Paushadha, Pauṣadha: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pauṣadha can be transliterated into English as Pausadha or Paushadha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraPauṣadha (पौषध) refers to a “place in which to observe the pauṣadha-vow”, as mentioned in chapter 1.4 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly:
“[...] the King [i.e., Bharata] established [at Māgadhatīrtha] a camp nine yojanas broad and twelve yojanas long on the bank of the eastern ocean. In it the carpenter made houses for all the soldiers and a pauṣadha-house—the house of the elephant of dharma. The King, with the desire of performing religious practices in the pauṣadha-house, descended from the elephant’s shoulder, as a lion descends a mountain. In1, it (the house) the King spread a new bed of darbha-grass, resembling the lion-throne of the Lakṣmī of the realm of self-restraint. Concentrating his mind on the deity, the Māgadhatīrthakumāra, he engaged in four days’ fast, the foremost door to the accomplishment of desires.
Wearing a white garment, his finery, wreaths, and ointments removed, his weapons laid aside, he began the pauṣadha, the herb for the nourishment of merit. On the bed of darbha-grass, the King remained watching through the pauṣadha, free from worldly activities like a Siddha in mokṣa. At the end of the four days’ fast, the pauṣadha completed, the King come out of the pauṣadha-house, like the sun from an autumn-cloud, extremely brilliant. The King, expert in everything, after bathing made the oblation-ceremony properly. For people who know the rules do not forget the rule”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryPauṣadha.—(HA), Sanskrit uposatha; living like a Jain monk for 12 or 24 hours; the observance of fast on the eighth and fourteenth of the fortnight, the full-moon day and the day before the new moon and abstention from wicked acts, chastity, abandoment of bathing, etc., i. e. living temporarily like a monk. See poṣadha. Note: pauṣadha is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPauṣadha (पौषध).—A fasting day.
Derivable forms: pauṣadhaḥ (पौषधः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPauṣadha (पौषध):—m. (cf. poṣadha) a fasting day, [Kalpa-sūtra; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan] (also -dina n.)
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pauṣadha (पौषध) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Posaha.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Paushadhadina, Paushadhagara.
Full-text: Paushadhadina, Posaha, Kalaprishtha, Uposathagara, Varadama, Poshadha, Varadaman, Kaunkana, Maharashtra, Andhra, Surashtra, Prabhasa, Natyamala, Munimandala, Lavali, Kakkola, Uposhadha.
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Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
The four Siksavratas < [Chapter 3 - Jain Philosophy and Practice]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 21: Entrance into Vinītā < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Part 12: Conquest of Kṣudrahimavat by Sagara < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Part 3: Conquest of Varadāmatīrtha by Bharata < [Chapter IV]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 1 - Ṛṣibhadraputra, the worshipper of Śramaṇas < [Chapter 12]
Part 4 - With Śrāvakas from Tuṅgikā < [Chapter 5]