Pathitasiddha, Pathita-siddha, Paṭhitasiddha: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Pathitasiddha means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Paṭhitasiddha (पठितसिद्ध) refers to “(being) effective upon recitation”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rainmaking, weather control and prescriptions for the use of specially empowered pesticides to eliminate crop damage.—The Vajratuṇḍa-samayakalparāja consists of six chapters, e.g., (5) sarvagaruḍahṛdayapaṭhitasiddhaparamasiddhavajratuṇḍā nāma dhāraṇī—“The Vajra Beak Dhāraṇī, the Heart of all Garuḍas, Effective upon Recitation, the Most Effective One”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Paṭhitasiddha (पठितसिद्ध).—a. effective on being merely recited.
Paṭhitasiddha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṭhita and siddha (सिद्ध).
Paṭhitasiddha (पठितसिद्ध).—[adjective] effective while being (only) uttered.
Paṭhitasiddha (पठितसिद्ध):—[=paṭhita-siddha] [from paṭhita > paṭh] mfn. effective on being (merely) recited, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Paṭhitasiddha (पठितसिद्ध):—Adj. nur hergesagt und schon wirkend [122,6.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pathita, Siddha.
Starts with: Pathitasiddhasarasvatastotra.
Full-text: Pathitasiddhasarasvatastotra.
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