Samdeha, Sandeha, Saṃdeha, Sandeva: 24 definitions
Introduction:
Samdeha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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 Sandeh.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)Sandeha (सन्देह, “doubt”) refers to a type of Alaṃkāra (figure of speech).—Sandeha had been stated by Daṇḍin as to be Saṃśayopamā and it was included under the range of Upamā. But, afterwards it has been designated as a separate figure. According to the author of the Sāhityadarpaṇa, when an object, under discussion is poetically suspected to be something else, it is called Sandeha or doubt. It is three-fold, Śuddha, wherein, the sentence ends with doubt, Niścayagarbha, wherein, the doubt exists both at the beginning and the end and Niścayānta, wherein, the doubt is dismissed at the end.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarSaṃdeha (संदेह).—Ambiguity; doubt regarding the wording of a rule or its interpretation or regarding the correctness of a word. It is looked upon as the main purpose of grammar to solve doubts regarding the correctness of words; cf. व्याख्यानतो विशेषप्रति-प्रत्तिर्नहि संदेहादलक्षणम् (vyākhyānato viśeṣaprati-prattirnahi saṃdehādalakṣaṇam) Pari. Sekh.Pari.1.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)Sandeha (सन्देह) or Sasandeha refers to one of the 93 alaṃkāras (“figures of speech”) mentioned by Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century) in his Kāvyavilāsa and is listed as one of the 89 arthālaṃkāras (figure of speech determined by the sense, as opposed to sound).—The ancient Ālaṃkārikas like Bhāmaha (III/43), Daṇḍin (II/358), Udbhaṭa (VI/2) have treated the figure of speech sasandeha. Mammaṭa and Jagannātha have designated it as sasandeha, but Ruyyaka, Viśvanātha etc have called it sandeha.
Cirañjīva has named it as sandeha. He has not given any general definition of the figure sandeha. He is of opinion that when a doubt which has equal stress in two parts is described by the poet to bring charm, it is called the figure of speech sandeha.
Example of the sandeha-alaṃkāra:—
tvayānīto devaḥ kimiha vada lakṣmīparivṛḍhaḥ kṛpādṛṣṭirjātā kimatha yaśavantakṣitipateḥ |
samantātkhelantī tava bhavanamāsādya kamalā yadeṣā lolā’pi kṣaṇamiva dināni kṣapayati ||“Please say whether you have brought in the god (Viṣṇu) who is the lord of Lakṣmi or whether you have achieved gracious look of the king Yaśavanta? Having resorted to your residence the Godess Lakṣmi who is restless even for a moment is passing her days”.
Notes: In this verse the poet has described the doubt whether the success achieved by the person is the result of advent of Viṣṇu to his house or it is the result of the gracious look or favour of the king Yaśavanta. Here is another doubt regarding the staying of the Godess Lakṣmi who is restless even for so many days. So it is an example of sandehālaṃkāra.
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studySandeha (सन्देह, “doubtful”) refers to one of the various Alaṅkāras (‘figures of speech’) classified as Artha (‘sense’), as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—There is an example of ‘sandeha’ also in Bhīṣmacarita. With the help of this figure of speech, the poet has aptly presented doubt in X.25.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationSandeha (सन्देह) refers to “doubt”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.23 (“Attempt of Himavat to dissuade Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, as Himavat said to Pārvatī: “O Pārvatī, O fortunate one, do not torture yourself by this penance. Dear girl, Śiva is not to be seen. Certainly he is detached. You are a young woman of tender limbs. You will be overpowered and exhausted by this penance. There is no doubt [i.e., sandeha] about it. I am speaking the truth. Hence, O comely lady, get up. Come back to our house. Of what avail is Śiva by whom Kāma has been reduced to ashes? [...]”.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraSaṃdeha (संदेह) refers to “doubt”, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.—Accordingly, [verse 4.21-27, while describing inauspicious dreams]—“[The dreamer] sees a bear or monkey, demons, cruel beings, and dark men. [He sees those who] have erect hair, dirty ones, those who wear black garlands, clothes, and coverings. That man who, in his dream, embraces a red-eyed woman, he dies, there is no doubt (saṃdeha—miryate nātra saṃdeho), if he does not bring about peace. [...]”
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaSandeha (सन्देह) refers to a “doubt” (of which the liberated man is free from), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] The mind of the liberated man is not upset or pleased. It shines unmoving, desireless, and free from doubt (gata-sandeha). [nirāśaṃ gatasandehaṃ cittaṃ muktasya rājate] He whose mind does not set out to meditate or act, meditates and acts without an object. A stupid man is bewildered when he hears the real truth, while even a clever man is humbled by it just like the fool”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesAn Elder in direct pupillary succession in Jambudipa, of teachers of the Abhidhamma. DhSA., p. 32.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysandeha : (m.) doubt; one's own body.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySandeha, (saṃ+deha) 1. accumulation; the human body Dh. 148.—2. doubt Miln. 295. (Page 678)
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 Dictionarysandēha (संदेह).—m (S) Doubt or uncertainty; indetermination of opinion or mind.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsandēha (संदेह).—m Doubt or uncertainty. sandēhī a Dubious, doubtful, scrupulous.
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 dictionarySaṃdeha (संदेह).—
1) Doubt, uncertainty, suspense; अत्र कः संदेहः (atra kaḥ saṃdehaḥ).
2) Risk, danger, peril; जीवितसंदेहदोलामारोपितः (jīvitasaṃdehadolāmāropitaḥ) K.; अर्थार्जने प्रवृत्तिः ससंदेहा (arthārjane pravṛttiḥ sasaṃdehā) H.1; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.176.
3) (In Rhet.) Doubt regarded as a figure of speech, in which the close resemblance between two objects leads to one of them being mistaken for the other (this figure is also called sasaṃdeha by Mammaṭa and others); ससंदेहस्तु भेदोक्तौ तदनुक्तौ च संशयः (sasaṃdehastu bhedoktau tadanuktau ca saṃśayaḥ) K. P.1; e. g. see Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.2 (1.3); V.3.2.
4) Conglomeration of material elements (of the body).
Derivable forms: saṃdehaḥ (संदेहः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySandeha (सन्देह).—m.
(-haḥ) 1. Doubt, uncertainty. 2. Risk, danger. 3. Rhetorical doubt proceeding from the close resemblance of two objects. E. sam before dih to collect, aff. ghañ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃdeha (संदेह).—i. e. sam-dih + a, m. 1. Doubt, [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 25; uncertainty. 2. Danger, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 192.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃdeha (संदेह).—[masculine] = sadegha; doubt, uncertainty about ([genetive], [locative], or —°), danger.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saṃdeha (संदेह):—[=saṃ-deha] [from saṃ-dih] a m. (ifc. f(ā). ) a conglomeration or conglutination (of material elements; See above), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
2) [v.s. ...] doubt, uncertainty about ([genitive case] [locative case], or [compound]; na or nāsti saṃdehaḥ or saṃdeho nāsti [used parenthetically], ‘there is no doubt, without doubt’), [Āpastamba; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] (in [rhetoric]) a figure of speech expressive of doubt (e.g. ‘is this a lotus flower or an eye?’), [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti iv, 3, 11]
4) [v.s. ...] risk, danger, [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra]
5) [=saṃ-deha] b See saṃ-√dih.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySandeha (सन्देह):—[sa-ndeha] (haḥ) 1. m. Doubt, suspense.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saṃdeha (संदेह) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃdeha.
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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 dictionarySaṃdeha (संदेह) [Also spelled sandeh]:—(nm) a doubt, suspicion; ~[janaka] doubtful, arousing suspicion; hence; ~[janakatā] (nf); ~[śīla] suspicious, of suspicious disposition; hence [śīlatā] (nf).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionarySaṃdeha (संदेह) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Saṃdeha.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSaṃdeha (ಸಂದೆಹ):—[noun] = ಸಂದೆಯ [samdeya].
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Saṃdēha (ಸಂದೇಹ):—
1) [noun] a doubt; a suspecion.
2) [noun] liability to injury, damage, loss or pain; peril; danger.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySandeha (सन्देह):—n. 1. doubt; suspicion; mistrust; 2. doubtful situation;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sam, Deha, Cam, Sha, Ca.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.40 [Sandeha] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 7.91 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.12 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
11: Definition of Sandeha Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
1-2: The number of Alaṃkāras (poetic figures) mentioned < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
3: The classification of poetic figures < [Chapter 5 - A Comparative study of the different alaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.8.19 < [Chapter 8 - Description of Seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa]
Verse 3.5.38 < [Chapter 5 - The Dispute Among the Gopas]
Verse 3.6.22 < [Chapter 6 - The Test of Śrī Kṛṣṇa]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 5x - Alaṃkāra (24): Sandeha or doubt < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 1 - Rīti or the style < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2.3b - Arthālaṃkāras (Figure of Sense) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]