Ushita, Uṣita: 13 definitions
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Ushita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Uṣita can be transliterated into English as Usita or Ushita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Uṣita (उषित).—And thirty-two other devas from the Sumanasa group.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 100. 91-2.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Uṣita (उषित) refers to “having retired (to a foreign land to rest)”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 226).—There are apparently several Tantric rites that Bāṇa pejoratively associates with the priest: [...] “his ear-cavities were punched by those possessed by Piśāca-demons, who had run to him when struck by white mustard seed he had empowered with mantras more than once”; “he had used magic powders for snaring women many times on aging mendicant ladies, who having arrived from other lands retired (uṣita) [there to rest]”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Uṣita (उषित) refers to “spending the night somewhere”, 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, “[An ascetic] should never use medicine, a teeth-cleaning twig, and drink or sip water, except at times of eating. (69) An ascetic who has spent a night (ekarātra-uṣita) having left behind his vessel, his staff and other [essential belongings], should reclaim his staff reciting the mantras, and definitively abandon the vessel. (70) If a Yogin were to drink water from the [ascetic’s] vessel when he has eaten only half [of his meal], he would do wrong to the god, the vessel and himself. (71) Thus the manual on [the use of] the vessel”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Uṣita (उषित).—p. p.
1) Burnt, consumed.
2) (fr. vas) Dwelt, fixed, remaining in or on; stale.
3) Quick, expeditious.
-tam Habitation. °गवीन (gavīna) (= āśitaṃgavīna).
Uṣita (उषित).—(seemingly only Lex. in Sanskrit), ppp. to uṣ, burnt: jvālūṣitā Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 85.9 (verse), for jvāla-uṣ°, burnt with flames; so WT (Kashgar recension jalūṣ°, i.e. for jvala-uṣ°; KN saṃ- lūṣitā); see § 4.31.
Uṣita (उषित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Stale. 2. Burnt. 3. Quick, expeditious. 4. Fixed, remaining in or on. 5. Inhabited, dwelt. E. uṣ to burn, or vas to abide, affix kta.
Uṣita (उषित).—[adjective] passed, spent (day), dwelt ([neuter] imp.); having stopped, stayed, dwelt, lived, passed the night, fasted.
1) Uṣita (उषित):—[from uṣ] 1. uṣita mfn. (for 2. See sub voce) burnt
2) [v.s. ...] quick, expeditious, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) 2. uṣita (for 1. See [column]1) mfn. p. of √5. vas q.v.
4) [from vas] a See under √1 uṣ
5) [from vas] b mfn. ([Epic] also uṣṭa) (for 1. See p.220) past, spent (as time; n. [impersonal or used impersonally] ‘time has been spent’), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] retired or resorted to (as a place), [Kāvya literature]
7) [v.s. ...] one who has halted or stayed ([especially] ‘overnight’) or has been absent or lived or remained or waited in any place ([locative case] or [compound]) or for any time ([accusative] or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
8) [v.s. ...] one who has had sexual intercourse with (saha), [Brahma-purāṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] what has stood or lain ([especially] ‘overnight’ said of things), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Suśruta]
10) [v.s. ...] one who has fasted, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
Uṣita (उषित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Stale; burnt; quick; fixed; dwelt.
Uṣita (उषित):—s. 1. uṣ und vas, vasati .
Uṣita (उषित):—Partic. von uṣ , oṣati und vas , vasanti.
Uṣita (उषित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Usiya, Vasia, Vuttha.
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
Uṣita (ಉಷಿತ):—
1) [adjective] burnt; consumed by fire.
2) [adjective] quick; expeditious.
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Uṣita (ಉಷಿತ):—[adjective] fixed or established firmly at a place.
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)
Starts with: Ushitamgavina, Ushitangavina, Ushitavant, Ushitavya.
Full-text (+15): Paryushita, Adhyushita, Vyushita, Abhyushita, Ushitamgavina, Nishoshita, Nirvyushita, Madhushita, Samushita, Ekaratroshita, Ratroshita, Ushitva, Ushitavya, Ushtva, Paryushitabhojin, Vasia, Sahoshita, Adhyushite, Vuttha, Usiya.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.84 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.125 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 237 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 3]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 423 < [Volume 20 (1918)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
III. Definition of the ten powers (bala) according to the Daśabalasūtra < [Part 1 - General questions]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 10 - Kṛṣṇa’s Departure to Dvārakā < [Book 1 - First Skandha]