Alternative spellings of this word include Ullunchana.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Ulluñcana (उल्लुञ्चन) refers to “tearing out (one’s hair)”, representing one of the various actions of Māra, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 10).—Accordingly, “[Question: What are the works of Māra?]—[Answer].—[...] Māra has three types of actions: (a) play, laughter, idle chatter, singing, dancing, and everything that provokes desire; (b) iron fetters, beating, whipping, wounds, spikes, knives, slashing and everything that is caused by hatred; (c) [demented mortifications] such as being burned, being frozen, tearing out one’s hair (keśa-ulluñcana), starving, jumping into the fire, throwing oneself into the water, falling onto spears and everything that results from stupidity”.

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.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Ulluñcana.—(LP), cleaning. Note: ulluñcana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

context information

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ulluñcana (उल्लुञ्चन).—

1) Plucking out, cutting; पादकेशाशुककरोल्लुञ्चनेषु पणान् दश (pādakeśāśukakarolluñcaneṣu paṇān daśa) (damaḥ); Y.2.217.

2) Plucking or pulling out the hair.

Derivable forms: ulluñcanam (उल्लुञ्चनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ulluñcana (उल्लुञ्चन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Plucking out hair. 2. Cutting the hair. E. ud up, luci to cut, affix lyuṭ.

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

Ulluñcana (उल्लुञ्चन).—i. e. ud-luñc + ana, n. Pulling, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 217.

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

Ulluñcana (उल्लुञ्चन):—[=ul-luñcana] [from ul-luñc] n. the act of pulling or tearing out, plucking out (e.g. the hair), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Yājñavalkya]

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

Ulluñcana (उल्लुञ्चन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Plucking out hair.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ulluncana in German

context information

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)

Partial matches: Luncana, Ud, Ul.

Ends with: Kesholluncana.

Full-text: Lunc.

Relevant text

No search results for Ulluncana, Ud-luncana, Ud-luñcana, Ul-luñcana, Ul-luncana, Ulluñcana; (plurals include: Ulluncanas, luncanas, luñcanas, Ulluñcanas) in any book or story.