Ushnakala, Uṣṇakāla, Ushna-kala: 7 definitions
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Ushnakala 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.
The Sanskrit term Uṣṇakāla can be transliterated into English as Usnakala or Ushnakala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureUṣṇakāla (उष्णकाल) refers to the “time of heatwaves”, 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 Sāgara taught the Nāga-vow mantra], “O Bhagavān, this is my Nāga vow mantra. It is uttered for the sake of warding off and impelling all hostile Nāgas in the last time, in the last age. These mantras should be called to mind at the time of too much rain, drought, cold spells, heatwaves [e.g., uṣṇakāla] and thunderbolt rain. By this all Nāgas will be impelled. [...]”.
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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryuṣṇakāla (उष्णकाल).—m (S) pop. uṣṇakāḷa m The hot season.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishuṣṇakāla (उष्णकाल) [-ḷa, -ळ].—m The hot season.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUṣṇakāla (उष्णकाल).—
1) the hot season; चलं हि तव सौभाग्यं नद्याः स्रोत इवोष्णगे (calaṃ hi tava saubhāgyaṃ nadyāḥ srota ivoṣṇage) Rām.2.7.15.
2) The rainy season; गङ्गावेगमिवोष्णगे (gaṅgāvegamivoṣṇage) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.139.11 (according to the nīlakaṇṭha- bhāṣya).
Derivable forms: uṣṇakālaḥ (उष्णकालः).
Uṣṇakāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uṣṇa and kāla (काल). See also (synonyms): uṣṇaga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṇakāla (उष्णकाल):—[=uṣṇa-kāla] [from uṣṇa > uṣ] m. the hot season, [Suśruta; Pañcatantra; Hitopadeśa]
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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.
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