Shabdadi, Śabdādi, Shabda-adi: 6 definitions
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Shabdadi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 term Śabdādi can be transliterated into English as Sabdadi or Shabdadi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Śabdādi (शब्दादि) refers to “those (elephants) who understands words (of command) and other things”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “6. With wood-like (hardening) skin, thin (nearly closed) sutures (in the skull), thin hair (on the head), fond of mud, water, and dust; he shows a very little sexual excitement, becomes angry, is sensitive to pleasure and pain and to guidance with the foot, and also understands words (of command) and other (directions, sc., with goad or stick) (śabdādi) [śabdādīnapi vetti], and so (begins to be) controllable by a driver, and is superficially sensitive (to very slight stimuli); the nape of the neck, avagraha, and tusks become prominent: this is a kalabha, who has reached the fifth year”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Śabdādi (शब्दादि) refers to “sound and the other senses” according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “First of all I was averse to physical activity, then to lengthy speech, and finally to thinking itself, which is why I am now established. In the absence of delight in sound and the other senses (śabdādi), and by the fact that I am myself not an object of the senses [prītyabhāvena śabdāderadṛśyatvena cātmanaḥ], my mind is focused and free from distraction—which is why I am now established. Owing to the distraction of such things as wrong identification, one is driven to strive for mental stillness. Recognising this pattern I am now established. [...]”.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śabdādi (शब्दादि).—a. beginning with शब्द (śabda) (as the objects of sense); शब्दादीन् विषयान् भोक्तुं चरितुं दुश्चरं तपः (śabdādīn viṣayān bhoktuṃ carituṃ duścaraṃ tapaḥ) R.1.25.
Śabdādi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and ādi (आदि).
Śabdādi (शब्दादि).—m.
(-diḥ) The objects of sense, viz:—sound, form, scent, juice, contact; or what affords matter for the exercise of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching. E. śabda, and ādi other.
Śabdādi (शब्दादि):—[from śabda > śabd] m. ([scilicet] viṣaya q.v.) the objects of sense beginning with sound, [Horace H. Wilson]
Śabdādi (शब्दादि):—[śabdā+di] (diḥ) 2. m. Objects of sense, as sound, form, scent, juice, contact.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shabda, Adi, Ati.
Starts with: Shabdadidharman, Shabdadidharmin, Shabdadimat, Shabdadipika.
Full-text: Shabdadidharmin, Shabdadimat, Shabdadidharman, Shabda.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 1.18 - There is only impression < [Chapter 1 - Right Faith and Knowledge]
Verse 7.31 - The transgressions of Deśavirati-vrata (country-limiting vow) < [Chapter 7 - The Five Vows]
Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya) (by Kusakratha das Brahmacari)
Sūtra 3.3.60 < [Adhyaya 3, Pada 3]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 210 < [Volume 13 (1898)]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 534 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 344 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Page 569 < [Marathi-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 5.6 - The three types of Understanding: Budhi, Jñāna, Asaṃmoha < [Chapter 5 - A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 137 [Śakti as Ūrdhvamaṇḍala] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 169 [Śivaikya-sākṣātkāra] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 111 [Dikcarī illumines the Bindu leading Bhūcarī also towards Laya] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]