224, IV. 61 as follows: Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi (Yamadaggi), Aṅgirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu.
1) isi (ဣသိ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[isa+i．sīlādiguṇe esatīti isi．rū,nhā418．esati gavesati kusaledhammeti isi．buddhavaṃ,ṭṭha,7va．(kkhapi-saṃ)]
[ဣသ+ဣ။ သီလာဒိဂုဏေ ဧသတီတိ ဣသိ။ ရူ၊နှာ၄၁၈။ ဧသတိ ဂဝေသတိ ကုသလေဓမ္မေတိ ဣသိ။ ဗုဒ္ဓဝံ၊ဋ္ဌ၊၇ဝ။ (က္ခပိ-သံ)]
2) īsī (ဤသီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[īsa+ī]
[ဤသ+ဤ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) isi—
(Burmese text): သီလအစရှိသော ဂုဏ်တို့ကို ရှာမှီးသူ၊ သူတော်ကောင်း၊ ရသေ့၊ ရဟန်း။ (က) ဘုရား,ပစ္စေကဗုဒ္ဓါအစရှိသော အရိယာပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။ (ခ) သာသနာပရသေ့,ပရ်ဗိုလ်။ ဣသိဘာသိတ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): The seeker of virtues such as morality, the noble one, the sage, the seer. (a) The Buddha, the Illuminated One, and other noble beings. (b) Those who understand true teachings, the practitioners. Look into the essence of wisdom.
2) īsī—
(Burmese text): အစိုးရသောသူ။ ဤသိတာ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Government official. This is what I know - look.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
iśī (इशी).—f (iśa) A term for the alvine discharge of children; corresponding with Cacking or cack.
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
Iṣi (इषि).—a. [iṣ-ki] Wishing, desiring.
Īṣi (ईषि) or Īṣit.—adv. (= AMg. īsi; Sanskrit īṣat; form lacking t noted only in verses, but regularly in metrical(ly) indifferent positions, hence not m.c.), a little, slightly; only noted in (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa, but common there: īṣismitamukhaṃ 133.3; 135.2; °mukhā 236.11; 239.21; īṣitkāyāvanāmitam 133.6; ma- hātmā…īṣi dṛśyati tatkṣaṇāt 240.1; īṣit pracoditā 363.25; in prose, īṣitprahasitavadanaḥ 41.22; īṣid avanā- mayet 391.2; others 388.3; 390.22; etc
Iṣi (इषि).—[feminine] refreshing ([dative] as [infinitive]).
Iṣi (इषि):—[from iṣ] f. (only [dative case] [singular] iṣaye, [Ṛg-veda vi, 52, 15, and] [nominative case] [plural] iṣayas, [Sāma-veda i, 6, 2, 2, 2]) = iṣ5 q.v.
Iṣi (इषि):—
Iṣi (इषि):——
1) f. Erquickung , Labung. Dat. als Infin. [Ṛgveda (roth). 6,52,15.] —
2) iṣayas Nom. Pl. v.l. im [Sāmaveda (roth). ] zu iṣas im [Ṛgveda (roth). ]
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Isi (इसि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ṛṣi.
2) Īsi (ईसि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Īṣat.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Isi (ಇಸಿ):—[noun] (children’s term) waste matter expelled from the bowels; excrement.
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Isi (ಇಸಿ):—[interjection] an interjection expressing abhorrence.
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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