Alternative spellings of this word include Samudachara.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Samudācāra (समुदाचार) refers to the “functioning” (as opposed to Asamudācāra, ‘non-functioning’), according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]—[...] (10) He has no loss of wisdom.—As the Buddha has obtained all these wisdoms (prajñā), he has no loss of wisdom; as his wisdom of the three times is unobstructed, he has no loss of wisdom. [...] Furthermore, his wisdom really understands the [true] nature of dharmas, non-arising, non-cessation, non-defilement, non-purification, non-action, non-functioning (asamudācāra). [...]”.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

1) Samudācāra (समुदाचार) refers to “involvement” (as opposed to Asamudācāra—‘no involvement with the actions of body, speech or mind’), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, son of good family, is the recollection on the Saṃgha authorized by the Lord for the sake of the Bodhisattvas? What we called ‘saṃgha’ is unconditioned, and it cannot to be recollected in the perspective of conditioning. Where there is no involvement (asamudācāra) with the actions of body, speech or mind, it is called unconditioned. Thus what we called ‘conditioned’ is a mere denomination and convention. The unconditioned is the destruction of all denominations, and the transcendence of all conventions. This is, son of good family, the recollection of the congregation, authorized by the Lord”.

2) Samudācāra (समुदाचार) refers to the “entertainment” (of the Paranirmitavaśavartin gods), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā.—Accordingly, as the Lord said to the Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī: “[...] That Kāyabandhana universe was, son of good family, thriving, prosperous, safe, well-provided, filled with a great multitude of men, adorned with seven precious jewels, peaceful and delightful, pleasant to touch like a soft cloth, displayed by the lotus of gold from the Jāmbū river, decorated with all kinds of luminous jewels, patterned like a chess-board, and even like the palm of the hand. Just like the enjoyment and entertainment (samudācāra) of the Paranirmitavaśavartin gods, all the people in that universe, staying in celestial palace and pavilions, enjoyed food and drink as they wished”.

context information

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

samudācāra : (nt.) behaviour; habit; practice; familiarity.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Samudācāra, (saṃ+ud+ācāra) behaviour, practice, habit, familiarity J. IV, 22; SnA 6; DhsA. 392; PvA. 279. (Page 688)

context information

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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samudācāra (समुदाचार).—

1) Proper practice or usage.

2) Proper mode of address; etiquette; salutation; Buddh.; Ś.5; चक्रिरे समुदाचारं पद्मकोशनिभैः करैः (cakrire samudācāraṃ padmakośanibhaiḥ karaiḥ) Bu. Ch.4.2.

3) Purpose, intention, design.

Derivable forms: samudācāraḥ (समुदाचारः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Samudācāra (समुदाचार).—m. (mgs. 1 and 2 as in Sanskrit, meaning 3 Sanskrit Lex.), (1) behavior, manner of conduct (= Sanskrit); in Mahāvastu i.78.15 ff. list of 8 samudācāra of a Bodhisattva in the 1st bhūmi (tyāga, etc.); they resemble roughly the 10 bhūmipariśodhakā dharmāḥ of a Bodhisattva in the 1st bhūmi, Daśabhūmikasūtra 19.20 ff.; (2) address (= Sanskrit; see s.v. samu- dācarati for Divyāvadāna 526.7); in Divyāvadāna 485.6 possibly (modes of) address, part of the education of a brahman, see s.v. autkara; (3) intention, purpose: Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 72.19, 22 (yadā) hi…asurāṇām evaṃrūpāḥ samudācārā utpatsyante, devāṃs…yodhayiṣyāma iti, etc.; (22) te samudācārāḥ punar evāntardhāsyanti.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samudācāra (समुदाचार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Intention, purpose, design, motive. 2. Proper or right usage. E. sam with, uda and āṅ before car to go, aff. ghañ .

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

Samudācāra (समुदाचार).—i. e. sam -ud-ā-car + a, m. 1. Intention, purpose, design. 2. Proper, or right usage (address), [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 67, 9 ([Prakrit]).

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

Samudācāra (समुदाचार).—[masculine] presenting, offering (—°); good or correct behaviour (p. vant); intercourse with ([instrumental]).

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

1) Samudācāra (समुदाचार):—[=sam-udācāra] [from samudā-car] m. presentation, offering, entertainment (of a guest etc.), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] proper or right practice or usage or conduct or behaviour, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] intercourse with ([instrumental case]), [Mahābhārata]

4) [v.s. ...] address, [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] salutation, [Divyāvadāna]

6) [v.s. ...] intention, purpose, design, motive, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] mfn. = next, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Samudācāra (समुदाचार):—[samudā-cāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Intention, purpose, motive.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Samudācāra (समुदाचार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Samuācāra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samudacara in German

context information

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

Samudācāra (ಸಮುದಾಚಾರ):—

1) [noun] the right or proper custom or tradition.

2) [noun] the end object intended; intention; purpose.

context information

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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Partial matches: Udacara, Sam, Cara.

Starts with: Samudacarana, Samudacarati, Samudacaravant, Samudacaravat.

Ends with: Asamudacara, Bahusamudacara, Shucisamudacara.

Full-text: Samudacaravat, Samudacarin, Samuacara, Samudacaravant, Bahusadacara, Bahusamudacara, Shucisamudacarata, Vocarita, Samanvagama, Asamudacarika, Aparikheda, Shucisamudacara, Vikrama, Samudacarati, Anujna, Vidushana, Paryeshti, Prakrama, Gocara.

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