Tadaga, Taḍāga, Tāḍāga, Taḍaga: 22 definitions
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Tadaga 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
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Taḍāga (तडाग) is a Sanskrit word referring to an “artificial water-reservoir, which is larger than 1,000 square yards”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 4.203)
Taḍāga (तडाग) refers to “large water-reservoirs”. These should be built by the King on boundary-links between two villages. (See the Manubhāṣya, verse 8.248)
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Tāḍāga (ताडाग) refers to “fishes found in lakes”, according to the Dhanvantari-nighaṇṭu. It is also known as tāḍāgamatsya. In the science of Āyurveda (ancient Indian healthcare), the meat of a fish (matsya) is used and prepared in balanced diets. Tāḍāga fish increases sperm. The Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu is a 10th-century medicinal thesaurus (nighaṇṭu) containing characteristics and synonyms of various herbal plants and minerals.
Taḍāga (तडाग) refers to “(water from) ponds”, as mentioned in verse 5.13-14 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] as concerns (water from) wells, ponds [viz., taḍāga], etc., one should know (if it comes) from jungle, swamp, or rock. No water or, in case of incapability, little (is) to be drunk by those suffering from weak digestion and visceral induration (and) by those suffering from jaundice, abdominal swellings, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, dysentery, and cutaneous swellings. Except in autumn and summer, even a healthy man shall drink only little”.
Tāḍāga (ताडाग):—Tank / pond water water which comes from higher levels and blocked by artificial means. Some peoples call Pushkarni’s as Tadaga. Sweet in taste and easy to digest.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Taḍāga (तडाग) refers to “ponds” or “reservoirs”, according to the Skandapurāṇa 2.2.13 (“The Greatness of Kapoteśa and Bilveśvara”).—Accordingly: as Jaimini said to the Sages: “[...] [Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)] went to the holy spot Kuśasthalī. He performed a very severe penance near Nīla mountain. [...] By the power of his penance that holy spot became one comparable to Vṛndāvana, the forest near Gokula. Its interior was rendered splendid by lakes, ponds, reservoirs [i.e., saras-taḍāga-sarasī] and rivers. It was full of different kinds of trees and creepers (laden) with fruits and flowers of all seasons. It was resonant with the humming sounds of bees inebriated with honey. It was full of different kinds of flocks of birds. It was a comfortable place of resort for all creatures. [...]”.
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.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Taḍāga (तडाग) refers to “ponds”, as discussed in chapter 32 [=vāpī-kūpa-taḍāga-pratiṣṭhā] of the Saṃkarṣaṇa-Kāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣapañcarātra: an ancient Pāñcarātra consisting of four sections (kāṇḍas), deriving its name from the fact that according to its frame-story (ādikāṇḍa) it was revealed by God in the form of Hayaśiras, the Horse-Headed One. The Agnipurāṇa chapters 62-69 have parallels with the Saṃkarṣaṇakāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra.
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Taḍāga (तडाग) refers to a “tank” (suitable for performing offering ceremonies), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Bhagavān taught the detailed offering-manual], “At the time of drought one should prepare a maṇḍala with clay and cow dung measuring three hastas on a mountain, in a forest, at a monastery, a spring, a pool, a tank (taḍāga), a well, a lake, or the residence of the Nāgas. One should dig a hole measuring a hasta in the middle of the maṇḍalaka. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Taḍāga (तडाग) refers to a “pond”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “Now, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the pīlava and upapīlava in sequence. [...] The pīlava [sites] are recited to be the border of a village, Kuṅkara (for Koṅkana), Karmāra-pāṭaka (or a district of [many] artisans), and the village where many Yoginīs reside. [Every site is] powerful. (12) Likewise, in this [system], the upapīlava [sites] are an ancestor forest, a side of a house, a pond (taḍāga), and a lotus pool. Girls who are in these places are of [the nature of] the innate, born in their own birthplaces. [...]”.
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
taḍāga (तडाग) [or क, ka].—m S A tank, a pond, a lake: also a small pool.
taḍāga (तडाग) [-ka, -क].—m A tank, a pond.
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
Taḍaga (तडग).—See तडाग (taḍāga).
Derivable forms: taḍagaḥ (तडगः).
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Taḍāga (तडाग).—
1) A pond, deep pool, tank; स्फुटकमलोदरखेलितखञ्जनयुगमिव शरदि तडागम् (sphuṭakamalodarakhelitakhañjanayugamiva śaradi taḍāgam) Gītagovinda 11; Manusmṛti 4.23; Y.3. 237.
2) A tank.
3) A trap for catching deer.
Derivable forms: taḍāgaḥ (तडागः), taḍāgam (तडागम्).
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Tāḍāga (ताडाग).—a. (-gī f.) Being in or coming from tanks.
Taḍaga (तडग).—m.
(-gaḥ) A pond, a tank: see taḍāga.
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Taḍāga (तडाग).—m.
(-gaḥ) 1. A pond, a pool, deep enough for the growth of the lotus, &c. See the preceding. 2. A trap for catching deer. E. taḍ to beat, affix āga, deriv. irr.
Taḍāga (तडाग).—m. and n. A pond, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 203.
— Cf. taḍāka.
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Tāḍāga (ताडाग).—i. e. taḍāga + a, adj. Being in ponds, [Suśruta] 1, 170, 11.
Taḍāga (तडाग).—[neuter] pond, lake; bhedaka [masculine] the piercer or drainer of a pond.
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Tāḍāga (ताडाग).—[adjective] being in or coming from ponds.
1) Taḍaga (तडग):—m. = ḍāga, a pond, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Taḍāga (तडाग):—[from taḍāka] n. (m. [gana] ardharcādi) = ḍāka, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra v, 2; Manu-smṛti iv, vii ff.; Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] a trap, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Tāḍāga (ताडाग):—mfn. (water) being in or coming from ponds (tad), [Suśruta i, 45, 1, 1 and 22.]
1) Taḍaga (तडग):—(gaḥ) 1. m. A pond or pool.
2) Taḍāga (तडाग):—(gaḥ) 1. m. A pond; a trap to catch deer.
Taḍaga (तडग):—m. = taḍāga [Dvirūpakoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Taḍāga (तडाग):—(= taṭāka) m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 31.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 13.]
1) m. n. Teich, See [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 27.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1094.] [Medinīkoṣa g. 34.] puṣkariṇīkūpataḍāgānām [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 5, 2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 203. 7, 196. 8, 248. 262. 264. 9, 279. 281. 11, 61.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 237.] [Mahābhārata 1, 7591. 3, 2408. 2533. 6, 3569. 12, 1492. 13, 2973. fgg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 75, 16. 88, 3.] [Suśruta 1, 169, 12. 206, 15.] [Pañcatantra II, 157.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 6, 19.] [Gītagovinda 11, 27.] Nirgends m. —
2) m. n. Falle [Medinīkoṣa]
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Tāḍāga (ताडाग):—(von taḍāga) adj. in Teichen befindlich, daher kommend; von Wasser [Suśruta 1, 170, 11. 13. 173, 11.]
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Taḍāga (तडाग):—
1) bhavanotsargatattva [Oxforder Handschriften 289,b, No. 693.] taḍāgotsarga [HALL 178.]
Taḍaga (तडग):—m. = taḍāga.
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Taḍāga (तडाग):—*m.) n. —
1) Teich , See. —
2) *Falle.
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Tāḍāga (ताडाग):—Adj. in Teichen befindlich , daher kommend.
Taḍāga (तडाग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Taḍāa, Taḍāga, Talāga, Talāya.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Taḍāga (तडाग) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Taḍāga.
Taḍāga has the following synonyms: Taḍāa.
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
Taḍaga (ತಡಗ):—[noun] a number of things tied, wrapped or otherwise held together; a bundle.
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Taḍāga (ತಡಾಗ):—[noun] = ತಡಾಕ [tadaka].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Taḍāga (तडाग):—n. 1. a pond; a pool; 2. a net to entrap wild animals;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+1): Tadagabhavanotsarga, Tadagabhedaka, Tadagada, Tadagadi, Tadagadipaddhati, Tadagadipratishthapaddhati, Tadagadipratishthavidhi, Tadagadividhi, Tadagadyudyapanavidhi, Tadagal, Tadagamana, Tadagamritikodbhava, Tadagani, Tadagapalini, Tadagapratishtha, Tadagasa, Tadagashanti, Tadagata, Tadagavant, Tadagavat.
Full-text (+11): Tadagabhavanotsarga, Tadagabhedaka, Tadagada, Tadagapratishtha, Tadagavidhi, Tadagavat, Talaka, Tadaka, Tataga, Tadagavant, Prasannatadaga, Vapi, Tataka, Tadaa, Bilva, Talaya, Tadaag, Nagatadaga, Khanjana, Talaga.
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