Simanta, Sīmanta, Sīmānta, Sima-anta, Simamta: 18 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
In Buddhism
1. Tibetan Buddhism
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Pali
4. Prakrit
5. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Simanta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Sīmanta (सीमन्त).—One of the saṃskāras enjoined on a dvija.^*

* Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 13. 6.

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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.

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Shodhganga: Vaikhanasa Grhyasutra Bhasya (Critical Edition and Study)

Sīmanta (सीमन्त) or Sīmantonnayana refers to the “parting of the wife’s hair in the eight month of her pregnancy” (which is connected with the emergence of consciousness in the child) and represents one of the eighteen bodily rituals (śārīraka-saṃskāras) mentioned in the Vaikhānasagṛhyasūtra (viz., vaikhānasa-gṛhya-sūtra) which belongs to the Taittirīya school of the Black Yajurveda (kṛṣṇayajurveda).—The original Gṛhyasūtra of Vaikhanāsa consists of eleven chapters or “praśnas”. Each praśna is subdivided into sub-divisions called “khaṇḍa”. But only the first seven chapters deal with actual Gṛhyasūtra section. Of these, the first three chapters dealing with the bodily rituals [viz., Sīmanta].

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)

Sīmanta (सीमन्त) refers to the “forehead”, according to the King Vatsarāja’s Pūjāstuti called the Kāmasiddhistuti (also Vāmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nityā.—Accordingly, “[...] Her foot-rest is illuminated by the rays of jewels on the forehead (sīmanta) of the king of gods and other gods as they bow in devotion [to her feet]. She has roving, wide eyes, and she bestows as boons the sovereignty [of Indra] and status [equal to] Vaiśravaṇa, lord of riches, and still more, which she creates in fleeting acts of amusement.. [...]”.

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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: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Sīmanta (सीमन्त) or “hair line” is associated with Khagānanā and Virupākṣa, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".

Associated elements of Khagānanā and Virupākṣa:

Circle: vākacakra [=vākcakra?] (speech-wheel) (red);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Khagānanā;
Ḍāka (male consort): Virupākṣa;
Bīja: hiṃ;
Body-part: scrot./lab. [scrotum/labia?];
Pīṭha: Himālaya;
Bodily constituent: sīmanta (hair line);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): vīryabodhyaṅga (awakening of effort).

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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 Dictionary

sīmanta (सीमंत).—m (S) The separation or partition of the hair (of the head of women) forming a distinct line along the crown.

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

sīmanta (सीमंत).—m The partition of hair (of women).

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sīmanta (सीमन्त).—[sīmno'ntaḥ śakaṃ°]

1) A boundary-line, landmark.

2) The parting line of the hair; the hair parted on each side of the head so as to leave a line; सीमन्तः केशवेशे, सीमान्तोऽन्यः (sīmantaḥ keśaveśe, sīmānto'nyaḥ) Sk. (Mar. bhāṃga); सीमन्ते च त्वदुपगमजं यत्र नीपं वधूनाम् (sīmante ca tvadupagamajaṃ yatra nīpaṃ vadhūnām) Meghadūta 67; Śiśupālavadha 8.69; Mv.5.44.

3) A landmark.

4) See सीमन्तोन्नयनम् (sīmantonnayanam) below; Y.1.11.

Derivable forms: sīmantaḥ (सीमन्तः).

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Sīmānta (सीमान्त).—

1) a boundary-line, border, frontier-line.

2) the utmost limit. °पूजनम् (pūjanam)

1) the ceremony of worshipping or honouring a village boundary.

2) worshipping the bridegroom when he arrives at the village boundary.

Derivable forms: sīmāntaḥ (सीमान्तः).

Sīmānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sīmā and anta (अन्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sīmanta (सीमन्त).—m.

(-ntaḥ) 1. A separation of the hair on each side, so as to leave a distinct line on the top of the head. 2. A boundary line. mn.

(-ntaḥ-ntaṃ) The head. E. sīman limit, (of the hair,) and anta end, form irr.

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Sīmānta (सीमान्त).—m.

(-ntaḥ) A frontier line, a border.

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

Sīmanta (सीमन्त).—i. e. *sīmant, the original form of sīman, + a, I. m. A separation of the hair on each side, so as to leave a distinct line on the top of the head, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 66. Ii. m. and n. The head. Iii. m. or n. A landmark (?), [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 41, 7.

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

Sīmānta (सीमान्त).—[masculine] boundary, landmark.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Sīmanta (सीमन्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Mentioned in Bhojaprabandha Oxf. 150^b.

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

1) Sīmanta (सीमन्त):—[from sīman] m. (ifc. ā; cf. sīmānta) parting of the hair, [Atharva-veda; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] = sīmanton-nayana below, [Yājñavalkya i, 11]

3) [v.s. ...] a line of separation on the human body (14 are enumerated, corresponding to the joints of the bones or Asthi-saṃghātas), [Suśruta]

4) [v.s. ...] a boundary, limit, [Mahābhārata]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of king Bhadra-sena, [Catalogue(s)]

6) [v.s. ...] of a poet, [ib.]

7) Sīmānta (सीमान्त):—[from sīmā > sīman] (mān) m. a border, boundary (-bhūpāla m. ‘a neighbouring king’ [Campaka-śreṣṭhi-kathānaka] [sīmāla [wrong reading]]), [Bṛhasp.; Yājñavalkya; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra] etc.

8) [=sīmā-nta] [from sīmānta > sīmā > sīman] ([figuratively]) bounds, [Mahābhārata]

9) [v.s. ...] the boundary of a village, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Rāmāyaṇa]

10) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. bounded by a landmark, [Harivaṃśa]

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

Sīmanta (सीमन्त):—[(ntaḥ-ntī)] 1. m. 3. f. Line parting the hair. m. n. The head.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sīmanta (सीमन्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sīmaṃta.

[Sanskrit to German]

Simanta in German

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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.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sīmanta refers to: a boundary Mhvs 25, 87; sin Sn. 484; J. IV, 311.

Note: sīmanta is a Pali compound consisting of the words sīmā and anta.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Sīmaṃta (सीमंत) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Sīmanta.

2) Sīmaṃta (सीमंत) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sīmānta.

3) Sīmaṃta (सीमंत) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sīmānta.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sīmaṃta (ಸೀಮಂತ):—

1) [noun] an apparent line that parts the hair on to either sides of the head, when combed.

2) [noun] a ceremony observed in which the hair of a woman who is pregnant for the first time, is parted on each side of her head, as to make a parting line straight and apparent, which is supposed to bring her goodluck.

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Sīmāṃta (ಸೀಮಾಂತ):—

1) [noun] = ಸೀಮೆ - [sime -] 1.

2) [noun] the highest point; culmination; the acme; the pinnacle.

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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.

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