Shvapaca, Śvapaca, Shvan-paca: 11 definitions
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Shvapaca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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 term Śvapaca can be transliterated into English as Svapaca or Shvapaca, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shvapacha.
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Śvapaca (श्वपच) refers to “out-castes” which is a factor in deciding upon reparations, according to the section dealing with Jīrṇoddhāra (“renovation”) in verse 119cd-124 of the Prāyaścittasamuccaya of Trilocanaśiva: a 12th century Śaiva manual on expiations.—Accordingly, “[...] If the liṅga is licked by fire and its beauty is not diminished, [expiation is achieved] by [reciting aghora] thirty thousand times. If [the liṅga] is mutilated, burnt, loses its lustre, is used by out-castes (śvapaca), falls in a terrible hole [or] is stolen by kings or others, then one should abandon the liṅga, recite one lakh repetitions of aghora, install another liṅga and [thereby] one attains purification”
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Śvapaca (श्वपच) refers to a “low outcaste”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “A god becomes [filled] with lamenting, a dog ascends to heaven, a Brāhman might become discernible in substance [as a dog] or an insect or even a low outcaste (śvapaca). Like an actor here on the stage, the embodied soul continually takes on individual characters [and] he abandons others”.
Synonyms: Cāṇḍāla.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
śvapaca (श्वपच).—m S śvapāka m S (Cooker of dogs.) A man of an outcast tribe, the son of an Ugra woman by a Kshatri male. He is classed with the Chanḍal.
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
Śvapaca (श्वपच).—
1) a man of a very low and degraded caste, an outcast, a Chāṇḍāla; Manusmṛti 3.92; श्वपचात्मभुवोर्निरन्तरा मम भूयात् परमात्मनि स्थितिः (śvapacātmabhuvornirantarā mama bhūyāt paramātmani sthitiḥ) Bv.4.23.
2) a dog-feeder.
3) a public executioner.
Derivable forms: śvapacaḥ (श्वपचः).
Śvapaca is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śvan and paca (पच).
Śvapaca (श्वपच).—mf.
(-caḥ-cā) 1. A man or woman of a low and degraded caste. 2. A dog-feeder or keeper. E. śvan a dog, pac to cook, (for his food,) or to cherish as his property, and ac aff.; also with kvip aff. śvapac m. (-pak) and with ghañ aff. śvapāka .
Śvapaca (श्वपच).—i. e. śvan-pac + a, m., and f. cā, 1. A dog-feeder. 2. A man or woman of a low caste, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 390; 404.
Śvapaca (श्वपच).—[masculine] a degraded class of men (lit. cooking dogs).
1) Śvapaca (श्वपच):—[=śva-paca] [from śva > śvan] mf(ā or ī). ‘one who cooks d°’, a man or woman of a low and outcaste tribe (the son of a Caṇḍāla and a Brāhmaṇī, or of a Niṣṭya and a previously unmarried Kirātī, or of an Ugra woman by a Kṣatriya, or of a Kṣ° woman by an Ugra, or of a Brāhmaṇī by an Ambaṣṭha, often = caṇḍāla; he acts as a public executioner and carries out the bodies of those who die without kindred), [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a dog-feeder, dog-keeper, [Horace H. Wilson]
Śvapaca (श्वपच):—[śva-paca] (caḥ-cā) 1. m. f. A dog feeder, low man.
Śvapaca (श्वपच):—gaṇa pacādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134.] m. Bez. einer best. verachteten Menschenklasse (Hunde kochend), oft dem Caṇḍāla gleichgesetzt, [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 20.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 207.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 933.] [Halāyudha 2, 443.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 14.] caṇḍālaśvapacānāṃ tu bahirgrāmātpratiśrayaḥ . apapātrāśca kartavyā dhanameṣāṃ śvagardabham .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 51.] [Mahābhārata 3, 105] [?(= Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 29, 23). 7, 8254. 12, 5003. 5386. fgg. Suśruta 1, 63, 4.] anyonyasya ca viśvāsaḥ śvapacena śuno yathā [Spr. 5105.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 51, 5. 53, 84.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 390. 392] (fälschlich paka ed. [TR.][?). Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 16, 6. 33, 7. 7, 9, 10. PAÑCAR. 1, 2, 40. Oxforder Handschriften 91], a, [?25. fg. f.] ī b, 34. ā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 404.] — Vgl. śvapāka, śvāda .
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
Śvapaca (ಶ್ವಪಚ):—
1) [noun] a man who cooks and eats dogs.
2) [noun] a man belonging to a very low or outcaste tribe.
3) [noun] a dirty fellow.
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: Shva, Shvan, Paca.
Starts with: Shvapacaka, Shvapacata, Shvapacatva.
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