Pidhana, Pidhāna: 14 definitions
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Pidhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Pidhan.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypidhāna : (nt.) a lid; a cover.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPidhāna, (nt.) (=pidahana) cover J. VI, 349.—°phalaka covering board Vism. 261 (where KhA in same passage reads paṭikujjana-phalaka)=VbhA. 244. (Page 459)
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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypidhāna (पिधान).—n S A cover or lid. 2 Covering or cover; place or cause of concealment.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPidhāna (पिधान).—
1) Covering, concealing, concealment.
2) A cover, lid, covering (fig. also); अमृतापिधानमसि स्वाहा (amṛtāpidhānamasi svāhā); नैकजलदच्छत्रापिधानं जगत् (naikajaladacchatrāpidhānaṃ jagat) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.24; a cloth for covering.
Derivable forms: pidhānam (पिधानम्).
See also (synonyms): apidhāna.
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Pidhāna (पिधान).—
1) Covering, concealing.
2) A sheath.
3) A wrapper, cloak.
4) A lid or top.
5) A particular process to which quicksilver is subjected.
-nī A cover, lid.
Derivable forms: pidhānam (पिधानम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPidhāna (पिधान).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. A covering, a cover or concealment. 2. A lid, a top or cover. 3. A sheath. 4. A wrapper, a cloak, &c. E. api certainly, dhā to have or hold, (from sight,) lyuṭ aff., and the initial rejected.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPidhāna (पिधान).—i. e. api-dhā + ana (m.), n. 1. Covering, shutting, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] [distich] 32. 2. A lid, a covering, Mārk. P. 50, 89.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPidhāna (पिधान).—[neuter] covering, shutting up; cover, lid.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pidhāna (पिधान):—[=pi-dhāna] [from pi-dhātavya > pi-dhā] n. (m. [gana] ardharcādi) covering, stopping, shutting, closing, [Mālavikāgnimitra; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] a cover, lid, sheath etc., [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.; (-vat mfn. covered with a lid, [Rājataraṅgiṇī])
3) [v.s. ...] a [particular] process to which quicksilver is subjected, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPidhāna (पिधान):—(naṃ) 1. n. A covering, a cover.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pidhāna (पिधान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pihaṇa, Pihaṇayā.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPidhāna (पिधान) [Also spelled pidhan]:—(nm) a lid; cover, covering.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPidhāna (ಪಿಧಾನ):—
1) [noun] the act of covering (with or as with a cover, veil, lid, etc.).
2) [noun] that with which something is covered (as a cover, lid, veil, etc.).
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)
Partial matches: Dhana, Pi, Tana.
Starts with: Pidhanaka, Pidhanata, Pidhanavant, Pidhanavat, Pitanali, Pitanam.
Ends with: Amritapidhana, Apidhana, Ashmapidhana, Dvarapidhana, Guhyapidhana, Icchapidhana, Khadgapidhana, Murdhapidhana, Oshthapidhana, Sampidhana, Sapidhana, Shilapidhana, Supidhana.
Full-text (+2): Khadgapidhana, Apidhana, Pihana, Pidhanavat, Dvarapidhana, Apidhani, Pidhani, Pidhanaka, Pihanaya, Khadgasadman, Pidhanavant, Bhumi-cchidra-nayena, Sapidhana, Supidhana, Pidhan, Sampidhana, Guhyapidhana, Patavasa, Samudga, Phalaka.
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