Sakatavyuha, Shakata-vyuha, Sakaṭavyūha, Shakatavyuha: 8 definitions
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Sakatavyuha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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 Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Shodhganga: Facts of society in the ManusamhitaŚakaṭavyūha (शकटव्यूह):—The array in which the army is draw up in a narrow and compact order and its rear expanding in extended co lumns like the back of an Indian cart (śakaṭa) is called the Śakaṭavyūha.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚakaṭavyūha (शकटव्यूह) or simply Śakaṭa refers to the “Disposition of an army in the shape of a cart”.—Disposition of an army (vyūha) of four parts, (infantry, cavalry, elephants and chariots) in the battlefield, the arrangement of it, in various forms. It is said that during the period of Mahābhārata, there were various forms of disposition of the army.—Śakaṭavyūha is mentioned in the Mahābhārata Droṇa Parva, Chapter 7.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysakaṭavyūha : (m.) an array of wagons.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySakaṭa-vyūha “the waggon array, ” a wedge-shaped phalanx J. II, 404; IV, 343; Vism. 384. (Page 659)
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 Dictionaryśakaṭavyūha (शकटव्यूह).—m S The car-form arrangement of troops.
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 dictionaryŚakaṭavyūha (शकटव्यूह).—a particular form of military array.
Derivable forms: śakaṭavyūhaḥ (शकटव्यूहः).
Śakaṭavyūha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śakaṭa and vyūha (व्यूह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakaṭavyūha (शकटव्यूह):—[=śakaṭa-vyūha] [from śakaṭa] m. a [particular] form of military array, [Mahābhārata]
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 corpusŚakaṭavyūha (ಶಕಟವ್ಯೂಹ):—[noun] a particular form of military array resembling a wedge.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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