The Sanskrit term Śaucavidhi can be transliterated into English as Saucavidhi or Shaucavidhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shauchavidhi.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Śaucavidhi (शौचविधि) refers to “(the rules of) daily purification”.—The Yogajāgama is the name of a text dealing with Śaiva rituals ranging from daily purification (śaucavidhi) to the great festival of Śiva (śivotsavavidhi or mahotsavavidhi) with no chapters on Yoga.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śaucavidhi (शौचविधि).—m S śaucācāra m S A law or rule of purification; directions for the cleansing of the person (by ablution of the parts, gargling of the mouth &c.) after voiding any of the excrements of the system, or contracting impurity of any kind. 2 Popularly. The business or affair of discharging the bowels.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śaucavidhi (शौचविधि).—m A rule of purification; the business of discharging the bowels.

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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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaucavidhi (शौचविधि).—f.

(-dhiḥ) The rules of purification after defilement by the death of a relation, &c. E. śauca. and vidhi precept.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Śaucavidhi (शौचविधि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] ibid.

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

Śaucavidhi (शौचविधि):—[=śauca-vidhi] [from śauca] m. rule of purification (after defilement by the death of a relation), [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Śaucavidhi (शौचविधि):—[śauca-vidhi] (dhiḥ) 2. f. Rules of purification.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śaucavidhi (ಶೌಚವಿಧಿ):—

1) [noun] evacuation of excrements from the body.

2) [noun] a ceremonial purification from defilement caused by the death of a relative.

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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: Shauca, Vidhi.

Ends with: Ashaucavidhi, Paryankashaucavidhi.

Full-text: Yogajagama, Mahotsavavidhi, Mahotsava, Shivotsavavidhi, Shivotsava, Vidhi.

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