Macca: 9 definitions
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Macca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Macca (“fish”) refers to a type of animal form, representing one of the several “attributes” (āyudha) or “accessories” of a detiy commonly seen depicted in Hindu iconography, defined according to texts dealing with śilpa (arts and crafs), known as śilpaśāstras.—The śilpa texts have classified the various accessories under the broad heading of āyudha or karuvi (implement), including even flowers, animals, and musical instruments. The animals and birds found as vehicles for the deities or held as attributes or weapons in the hands of the deities are, for example, Macca.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
India history and geography
Macca or Maccamuni is another name for Matsyamuni—one of the Siddhars (Siddhas) and Rishis mentioned by Rangarasa Desiga Swamigal in his Siddhargal Potri Thoguppu. Each name in the list starts with prefix ‘Om’ followed by the Siddhar’s names and ends with refrain ‘Thiruvadigal Potri’. For example for Macca-muni: ஓம் மச்சமுனிவர் திருவடிகள் போற்றி [ōm maccamuṉivar tiruvaṭikaḷ pōṟṟi].—These Siddhas experienced union with the ultimate reality and witnessed a spiritual transformation of their intellectual, mental, vital and ultimately, physical bodies.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
macca : (m.) a man.
Macca, (adj. -n.) (orig. grd. of marati, mṛ corresponding to Sk. martya. A diaeretic form exists in P. mātiya (q. v.)) mortal; (m.) man, a mortal S. I, 55; Sn. 249, 577, 580, 766; J. III, 154; IV, 248; V, 393; Dh. 53, 141, 182; Vv 6312; Kvu 351.—See also refs. under jāta. (Page 513)
macca (မစ္စ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[mara+ca．mara+tya．,ṭī．227．maratībhimacco,satto．,7,4va．mana+ca．manatijānātītiādivacanatthena macco．netti,vi．55．mara+ratya．nīti,sutta．1254．]
[မရ+စ။ မရ+တျ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂၂၇။ မရတီဘိမစ္စော၊ သတ္တော။ မောဂ်၊၇၊၄ဝ။ မန+စ။ မနတိဇာနာတီတိအာဒိဝစနတ္ထေန မစ္စော။ နေတ္တိ၊ဝိ။၅၅။ မရ+ရတျ။ နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။၁၂၅၄။]
[Pali to Burmese]
macca—
(Burmese text): (၁) လူ။ (၂) သတ္တဝါ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Human. (2) Animal.
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
maccā (मच्चा).—a (madhyacā Of the middle.) Relating to or situated in the middle.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Macca (मच्च) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Mad.
2) Macca (मच्च) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Martya.
2) Macca has the following synonyms: Maccia.
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
Macca (ಮಚ್ಚ):—[noun] = ಮಚ್ಚೆ [macce]1.
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Macca (ಮಚ್ಚ):—
1) [noun] the purity or extent of purity of precious metals as gold, silver, etc.
2) [noun] a kind of black stone formerly used to test the purity of gold or silver by the streak left on it when it was rubbed with the metal; a touchstone.
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Macca (ಮಚ್ಚ):—
1) [noun] any of three classes of coldblooded vertebrate animals living in water and having permanent gills for breathing, fins; a fish.
2) [noun] the shape of a fish.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+16): Maasai, Macakkay, Maccagara, Maccakanti, Maccakkavati, Maccakkha, Maccakki, Maccakkoti, Maccakuttam, Maccalinkam, Maccaloka, Maccalvi, Maccamacci, Maccampi, Maccamuni, Maccamunivar, Maccanam, Maccantar, Maccanu, Maccappon.
Full-text (+51): Maccamuni, Amacca, Maccatecam, Maccaloka, Maccarekai, Maccakkavati, Maccaracan, Maccavilakkam, Maccappon, Maccakkoti, Maccayantiram, Maccapuranam, Marica, Maccamunivar, Macha patri, Terapaibi-macha, Macha-aku, Macha borga, Macha bonga, Macha-phula.
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