Sadaha, Sadāhā, Shadaha: 5 definitions
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Sadaha 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.
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: The Matsya-purāṇaSadāhā (सदाहा) is the name of a mind-born ‘divine mother’ (mātṛ), created for the purpose of drinking the blood of the Andhaka demons, according to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.8. The Andhaka demons spawned out of every drop of blood spilled from the original Andhakāsura (Andhaka-demon). According to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.35, “Most terrible they (e.g., Sadāhā) all drank the blood of those Andhakas and become exceedingly satiated.”
The Matsyapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 20,000 metrical verses, dating from the 1st-millennium BCE. The narrator is Matsya, one of the ten major avatars of Viṣṇu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSadāhā (सदाहा).—A mind-born mother.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 179. 22.
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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaḍaha (षडह).—[masculine] a period of six days.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaḍaha (षडह):—[=ṣaḍ-aha] [from ṣaḍ > ṣaṣ] (or ṣaLaha) m. a period of six days, [especially] a Soma festival of six days, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa etc.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shash, Aha, Sat.
Starts with: Sadaham, Sadahasa, Shadaharita.
Ends with: Disadaha, Khoshadaha, Shattrimshadaha.
Full-text: Shadahika, Parshthika, Shashthahnika, Chandorutstoma, Aha, Stotriya, Shilpa, Vishala, Prishthya, Abhijit.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Summary of the Gavāmayana sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
Source of the Sacrifice < [Chapter 3 - Political Importance]
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 2.1: Types of Somayāga (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]