Kadishama, Kāḍiśāma: 1 definition
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Kadishama 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.
The Sanskrit term Kāḍiśāma can be transliterated into English as Kadisama or Kadishama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKāḍiśāma (काडिशाम).—read probably kāḍa°, adj. (= Pali kāḷasāma; compare prec.; Sanskrit kāla plus śyāma), some kind of dark color, according to Chin. version of [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] reported as black; according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] on the Pali, dark gray: [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 517.7 (a monk must make the color of a new robe either) nīlaṃ vā kardamo vā kā°mo vā; same passage in Pali, Vin iv.120.22 nīlaṃ vā kaddamaṃ vā kāḷasāmaṃ vā; old commentary glosses yaṃ kiṃci kālasāmakaṃ(!).
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.
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