Tvac: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Tvac means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, biology. 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 Tvach.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Tvac (त्वच्):—Sanskrit word for ‘skin’. It is associated with Randhra, which is the first seat of the Svādhiṣṭhāna-chakra, according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Tvac (त्वच्) or Tvagvedha refers to one of the Eight Vedhas (of piercing the body) (associated with dehasiddhi), according to the Rasārṇava (vere 18.147-49).—[...] There are, indeed, alchemical procedures which transform bodily constituents but do not involve “eating Dhātus” nor moving vitality (and thus seem unrelated to Amanaska 2.32c). One such example is the eight kinds of piercing the body [e.g., tvag-vedha], which are described in connection with dehasiddhi in Rasārṇava.
Tvac (त्वच्) refers to the “skin (of a fish)”, according to the Vādakhaṇḍa section of the Rasaratnākara (lit. “jewel mine of mercury”): a 13th century alchemical work in Sanskrit written by Nityanātha.—(Cf. the recipe for Matsyakajjala).
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Tvac (त्वच्) refers to the “skin” (of an elephant), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 3, “on unfavorable marks”]: “5. One that has (evil) spots on his skin (tvac), tusks, palate, toenails, etc., shall be abandoned; or else the wise man shall perform in proper fashion an operation to burn or scrape them off, and all the things necessary to heal and cure them, and cut them off”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Tvac (त्वच्):—A Sanskrit technical term translating to “skin”, and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā.
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.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Tvac (त्वच्) refers to “(the enjoyment of) feeling” (employed by those seeking Kāma), 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, “Man, the period of whose life is one hundred years, should practise dharma, artha and kāma at different times and in such a manner that they may harmonize together and not clash in any way. [...] Kāma is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling (tvac), seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul [srotratvakcakṣurjihvāghrāṇānāmātmasaṃyuktena manasādhiṣṭhitānāṃ]. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of sense and its object, and the consciousness of pleasure which arises from that contact is called Kāma. [...]”.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Tvac (त्वच्, ‘skin,’ ‘hide’) denotes specially in the Rigveda the hide used in the process of extracting the Soma juice from the plant. The Soma was pounded with stones (adri) upon the skin laid on the pressing boards (adhiṣavaṇe phalake)? which, however, are not mentioned in the Rigveda. Or if a pestle and mortar were used, the skin was still placed underneath them to catch the drops of juice, not above, as Pischel thought.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Tvac (त्वच्, “skin”) (Pali Taca) refers to one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., tvac]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.
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)
Tvac (त्वच्) or “skin” is associated with Prabhāmatī and Kaṅkāla, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".
Associated elements of Prabhāmatī and Kaṅkāla:
Circle: kāyacakra (mind-wheel) (blue);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Prabhāmatī;
Ḍāka (male consort): Kaṅkāla;
Bīja: oṃ;
Body-part: right ear;
Pīṭha: Oḍiyāna;
Bodily constituent: tvaṅ-mala (skin/filth);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): mīmāṃsā-ṛddhipāda (power of analysis).
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Tvac (त्वच्, “bark”).—One of the ten kinds of “plant-bodies” (vanaspati) a soul (jīva) can be reborn as due to karma. Tvac and other plant-bodies are within the animal world (tiryag-gati) which is one of the four divisions of saṃsāra where souls are reborn.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
Tvac in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum verum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Camphora mauritiana Lukman. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Botanist’s Repository (1808)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1826)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1892)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Tvac (त्वच्).—6 P. (tvacati) To cover.
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Tvac (त्वच्).—f.
1) Skin (of men, serpents &c.); धत्ते त्वचं रौरवीम् (dhatte tvacaṃ rauravīm) Uttararāmacarita 4.2; Mv.1.18.
2) Hide (as of a cow, deer &c.); त्वचं स मेध्यां परिधाय रौरवीम् (tvacaṃ sa medhyāṃ paridhāya rauravīm) R.3.31.
3) Bark, rind; न्यस्ताक्षरा धातुरसेन यत्र भूर्जत्वचः कुञ्जरबिन्दुशोणाः (nyastākṣarā dhāturasena yatra bhūrjatvacaḥ kuñjarabinduśoṇāḥ) Kumārasambhava 1.7; R.2.37;17.12.
4) Any cover or coating.
5) The sense of touch.
6) Cinnamon वल्के लवङ्गवल्के त्वक् (valke lavaṅgavalke tvak) Nm.
7) Surface (of the earth); भूम्या उद्गेव वि त्वचं बिभेद (bhūmyā udgeva vi tvacaṃ bibheda) Ṛgveda 1.68. 4.
Tvac (त्वच्).—[tvaca] r. 6th cl. (tvacati) To cover, to clothe, to invest. tudā-para-saka-seṭ .
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Tvac (त्वच्).—f. (tvak) 1. Skin. 2. Bark, rind, peel, &c. 3. Woody cassia. E. tan to spread, to encircle or cover, Unadi affix cik, and va substituted for the final letters of the radical; also ac being added tvaca and tvacā.
Tvac (त्वच्).—i. 6, [Parasmaipada.] To cover.
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Tvac (त्वच्).—f. 1. Skin, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 90. 2. Hide, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 9. 3. Bark, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 37.
Tvac (त्वच्).—[feminine] skin, hide, bark, rind, cover, surface, cloud.
1) Tvac (त्वच्):—1. tvac [class] 6. cati, to cover, [Dhātupāṭha]
2) 2. tvac f. skin (of men, serpents etc.), hide (of goats, cows etc.), [Ṛg-veda] etc. (kṛṣṇā, ‘the black man’, [i, 130, 8])
3) a cow’s hide (used in pressing out the Soma), [i, iii, ix; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xix, 82]
4) a leather bag, [Ṛg-veda v, 33, 7]
5) ([figuratively] ‘a cloud’) i & [ix]
6) bark, rind, peel, [Ṛg-veda] etc.
7) Cassia bark, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā lxxvii, 6; 12; 24; 32]
8) cinnamon, cinnamon tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) a cover (of a horse), [Ṛg-veda viii, 1, 32]
10) surface (of the earth), [, i, 145, 5; x, 68, 4; Atharva-veda vi, 21, 1; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa i, 5, 5, 4]
11) with kṛṣṇā or asiknī, ‘the black cover’, darkness, [Ṛg-veda ix, 41, 1 and 73, 5]
12) a mystical Name of the letter ya, [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad i, 77.]
1) Tvac (त्वच्):—(śa) tvacati 6. a. To cover.
2) (k) 1. f. Skin, bark, rind, peel; woody cassia.
Tvac (त्वच्):—
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Tvac (त्वच्):—2. , tvacati bedecken [DHĀTUP. 28, 18.] — Wohl nur eine zur Erklärung von tvac Haut gebildete Wurzel.
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Tvac (त्वच्):—1.
1) pl. Haut [Oxforder Handschriften 311,a,1 v. u.] —
3) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 4, 22], wenn man tvak pattram trennt.
Tvac (त्वच्):—1. (zweisilbig nach [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10,4,1,17]) f. —
1) Haut , Fell. kṛṣṇā die schwarze Haut So v.a. der schwarze Mann. —
2) Haut , so v.a. Schlauch [Ṛgveda (roth). 5,33,7.] Auch bildlich von der Wolke. —
3) Rinde (von Pflanzen und Gebäck). —
4) Cassia-Rinde. —
5) *Zimmet und Zimmetbaum [Rājan 6,172.] —
6) Decke überh. (z.B. Pferdedecke) , Oberfläche (der Erde). —
7) kṛṣṇā oder asiknī die schwarze Decke , so v.a. Finsterniss , Dunkel.
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Tvac (त्वच्):—2. , tvacati (saṃvaraṇe , vṛtyām)^2.
Tvac (त्वच्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Tayā, Vappa.
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 (+19): Tvaca, Tvacana, Tvacapatra, Tvacapattra, Tvacapratyaksha, Tvacas, Tvacasya, Tvacay, Tvacaya, Tvacayani, Tvacayati, Tvace, Tvagankura, Tvagasthi, Tvagbheda, Tvagbhedaka, Tvagdhupa, Tvagdosha, Tvaggandha, Tvagindriya.
Full-text (+201): Tvagdosha, Tvaksara, Gudatvac, Tvakpushpa, Tvagbheda, Tvaggandha, Tvagbhedaka, Tvaktra, Tvagankura, Citratvac, Picchilatvac, Bahutvac, Vishalatvac, Kirmiratvac, Tvaksugandha, Tvakkandura, Tvakpatra, Surabhitvac, Gandhatvac, Tvagroga.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.8.23 < [Chapter 8 - Description of Śrī Rādhikā’s Birth]
Verse 5.5.12 < [Chapter 5 - Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance Into Mathurā]
Maximizing Total Profit of Thermal Generation Units in Competitive Electric... < [Volume 12, Issue 3 (2020)]
Environmental/Economic Dispatch Using a New Hybridizing Algorithm Integrated... < [Volume 14, Issue 6 (2022)]
A New Fast Deterministic Economic Dispatch Method and Statistical Performance... < [Volume 15, Issue 2 (2023)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.5.4-5 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Microbial evaluation of a marketed herbo-mineral formulation tribhuvan kirti ras < [2017: Volume 6, May issue 5]
Review of skin diseases in Ayurveda: Bruhattrayee and Laghutrayee. < [2022: Volume 11, October issue 13]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.2.106 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Verse 2.4.188 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.78.4 < [Sukta 78]