Mekhalapada, Mekhalāpada, Mekhalāpāda, Mekhala-pada: 8 definitions
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Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and SagesMekhalāpāda (मेखलापाद) is another name for Mekhalā: one of the eighty-four Siddhas (Siddhācāryas) of the Sahajayāna school, according to sources such as the Varṇaratnākara of Jyotirīśvara (i.e., the Varna-Ratnakara by Jyotirishwar Thakur).—The Sahaja-Yana is a philosophical and esoteric movement of Tantric Buddhism which had enormous influence in the Indian subcontinent and the Himalayas.—Many of these Mahāsiddhas [e.g., Mekhalāpāda] were historical figures whose lives and mystical powers were the subject of legends. They are often associated with teachings belonging to Hinduism, Buddhism, Ajivikism and Jainism such as the Nath Tradition.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMekhalāpada (मेखलापद).—the hips.
Derivable forms: mekhalāpadam (मेखलापदम्).
Mekhalāpada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mekhalā and pada (पद).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMekhalāpada (मेखलापद).—n.
(-daṃ) The hip and loins. E. mekhalā a zone, and pada place.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMekhalāpada (मेखलापद).—[neuter] the place of the girdle, the hips.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMekhalāpada (मेखलापद):—[=mekhalā-pada] [from mekhalā > mekhala] n. ‘g° -place’, the hips, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMekhalāpada (मेखलापद):—[mekhalā+pada] (daṃ) 1. n. The hip and loins.
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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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