Staimitya: 10 definitions
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Staimitya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य, “rigidity”) refers to one of the twenty disorders of kapha, according to the Carakasaṃhitā Sūtrasthāna verse 20.17ff.—These pitta and kapha disorders are, like those by vāta, of a mixed character. Their enumeration is not exhaustive. Related lists are found in many treatises. Note: Staimitya is variously defined as “rigidity” (Kaviratna); “stiffness” (Gulabkunverba); “timidity” (R.K. Shanna and Bhagwan Dash); “a sensation of coldness” (P.V. Sharma). Cf. Carakasaṃhita Nidānasthāna 1.27. See on the meaning of this term: Cakrasaṃhita Cikitsāsthāna 3.86; Ḍalhaṇa’s commentary on Suśrutasaṃhita Sūtrasthāna 41.4, Uttaratantra 39.33-34 and 48; Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha Sūtrasthāna 20.12; Vācaspati ad Mādhavanidāna 2.15.
Staimitya is also mentioned as a disorder in the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha Sūtrasthāna verse 20.12ff.—The eighty vāta disorders (20.9), forty pitta disorders (20.10) and twenty kapha disorders (20.11) are enumerated. A number of these disorders are explained [e.g., staimitya].—Note: The text of the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha says that it is called pramīlaka by others.
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य):—Rigidness
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.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य) refers to “stillness”, according to the Ahirbudhnya-saṃhitā 5.4.—In another chapter of the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā it is said that the power in its original state may be conceived to be pure stillness (staimitya-rūpa) or pure vacuity (śūnyatva-rūpiṇī), and it is out of its own indescribable spontaneity that it begins to set itself in motion. It is this spontaneity, which springs out of itself and is its own, that is described as the thought of God or its self-dirempting activity, its desire for being many. All creation proceeds out of this spontaneity; creation is not to be described as an event which happened at a particular time, but it is the eternal spontaneity of this power of God that reveals itself as eternal creation, as eternal and continuous self-manifestation
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य) refers to “deluded” or “forgetful” [?], according to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, belonging to the Pāñcarātra tradition which deals with theology, rituals, iconography, narrative mythology and others.—Accordingly, “An abnormal modification caused by a aggressive ritual against Kings, occurring at the improper time, dreadful and all-reaching, is characterized by the these signs: [...] [the King] is so deluded that he himself forgets (staimitya—svayaṃ staimityam āsthitaḥ) the dos and don’ts; in a dream he sees himself with a shaven head and clad in a dark blue garment, travelling towards the southern direction on a cart pulled by a donkey; from such and other signs he should understand that the enemy is performing a aggressive ritual”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
staimitya (स्तैमित्य).—n S Languor or lassitude. This high word is taken because it is the appropriate name, in vaidyaśāstra, for the disorder Languor. 2 Dullness, sluggishness, or spiritlessness in general.
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
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य).—
1) Fixedness, rigidity, immobility.
2) Numbness.
Derivable forms: staimityam (स्तैमित्यम्).
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य).—n.
(-tyaṃ) Rigidity, numbness.
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य).—[neuter] lameness, fixedness, immobility.
1) Staimitya (स्तैमित्य):—[from stīm] a n. ([from] stimita) fixedness, rigidity, immobility, numbness, [Kāvya literature; Suśruta]
2) b See p. 1259, col. 1.
Staimitya (स्तैमित्य):—(von stimita) n. = jaḍatā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Lahmheit, Bewegungslosigkeit, Unthätigkeit: staimityādaśīghraprārambhakṣobhavikārāḥ [CARAKA 3, 8. 8, 1.] [Suśruta 2, 451, 14.] [UTT. 39] (fehlt in der Ausg.). [VĀGBH. 1, 7. 60.] [Spr. (II) 6887.]
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.
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Astanga Sangraha, Kalpasthana III: Translation and Notes < [Volume 4 (1995)]
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The origin of yogic cleansings < [Volume 14 (issue 1-2), Jul-Dec 1994]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
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