Sutaka, Suṭakā, Sūtakā: 15 definitions
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Sutaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Sutak.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Sūtaka (सूतक) refers to one’s “sons”, according to Tantric texts such as the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “As long as Śambhu does not come into the world of mortals with all his being (sarvabhāva), bearing the form of the teacher, the Śāmbhava form of the “descent (of power)” does not take place. Just as my seed (vīrya), like (the alchemical) mercury (pārada), upon falling to the ground splits into (many) drops, similarly I wander around (in the world) in the form of the most excellent teachers. These teachers are born from my seed (vīrya). They are (my) sons (sūtaka). Purified, they achieve (the goal) by virtue of the fine condiment of the herb of devotion. [...]”.
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.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Sūtaka (सूतक) refers to a class of persons for whom their “behavior” is discussed in the fourth chapter of the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—Description of the chapter [samayācāra-vidhi]:—For each of the four castes and for pratilomakas and sūtakas as well as for any of the four āśramas certain modes of behavior are expected; further, all of these persons are eligible for saṃskāras (1-4). [...] The remainder of the chapter deals with general principles of conduct common to all these persons—prāṇāhuti, japa, etc. (21b-24a).
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
suṭakā (सुटका).—f (suṭa root of suṭaṇēṃ. Or H) Release, liberation, emancipation, deliverance or freedness generally (from restraint, affliction, or trouble).
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sutaka (सुतक).—n Corrupted from sūtaka, and properly signifying Impurity arising (to the members of a family) through a birth in it, but understood popularly in the sense of Impurity arising through a death. v dhara.
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sūtaka (सूतक).—n (S) Impurity (arising to the members of a family) from the birth of a child in it; also, sometimes, from a miscarriage or a death. Applied also to the impurity which prevails during an eclipse. Note. Impurity from a birth or a miscarriage is the sense in Sanskrit, but not popularly, excepting in the Konkaṇ.
suṭakā (सुटका).—f Release, deliverance, liberation.
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sutaka (सुतक).—n Impurity arising through a death.
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sūtaka (सूतक).—
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
Sūtaka (सूतक).—
1) Birth, production; नाधीयीतामिषं जगध्वा सूतकान्नाद्यमेव च (nādhīyītāmiṣaṃ jagadhvā sūtakānnādyameva ca) Manusmṛti 4.112.
2) Impurity caused by childbirth (or miscarriage) in a family; (also called jananāśaucam q. v.); Manusmṛti 4.11.
-kaḥ, -kam Quick-silver.
Derivable forms: sūtakam (सूतकम्).
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Sūtakā (सूतका).—A woman recently delivered, a lying-in woman; Manusmṛti 5.85.
Sutaka (सुतक).—n.
(-kaṃ) 1. Birth. 2. Impurity from child-birth or mis-carriage: see sūtaka .
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Sūtaka (सूतक).—n.
(-kaṃ) 1. Birth, production. 2. Impurity from child-birth or miscarriage. mn.
(-kaḥ-kaṃ) Quicksilver. f.
(-kā-tikā) A woman recently delivered. E. kan added to the last.
Sūtaka (सूतक).—[sūta + ka] (see vb. 1. su), I. n. 1. Birth, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 112; 5, 58; cf. 4, 110 (birth of Rāhu = causing an eclipse). 2. Impurity from child-birth, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 76, 7. Ii. m. and n. Quicksilver. Iii. f. kā and tikā, A woman recently delivered, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 212.
Sūtaka (सूतक).—[neuter] bird, production; impurity from birth etc.
— [masculine] [neuter] quicksilver; [feminine] sūtika a woman recently delivered.
1) Sūtaka (सूतक):—[from sū] n. birth (also ‘the calving of a cow’ etc.), [Gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] impurity (of parents) caused by child-birth or miscarriage, [Yājñavalkya; Dhūrtasamāgama]
3) [v.s. ...] impurity (in general), [Subhāṣitāvali]
4) [v.s. ...] an obstacle, [Tithyāditya]
5) [v.s. ...] f(akā and ikā). See below
6) [v.s. ...] mn. (am) quick silver, mercury, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
7) Sūtakā (सूतका):—[from sū] f. a woman recently delivered, [Pāṇini 7-3, 45], [vArttika] 10, [Patañjali]
Sūtaka (सूतक):—(kaṃ) 1. m. n. Quicksilver. n. Birth; impurity from childbirth. f. (kā-tikā) A woman recently delivered.
Sūtaka (सूतक):—1. (von 2. sūta)
1) n. a) Geburt [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 47.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 108.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 169.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 10.] rājño rāhośca (vgl. rāhusūtaka) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 110. 5, 58. 62.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3047. 4803. 3, 17294. 5, 3194. 4644. 13, 6230.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 32, 23. 35, 48.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 300.] [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 423, 11. 14.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 79.] sūtakānna die durch die Geburt eines Kindes (im Hause verunreinigte) Speise [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa.7,9.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi.2,8.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi.4,7.6,1.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 141.] [Oxforder Handschriften 281,b,46.] sūtakānnādya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 112.] — b) die durch die Geburt eines Kindes bewirkte Unreinheit der Eltern [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 18. fg.] sūtakānte nāmakarma vidheyam [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 299, Nalopākhyāna 2.] dūtī saprasaveti sūtakam [Dhūrtasamāgama 76, 7.] mṛtā mohamayī mātā jāto bodhamayaḥ sutaḥ . ubhayoḥ sūtakaṃ jātam Verunreinigung überh. [Spr. (II) 4946.] — c) Hemmniss (pratibandhaka): vrajayajñavivāheṣu śrāddhe home rcane jape . ārabdhe sūtakaṃ na syādanārabdhe tu sūtakam .. [Tithyāditattva im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. n. Quecksilber [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 34. 3, 3, 47.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 108.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 169.] [Hārāvalī 155.] [KĀLACAKRA 5, 204.] mṛta m. [SARVADARŚANAS. 99, 16.] etwa Calcination (des Quecksilbers): yathā lohe tathā dehe kartavyaḥ sūtakaḥ [100, 15.] —
3) f. sūtakā = sūtikā Vārtt. [?11 zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 45. Vopadeva’s Grammatik 4, 7.] —
4) f. sūtikā Wöchnerin ebend. [Atharvavedasaṃhitā.8,6,19.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi.2,12.4,7. 11.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.5,85.] [Suśruta.1,255,14. 370,5.] [Spr. (II) 1299.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 51,20.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 35,28. 34.] [Oxforder Handschriften 294,b,16.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 269. 858.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 266.] nava [287.] gada [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 7, 107.] sūtikāgni [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 25.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 16.] [Mahābhārata 3, 14207.] sūtikānna [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 212.] sūtikānāṃ gavām vor Kurzem gekalbt habend [Mahābhārata 12, 1317.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 163] (ohne go). — Vgl. mṛta, rāhusūtaka, śrāddha, upasūtikā .
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Sūtaka (सूतक):—2. (wohl von 3. sūta) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 60, 31.]
Sūtaka (सूतक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Sūaga, Sūaya.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Sūtaka (सूतक) [Also spelled sutak]:—(nm) impurity or defilement which, according to the Hindu tradition, is caused by a death/birth in the family; —[laganā] an impurity or defilement caused due to a death/birth.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Sūtaka (ಸೂತಕ):—
1) [noun] = ಸೂತ [suta]2 - 9.
2) [noun] the act or fact of coming into life; birth.
3) [noun] religious impurity, defilement (in gen.).
4) [noun] religious impurity, defilement caused by the birth of a child in the family.
5) [noun] in women, the periodic flow of blood and sloughed-off tissue from the uterus, discharged through the genital tract; menses.
6) [noun] an upset of normal function; an ailment; a disorder.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Sūtaka (सूतक):—n. 1. (Hindu culture) state of ritual impurity (observed after birth of a child or a death in the family); 2. a new-born baby;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Cutakam, Sutakabhojana, Sutakadi, Sutakagni, Sutakagriha, Sutakana, Sutakanem, Sutakanirnaya, Sutakanna, Sutakannadya, Sutakanni, Sutakapratyaya, Sutakari, Sutakarman, Sutakasara, Sutakasiddhanta, Sutakatula, Sutakavi.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Verse 5.58 < [Section VII - Impurity due to Death]
Mimamsa in Medhatithi (study) (by A. R. Joshi)
Vikalpa In Manubhasya 5.62 < [Part 3.22 - Vikalpa]
Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
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Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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