Tavata, Tāvatā, Tāvata: 6 definitions
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Tavata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
tāvatā : (adv.) so long; on that account; by that much.
Tāvatā, (adv.) (from tāva) 1. so long (corr. to yāva) Dpvs. IV, 17.—2. on that account, thus D. I, 104 (v. l. ettāvatā); Dh. 266. (Page 300)
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Tāvata, (nt.) (abstr. fr. tāva) lit. “so-much-ness, ” i.e. relative extent or sphere, relatively Vism. 481, 482. (Page 300)
[Pali to Burmese]
tāvatā—
(Burmese text): (က) ထို (အတိုင်းအရှည်-အပိုင်းအခြား) မျှဖြင့်။ (ခ) ထို．．．အတိုင်းအရှည်တိုင်အောင်။ (ဂ) ထို．．．အတိုင်းအရှည်ရှိသော။
(Auto-Translation): (a) In that manner (in terms of length-segment). (b) Until that... in terms of length. (c) That... has a length of.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
tāvatā (तावता).—ad (Mistaken for ētāvatā q. v.) Still, yet, notwithstanding.
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
1) Tāvatā (तावता):—[from tāvat > tāvac] [instrumental case] ind. to that extent, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya xiii, 13; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, viii]
2) [v.s. ...] in that time, in the mean time, meanwhile, [Daśakumāra-carita; Kathāsaritsāgara x, 24; Bharaṭaka-dvātriṃśikā]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tavatai, Tavataicutti, Tavataka, Tavataka-Kha-Ga, Tavatam, Tavatan, Tavatava, Tavatavanem, Tavatavi, Tavatavisu, Tavatavita, Tavatayam, Tavatayi, Tavattar.
Full-text: Tavat, Yavant, Abhisamitavant, Pavalattavatam, Ancu-muttutavatam, Tavatika, Paurta, Paurtika, Tavatam, Kittavata, Sthera, Dayaka, Veshya, Balisa, Yavata, Nishtha, Tavant.
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Search found 30 books and stories containing Tavata, Tāvatā, Tāvata; (plurals include: Tavatas, Tāvatās, Tāvatas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.2.137 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]
Verse 3.2.55 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 188 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Page 352 < [English-Gujarati-Hindi (1 volume)]
Page 119 < [English-Gujarati-Hindi (1 volume)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 259 - The Story of Ekūdāna the Arahat < [Chapter 19 - Dhammaṭṭha Vagga (Established in Dhamma)]
Verse 266-267 - The Story of a Brāhmin < [Chapter 19 - Dhammaṭṭha Vagga (Established in Dhamma)]
Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3101 < [Chapter 25 - Examination of the Doctrine of ‘Self-sufficient Validity’]
Verse 2914-2915 < [Chapter 25 - Examination of the Doctrine of ‘Self-sufficient Validity’]