Suduracara, Sudurācāra: 5 definitions
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Suduracara 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sudurachara.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)Sudurācāra (सुदुराचार) refers to “one who commits the most abominable actions (9.30)”. (cf. Glossary page from Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySudurācāra (सुदुराचार).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Very wicked, abandoned or profligate. E. su very, durācāra bad.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySudurācāra (सुदुराचार).—[adjective] very ill-conducted.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySudurācāra (सुदुराचार):—[=su-durācāra] [from su > su-tanaya] mfn. very ill-conducted, very badly behaved or wicked, a profligate, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySudurācāra (सुदुराचार):—[su-durā+cāra] < [su-durācāra] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Very wicked.
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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Isha Upanishad (by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 8.2.5 < [Section 2 - Second Tiruvaymoli (Nankal varivalai)]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 9.30 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]