Paddhati, Paddhatī: 21 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Paddhati (पद्धति, “digests”).—Śaivāgama digests are generally called as paddhatis. In other words they are the manual(s) that are compiled by the teachers of this school. They have condensed and culled out the subject matter from the Mūlāgamas, which are in Śloka form and presented them in the form of Prayoga. The paddhati writers mainly deal with the Kriyā and Caryā sections of Mūlāgamas.
There is also another theory that the sacred knowledge emanated from Śiva is said to have taught by Nandin to Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanatkumāra. They have established four mutts called Āmardaka, Raṇabhadra, Kolagiri and Puṣpagiri on the slopes of Himalayas. Out of these four mutts other eighteen mutts are established by different Āgamic seers and later they authored the manuals which are named after their respective founders.
Totally there are eighteen paddhatis and their authors are as follows:
- Durvāsa,
- Piṅgala,
- Ugrajyoti,
- Śrīkaṇṭha,
- Viṣṇukaṇṭha,
- Subodha,
- Vidyākaṇṭha,
- Rāmakaṇṭha,
- Jñānakaṇṭha,
- Jñānaśaṅkara,
- Somaśambhu,
- Brahmaśambhu,
- Trilocanaśiva,
- Aghoraśiva,
- Varuṇaśiva,
- Prasādaśiva,
- Rāmakaṇṭhaśiva
- Īśānaśiva.
Among the above mentioned authors, the work of Aghoraśiva has gained popularity in this school owing to its style. It is considered as a ready reckoner in ritualistic part. The paddhati of Somaśambhu, Īśānaśiva and Varuṇaśiva are published in the latter half of twentieth century A.D.
Paddhati (पद्धति) refers to a “Śaiva ritual manual” .—Appaya composed numerous devotional hymns dedicated to Śiva and polemical works defending the supremacy of Śiva; he is also the author of an influential Śaiva ritual manual (paddhati), the Śivārcanacandrikā. On the other hand, he was also a very committed Advaitin―he authored the monumental Parimala, a subcommentary in the Bhāmatī tradition and several other Advaita works, some of which are still read today in South India―as well as a Mīmāṃsaka trained in the Bhāṭṭa tradition.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Paddhati (पद्धति) refers to “sequence” (of metaphysical principles), according to the Tantrāloka:—Accordingly, “[...] If the nectar of emission (visargāmṛta) is thus emitted into the fire called (individual) consciousness (bodha), the entire cosmic order is offered as oblation. For the emission of the Lord of the Absolute (anuttaranātha) is the Mistress of Kula (kulanāyikā) and its arousal (kṣobha) is the (letters of the Sanskrit alphabet) ranging from Ka to Ha whose expansion (prasara) is the sequence (paddhati) of metaphysical principles (ranging from Earth to Śakti). [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Paddhati (पद्धति):—These scriptures ultimately guide all religious ceremonies within Brahmanism, a religion that, from its mostarchaic manifestation in the Vedas, has privileged sacred text in sanctioning all matters ofdoctrine and practice. According to the learned medieval exegete Bhaṭṭa Rāmakaṇṭha: For any scripture a Paddhati is a text which enables the performance of the rituals of that scripture along with the Mantras that accompany them by succinctly arranging in the order of performance (i) the instructions explicitly stated in that scripture but dispersed in various places throughout its length, and (ii) whatever else those explicit statements imply. An example is the Yajñasūtra in the case of the [Kāṭhaka] Yajurveda.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
paddhati (पद्धति).—f (S) pop. paddhata f Way, mode, the usual or the proper manner, a course of practice. 2 A work prescribing rites and ceremonies; a ritual, a manual, a formulary. 3 A line, a row or range.
paddhati (पद्धति).—f paddhata f Way, mode. A Ritual. A line, a row.
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
Paddhati (पद्धति) or Paddhatī (पद्धती).—f. (
Derivable forms: paddhatiḥ (पद्धतिः).
Paddhati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pad and hati (हति).
Paddhati (पद्धति).—f. (-tiḥ-tī) 1. A road. 2. A line, a row or range. 3. A ritual, a manual, a work upon any act or ceremony, detailing the mode of its performance, and collecting the texts connected with it. 4. A family name, a surname or title. E. pad a foot, han to strike, aff. ktin .
Paddhati (पद्धति).—i. e. pad-han + ti, f. 1. A way, a path, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 87. 2. A guide, designation of a class of literary compositions.
Paddhati (पद्धति).—[feminine] footstep, track, way, path; leader, guide, guide-book.
1) Paddhati (पद्धति) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—vaid. Oudh. Xviii, 6.
—Vs. by Vaidyanātha. Peters. 2, 172.
2) Paddhati (पद्धति):—jy. by Keśava. B. 4, 118. See Jātakapaddhati by Keśava.
1) Paddhati (पद्धति):—[=pad-dhati] f. (for -hati) ‘foot-stroke’, a way, path, course, line, [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature] etc. (also tī [gana] bahv-ādi)
2) [v.s. ...] sign, token, [Jātakamālā]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a class of writings (described as guide-books or manuals for [particular] rites and ceremonies and the texts relating to them) and of sub voce works.
4) [v.s. ...] a family Name or title (or rather the characteristic word denoting caste or occupation in comps. serving as proper names e.g. -gupta, -dāsa at the end of Vaiśya and Śūdra names), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Paddhati (पद्धति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. A road; a row; a ritual; a surname or title.
Paddhati (पद्धति):—(2. pad + hati) f. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 54.] gaṇa bhikṣādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 38.] tī gaṇa bahvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 45.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 4, 27.] zu belegen nur die Form auf i .
1) Weg, Pfad [Amarakoṣa 2, 1, 16.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 164. fg.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 983.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 279.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 130.] [Halāyudha 2, 105.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 55.] svarga [11, 87.] pathaḥ śucerdarśayitāra īśvarā malīmasāmādadate na paddhatim [3, 46.] kaviprathama [15, 33.] indriya [Harivaṃśa 14930.] pūrvabhūpāla [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 353. 4, 30. 77.] karmakāṇḍavyādiṣṭapaddhatiḥ yajñavidyā [Prabodhacandrodaja 107, 5.] hala der Weg des Pfluges zur Erkl. von sītā Furche [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 891.] Weg so v. a. Linie, Reihe [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 374.] bhrūrūrdhve romapaddhatiḥ [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 579.] —
2) Bez. einer Klasse von Schriften, Wegweiser, Leitfaden, Texterklärung [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 257.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 43.] kātyāyanasya sūtrasya paddhatiḥ [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 230.] des Nārāyaṇa [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 58.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] des Keśava astrol. [morgenländischen Gesellschaft] [?II,340 (No. 178,b).] Vgl. daśakarma, dāna, śārṅgadhara . —
3) Beiname oder viell. genauer das charakteristische, die Kaste, Beschäftigung u.s.w. andeutende Wort in einem zusammengesetzten Personennamen; so heisst es u. gupta im [Śabdakalpadruma] : vaiśyaśūdrāṇāṃ paddhativiśeṣe pumān (d. i. gupta) . yathā . guptadāsātmakaṃ nāma praśastaṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ . ityudvāhatattvam; u. guha ebend.: kāyasthānāṃ paddhativiśeṣaḥ; vgl. u. giri 1,g. — Vgl. pada, pāda, sopāna .
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Paddhati (पद्धति):—
1) kṛtasaṃskāra adj. die ganze Reihe [Kathāsaritsāgara 74, 116.]
Paddhati (पद्धति):—und tī f. —
1) Wegspur , Spur ([Kād. (1872) 30,9]) Weg , Pfad (eig. und übertr.). —
2) Linie , Reihe. —
3) Wegweiser , Leitfaden , Texterklärung als Bez. einer best. Klasse von Werken. —
4) Beiname oder vielleicht genauer das charakteristische , die Kaste , Beschäftigung u.s.w. andeutende Wort in einem zusammengesetzten Personennamen.
Paddhati (पद्धति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paddhai.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Paddhati (पद्धति):—(nf) method, system; process; custom.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Paddhati (ಪದ್ಧತಿ):—
1) [noun] the terminal part of the leg in vertebrates, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves; a foot.
2) [noun] an impression of the sole of a person’s foot; a foot-print.
3) [noun] a way; a path; a road.
4) [noun] a long-established practice followed for generations, mostly unquestioned, which becomes an unwritten but unalterable law; tradition.
5) [noun] the way, manner in which something is done or must be done.
6) [noun] a set form or system of religious rites and ceremonies.
7) [noun] a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line; a row.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Paddhati (पद्धति):—n. 1. way; approach; 2. method; system; process; manner; mode; 3. tradition; custom; 4. a treatise on science; manual; account;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
paddhati (ပဒ္ဓတိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[pada+hana+ti．pathikehi pādehi haññateti paddhati．pādasaddasamānatthena padasaddena niyatappayogato vuttinā siddho,padasaddūpapado hanadhātu,ti,hanassa dho,alopo．,ṭī．190．byākhyāsudhā．paddhati (tī) (thī) pada+hana+ vā ．thoma．(paddhai-prā)]
[ပဒ+ဟန+တိ။ ပထိကေဟိ ပါဒေဟိ ဟညတေတိ ပဒ္ဓတိ။ ပါဒသဒ္ဒသမာနတ္ထေန ပဒသဒ္ဒေန နိယတပ္ပယောဂတော ဝုတ္တိနာ သိဒ္ဓေါ၊ ပဒသဒ္ဒူပပဒေါ ဟနဓာတု၊ တိ၊ ဟနဿ ဓော၊ အလောပေါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၁၉၀။ဗျာချာသုဓာ။ ပဒ္ဓတိ (တီ) (ထီ) ပဒ+ဟန+က္တိန် ဝါ ငီပ်။ထောမ။ (ပဒ္ဓဣ-ပြာ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
paddhati—
(Burmese text): (၁) လမ်း၊ ခရီး။ (၂) ဖြောင့်ဖြောင့်သွားသော) အရေးအကြောင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Road, journey. (2) A matter that is straightforward.
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.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
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