Tiryagyoni, Tiryanc-yoni, Tiryanyoni: 16 definitions
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Tiryagyoni means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि) refers to the “realm of animal”, according to the Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text from the 2nd century dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life belonging to Kāmaśāstra (the ancient Indian science of love-making).—Accordingly, “[Objection]—Some learned men say that as Dharma is connected with things not belonging to this world, it is appropriately treated of in a book; and so also is Artha, because it is practised only by the application of proper means, and a knowledge of those means can only be obtained by study and from books. But Kāma being a thing which is practised even by the brute creation (tiryagyoni), and which is to be found everywhere, does not want any work on the subject. [Answer]—This is not so. Sexual intercourse being a thing dependent on man and woman requires the application of proper means by them, and those means are to be learnt from the Kāma Śāstra. The non-application of proper means, which we see in the brute creation (tiryagyoni), is caused by their being unrestrained, and by the females among them only being fit for sexual intercourse at certain seasons and no more, and by their intercourse not being preceded by thought of any kind”
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि) refers to “(being born in) animal lives”, according to the Pātravidhi—a manual of the Lakulīśa Pāśupata school of Śaivism dealing with purification of the initiate’s vessel (pātra) and other concerned issues.—Accordingly, “Having touched such a sinful ascetic who is involved in breaking [the vessel], breaching [the rules concerning the vessel], and cooking, the same rite of purity [which is prescribed] for [touching] a corpse should be performed. (16) An initiated twice-born man, who does [any of these] attentively or inattentively, is born in animal lives (tiryagyoni) [tiryagyoniṣu jāyate] for sixty thousand years. (17) [...] A householder by breaking the rules concerning cooking, and an ascetic by breaking the rules concerning the vessel are born in animal lives (tiryagyoni) for ten thousand years. (33)”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि) refers to the “domain of animal” according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XX). Accordingly, “When the Bodhisattva cultivates generosity (dāna),... He knows clearly that an immoral (duḥśīla) person who strikes, beats or imprisons, but who practices generosity, nevertheless has broken the law to obtain wealth, is reborn among the elephants (hastin), horses (aśva) and oxen (go-); while taking on an animal existence (tiryagyoni-saṃsthāna) where he is burdened down with loads, beaten, fettered and used as a mount, he will always have good shelter, be well-fed and will be respected (gurukṛta) by men who will take good care of him”.
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि) refers to “animals”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[Characteristics of behavior of all beings] [...] The behaviour’s essence, essential character, the essential character of cause, the essential character of condition, the essential character of productive cause, the essential character of combination, the essential character of difference, the essential character of discordance, the essential character of passion, the essential character of aversion, the essential character of delusion, the essential character of the three together, the essential character of hell-beings, the essential character of animals (tiryagyoni) [...]—he knows all the essential characters of behavior truly as they are, and there is no fault at all in his understanding”.
Tiryagyonig (तिर्यग्योनिग्) refers to “animals”, 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 teaches a pacification ritual]: “A pacification rite should be performed at four places in the field. One should offer barley, sesame, mustard seed and rice grain anointed with ghee; there will be great peace. Furthermore, even animals (tiryagyoni-gata) are unable to cause harm. This dhāraṇī should be written down according to the complete offering manual. [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
tiryagyōni (तिर्यग्योनि).—a S Born of or as an animal. 2 Applied severally to the three classes, rākṣasa, piśāca, dēva, because, according to popular understanding, these are exempt in their natural constitution from the element earth.
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
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि).—f. animal creation or race; तिर्यग्योनौ च जायते (tiryagyonau ca jāyate) Manusmṛti 4.2.
Derivable forms: tiryagyoniḥ (तिर्यग्योनिः).
Tiryagyoni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tiryañc and yoni (योनि).
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि) or Tiryyagyoni.—mfn. (-niḥ-niḥ-ni) Born of or as an animal. E. tiryac, and yoni place of birth.
Tiryaṅyoni (तिर्यङ्योनि).—f. the womb of a brute animal, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 200. Duryº, i. e.
Tiryaṅyoni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tiryañc and yoni (योनि).
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि).—[feminine] the womb of an animal; condition or race of animals (incl. plants), organic nature.
1) Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि):—[=tiryag-yoni] [from tiryag > tiraḥ] f. the womb of an animal, animal creation, organic nature (including plants), [Manu-smṛti iv, 200; Mahābhārata xiii; Rāmāyaṇa vii, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. born of or as an animal, [Horace H. Wilson]
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि):—[tirya-gyoni] (niḥ-niḥ-ni) a. Of the brute kind, brute-born.
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि):—(wie eben) f. der Mutterleib eines Thieres, der Thierzustand, das Thiergeschlecht (auch die Pflanzen dazu gerechnet): tiryagyonau ca jāyate [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 200.] yonimanuprāptaḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 3478.] gata [1901.] kathamayaṃ dvijaḥ (Vogel) . tiryagyonāvasaṃbhāvyamānṛśaṃsyamavasthitaḥ [272.] pañcadhā tiryagyoniśca paśupakṣimṛgasarīsṛpasthāvarānteti [Sânkhya Philosophy 45.] [Suśruta 2, 147, 21.]
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Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि):—, yoniṃ samāviṣṭāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 18, 4.] gata [110, 25.] gamana Sodomie [Oxforder Handschriften 282,a,47.] tiryaksrotāśca yaḥ proktastiryagyoniḥ sa (sargaḥ) pañcamaḥ die Schöpfung der Thiere [82,b,15.]
Tiryagyoni (तिर्यग्योनि):——
1) f. der Mutterleib eines Thieres , der Thierzustand , das Thiergeschlecht (auch die Pflanzen dazu gerechnet). —
2) m. die Schöpfung der Thiere.
Tiryagyoni (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 畜生 [chù shēng]: “rebirth as an animal”.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Tiryagyōni (ತಿರ್ಯಗ್ಯೋನಿ):—[noun] = ತಿರ್ಯಗ್ಜಾತಿ [tiryagjati].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Tirya, Tiryag, Tiryanc, Yoni.
Starts with (+0): Tiryagyonigamana, Tiryagyonigata, Tiryagyonigati, Tiryagyonika, Tiryagyoninyanvaya.
Full-text (+11): Tiryagyonigamana, Tiryagyona, Di li che, Bang sheng, Tiryagyonigata, Tairyagyona, Tiryagyonyanvaya, Di li ye qu yu ni jia, Bang xing, Tairyagyonya, Tiryagyoninyanvaya, Qi qu, Chu sheng, Bhutasarga, Nirayatiryagyonipreta, Boshu, Tiryagyonigati, Tiryyagyoni, Chun dong bang sheng zhi lei, Tiryyagyonyanvaya.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 3.39 - The lifetimes of subhuman beings < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Introduction (Why is the donor non-existent) < [Part 13 - Non-existence of the donor]
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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 5 - Creation (prajā-sṛṣṭi) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 5 - The Creation of the Universe < [Section 1 - Prakriyā-pāda (section on rites)]
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Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)
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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)