Alternative spellings of this word include Recha.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Reca (रेच) refers to the “exhalation” (of the breath), according to the Yogatārāvalī: a short Yoga text of twenty-nine verses presenting Haṭhayoga as the means to Rājayoga (i.e., Samādhi).—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind state: “Instil [that] no-mind state in me, because of which the eyes become free of opening and closing; the breath, devoid of exhalation (reca) and inhalation and the mind, free of intentional and discursive thought”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rēca (रेच).—m (S) rēcana n (S) A purgative or purge, a cathartic medicine. 2 A purge, a stool produced by medicine. 3 Exhibition of purgatives. See saptōpacāra.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

rēca (रेच).—m rēcana n A purgative; a purge.

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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 dictionary

Reca (रेच).—See रेचक (recaka).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Reca (रेच).—[masculine] na [neuter] emission of breath.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Reca (रेच):—[from ric] a etc. See p. 887, col. 1.

2) [from reka] b m. the emptying of the lungs by exhalation (See next), emission of breath, [Amṛtabindu-upaniṣad]

3) c recaka etc. See [column]1.

[Sanskrit to German]

Reca in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rēca (ರೇಚ):—

1) [noun] the act or process of breathing out; an exhaling.

2) [noun] a kind of plant.

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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)

Starts with: Recaida sacha, Recaka, Recakah, Recakanikuntaka, Recakanikuttita, Recakavata, Recakayamtra, Recaki, Recakita, Recana, Recanaka, Recanakkina, Recanam, Recani, Recapura, Recapuravarjita, Recavarjita.

Ends with: Anatireca, Areca, Casearia vareca, Jacote cereca, Jocote cereca, Katu-baramareca, Vireca.

Full-text: Recya, Vireci, Recana, Exhalation.

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