Saptadashan, Saptadaśa, Saptadaśan, Saptan-dashan, Saptadasha: 16 definitions
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Saptadashan 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 Saptadaśa and Saptadaśan can be transliterated into English as Saptadasa or Saptadasha or Saptadasan or Saptadashan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramSaptadaśa (सप्तदश) refers to the “seventeen syllables” (of Mantramātā), according to the second ṣaṭka of the Jayadrathayāmala, while explaining the ‘end of the sixteen’ (ṣoḍāśānta).—Accordingly, “I have explained the mother of mantras consisting of seventeen syllables [i.e., saptadaśa-akṣara] along with (her) letters. [...] She is the abode at the beginning and at the end of time and is the consumer of time of the (lunar) energies (kalā). Established in the dynamism of the centre (madhyavṛtti), she consumes the threefold time (of past, present and future). Gross time is emanation (sṛṣṭi). It abides as the first of all (things). The secret one of (all the) gods and goddesses is located at the End of the Sixteen. Located on the plane of Kula, that is the time that destroys”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesSaptadaśan (सप्तदशन्) refers to “seventeen (faces)”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...] [Standing on] Bhairava and Kālarātri on fire on the sun [disk] on the pericarp [of the lotus], [Heruka] is dancing. [He should visualize Heruka] having the body [colored] half black and half green; [complete with] seventy-six arms; [having] seventeen [faces] with three eyes (saptadaśa-trinetraka) [on each]; wearing a crown of twisted locks of hair; being a hero; [having] a crossed vajra [on top of the head] and a half moon [on the head]; [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionarySaptadaśa (सप्तदश).—a S Seventeen: also seventeenth.
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 dictionarySaptadaśan (सप्तदशन्).—a. seventeen. °अरत्निन्यायः (aratninyāyaḥ) A rule of interpretation according to which an expression, if it is found to be inapplicable to the matter or thing with reference to which it is used, should be taken as being connected with or applying to a part or subsidiary thereof. This mode of construing an expression (in its literal sense) is preferable to लक्षणा (lakṣaṇā). This rule is discussed and established by जैमिनि (jaimini) and शबर (śabara) in the सूत्र (sūtra) 'आनर्थक्यात् तदङ्गेषु (ānarthakyāt tadaṅgeṣu)' MS.3.1.18 and भाष्या (bhāṣyā) thereon.
Saptadaśan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saptan and daśan (दशन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśa (सप्तदश).—mfn.
(-śaḥ-śī-śaṃ) Seventeenth. E. sapta seven, daśan ten, aff. ḍaṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśan (सप्तदशन्).—mfn. Plu.
(-śaṃ) Seventeen. E. saptan seven and daśan ten.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśa (सप्तदश).—i. e. saptadaśan + a, or curtailed, ord. num., f. śī, Seventeenth, Mahābhārata iv. [adhyāya.] 17.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśan (सप्तदशन्).—. i. e. saptan -daśan, numeral adj. Seventeen, Mahābhārata v. [adhyāya.] 117.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśa (सप्तदश).—[feminine] ī the seventeenth or containing seventeen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśan (सप्तदशन्).—[adjective] [plural] seventeen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saptadaśa (सप्तदश):—[=sapta-daśa] [from sapta > saptan] mf(ī)n. the 17th, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] connected with 17, plus 17 [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] consisting of 17 [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] connected with or analogous to a Stoma which has 17 parts, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
5) [v.s. ...] having 17 attributes (said of a kula or family), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
6) [v.s. ...] [plural] 17 (= -daśan), [Mahābhārata]
7) [v.s. ...] m. ([scilicet] stoma) a Stoma having 17 parts, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of a collection of hymns, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
9) [v.s. ...] n. a group or collection of 17 [???]
10) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sāman, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśan (सप्तदशन्):—[=sapta-daśan] [from sapta > saptan] mfn. [plural] (ta-) ([nominative case] [accusative] śa) 17 [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa] etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśa (सप्तदश):—[sapta-daśa] (śaḥ-śī-śaṃ) a. Seventeenth.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptadaśan (सप्तदशन्):—[sapta-daśan] (śa) a. Seventeen.
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Partial matches: Dasa, Sapta, Tacan, Taca.
Starts with: Saptadashabhaga, Saptadashamsha.
Full-text (+7): Saptadashadha, Saptadasharca, Saptadashavidha, Saptadashacchadi, Saptadashasharava, Saptadashata, Saptadashasamidhenika, Saptadashya, Saptadashastoma, Saptadashavartani, Saptadashavat, Saptadashara, Saptadasharatnita, Navasaptadasha, Saptadashakshara, Saptadashabhiklipta, Saptadasharatni, Saptadashin, Ardhasaptadasha, Anuvedi.
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