Samtoshana, Santoṣaṇa, Santoshana, Saṃtoṣaṇā: 10 definitions
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Samtoshana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit terms Santoṣaṇa and Saṃtoṣaṇā can be transliterated into English as Santosana or Santoshana or Samtosana or Samtoshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSaṃtoṣaṇa (संतोषण) refers to “comforting”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (33) knowledge of comforting all living beings (sarvasatva-saṃtoṣaṇa); (34) knowledge of teaching the dharma appropriately to each and every one; (35) knowledge of keeping the words of all buddhas by recollection; (36) knowledge of entering into analyzing the syntax of all words and letters; [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysantōṣaṇa (संतोषण).—n S Gratifying, gladdening, pleasing.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySaṃtoṣaṇā (संतोषणा).—(= Sanskrit °ṇa, nt.), gratification: sarva-sattvasubhāṣita-°ṇāyai Lalitavistara 35.19; (rājñā paramayā) °ṇayā saṃbhāṣita uktaś ca Divyāvadāna 451.19.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySantoṣaṇa (सन्तोषण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) 1. Pleasing, propitiating. 2. Comforting. E. sam before tuṣ to be pleased, causal. v., lyuṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃtoṣaṇa (संतोषण).—i. e. sam-tuṣ + ana, n. 1. Pleasing. 2. Comforting.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃtoṣaṇa (संतोषण).—[neuter] satisfying, gladdening.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃtoṣaṇa (संतोषण):—[=saṃ-toṣaṇa] [from saṃ-toṣa > saṃ-tuṣ] n. the act of satisfying, propitiating, comforting, [Mahābhārata]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySantoṣaṇa (सन्तोषण):—[sa-ntoṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. m. Pleasing.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusSaṃtōṣaṇa (ಸಂತೋಷಣ):—
1) [noun] the act of pleasing, delighting.
2) [noun] that which gives pleasure or delights.
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: Tosana, Sam, Shan, Can.
Starts with: Samtoshanadi, Samtoshananda.
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