Vedisa, Vedisha, Vedi-isha: 9 definitions
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Vedisa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA city, the home of Devi, mother of Mahinda. He and Sanghamitta were born there, and, just before he left for Ceylon, he went there to visit his mother and stayed for one month in the monastery, which was also called Vedisagiri. (Dpv.vi.15; xii.14, 35; Sp.i.70, 71; Mhv.xiii.6 9,18).
Vedisa was fifty yojanas from Pataliputta and was founded by the Sakiyans who fled from Vidudabhas massacre (Mbv., p. 98).
Vedisa is identified with the modern Bhilsa in Gwalior State, twenty six miles north east of Bhopal. Mhv. Trs. 88, n. 4.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismVedisa (वेदिस) or Vidisā or Vaidiśa is the name of an ancient locality situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—Vedisa, mentioned in Barhut inscriptions, is Pāli Vidisā and Sanskrit Vaidiśa. It is, according to Cunningham, the old name of Besnagar, a ruined city situated in the fork of the Bes or Vedisa river and the Betwa within 2 miles of Bhisa.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVedisa, (fr. vidisā?) N. of a tree J. V, 405; VI, 550. (Page 648)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVedīśa (वेदीश).—m.
(-śaḥ) Brahma. E. vedī Saraswati, and īśa lord.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vedīśa (वेदीश):—[from vedi > veda] a m. ‘lord of the wise’, Name of Brahmā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [from vedi > veda] b See under 2. vedi, [column]2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVedīśa (वेदीश):—[vedī+śa] (śaḥ) 1. Brahmā.
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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 dictionaryVedisa (वेदिस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vaidiśa.
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.
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Starts with: Vedisadevi, Vedisadhanaprakara, Vedisagiri, Vedisaka, Vedisambhava, Vedisammana, Vedishad, Veticanni.
Full-text: Vaidisha, Vidisha, Vanasa, Devi, Ashoka, Dakkhinagiri, Kosambi.
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