Sadaha, Sadāhā, Shadaha: 5 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Sadāhā (सदाहा) is the name of a mind-born ‘divine mother’ (mātṛ), created for the purpose of drinking the blood of the Andhaka demons, according to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.8. The Andhaka demons spawned out of every drop of blood spilled from the original Andhakāsura (Andhaka-demon). According to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.35, “Most terrible they (e.g., Sadāhā) all drank the blood of those Andhakas and become exceedingly satiated.”
The Matsyapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 20,000 metrical verses, dating from the 1st-millennium BCE. The narrator is Matsya, one of the ten major avatars of Viṣṇu.
Sadāhā (सदाहा).—A mind-born mother.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 179. 22.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Ṣaḍaha (षडह).—[masculine] a period of six days.
Ṣaḍaha (षडह):—[=ṣaḍ-aha] [from ṣaḍ > ṣaṣ] (or ṣaLaha) m. a period of six days, [especially] a Soma festival of six days, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa etc.]
Ṣaḍaha (षडह):—(ṣaLaha) m. eine Zeit von sechs Tagen, insbes. eine sechstägige Soma-Feier (deren zwei Arten pṛṣṭhya und abhiplava heissen): ṣaḍahona [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 284.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 5, 2, 6.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 9, 16.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 1, 8, 1. 7, 2, 6, 2. 5, 7, 2.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 15. 5, 22.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 5, 4, 13. 12, 1, 2, 2. 3, 10.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 3, 1. 23, 5, 1. 10.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 24, 15, 1.] [LĀṬY. 10, 8, 5.] abhiplavaḥ ṣaḍahaḥ pṛṣṭhyavikāraḥ [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 11, 4, 1.] stotriya [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 7, 2, 13.]
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 (+0): Shash, Sat, Aha.
Starts with (+0): Sadaham, Sadahasa, Shadaharita.
Full-text (+0): Shadahika, Parshthika, Shashthahnika, Chandorutstoma, Liu ri, Sadaham, Si tuo han, Si tuo han dao, Si tuo han xiang, Xu tuo huan si tuo han, Si tuo han guo, Stotriya, Aha, Shilpa, Vishala, Prishthya, Abhijit.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda XII, adhyaya 2, brahmana 2 < [Twelfth Kanda]
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Panchavimsha Brahmana (English translation) (by W. Caland)
Chapter 4 - The “gavam ayana” (the Soma-feast lasting a year of 360 days)
Chapter 25 - Sattra rites (concluded)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
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Yajnavalkya-smriti with Mitakshara and Viramitrodaya (by J. R. Gharpure)
Verse 3.316 < [Chapter 5 - On Penances (Prāyaścitta)]