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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Uddāha (उद्दाह) refers to the “great fire (at the end of the kalpa)”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (7). The Buddha has no loss of zeal. [...] In the horse-jewel (aśvaratna), even if it has arrived at its destination, the desire to go forward never ceases and persists until death. It is the same for the Buddha-Jewel. When the great fire at the end of the kalpa (mahākalpoddāha) has burned and consumed the trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu, the power of fire has not disappeared. It is the same for the fire of the Buddha’s wisdom: when he has burned up all the passions (kleśa) and illumined all things, the zeal associated with this wisdom (prajñā-saṃprayukta-chanda) is not extinguished. [...]”.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Uddāha (उद्दाह) refers to the “(time of the final) conflagration”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Just as, son of good family, open space does not get burned at the time of the final conflagration (kalpa-uddāha) and is not flooded in the destruction by water [at the end of an aeon], in such a way, the meditation of the Bodhisattva does not get burned by any affliction and is not attached to the [four] meditations, [eight] liberations, concentrations, and attainments of meditation. [The meditation of Bodhisattva] establishes living beings with distracted thoughts in the state of concentration. [...]”.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Uddaha (उद्दह) refers to the “conflagration (of the aeon)”, 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, [after the Bhagavān reached the lotus-lake near Aḍakavatī], “Then Vairambhaka, a Yakṣa leader belonging to the retinue of Māra, uttered a voice and sounded a cry in the Triple Thousand Great Thousand Universe, ‘Great dangers have arisen in the world, there is the conflagration of the aeon (kalpa-uddāha) in seven days. There is nothing here that will not burn completely from the highest point of the universe to Avīci’”.

context information

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Uddāha (उद्दाह).—(m.; compare uddahati and next; = AMg. id., also uḍḍāha; not noted in Pali; once in Sanskrit, [Boehtlingk] 7.386), consumption by fire, particularly in kalpoddāha, the world- conflagration: Śikṣāsamuccaya 177.14 kalpoddāhāgnibhūtaṃ (sc. bodhicittaṃ) sarvaduṣkṛtanirdahanatayā; 324.15; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 231.18 pṛthivī kalpoddāhe dahyamānā; Gaṇḍavyūha 389.4 kalpo- ddāhe (misprinted kulp°) yathā vahniḥ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uddāha (उद्दाह).—[masculine] heat, fire.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uddāha (उद्दाह):—[=ud-dāha] m. heat, fire, [Mālatīmādhava]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Uddāha (उद्दाह) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uḍḍāha, Uddāha.

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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

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Uḍḍāha (उड्डाह) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Uddāha.

2) Uddāha (उद्दाह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Uddāha.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Daha, Ud.

Starts with: Uddahaga, Uddahaka, Uddahana, Uddahati.

Ends with: Cauddaha, Guddaha, Kalpoddaha, Mahakalpoddaha.

Full-text: Uddahati, Uddahana.

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