The Sanskrit term Vṛddhāvasthā can be transliterated into English as Vrddhavastha or Vriddhavastha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vraddhvastha.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था) refers to “old age”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.50 (“Description of fun and frolic”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Then the sixteen celestial ladies arrived there and saw the couple [i.e., Śiva and Pārvatī] with great respect. [...] The celestial ladies made these sweet witty remarks to Him one by one. [...] Ahalyā said:—‘Leave off your old age (vṛddhāvasthā). Be extremely youthful so that Menā whose mind is fixed in her daughter may approve of you’”.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था) refers to the “aged state”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “You must understand that the body is overcome by disease, youth is overcome by old age [com.—vṛddhāvasthā-vyāpta—‘accompanied by the aged state’], vitality is oppressed by decay and life is oppressed by death”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था).—f (S) Old age.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था).—f Old age.

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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 dictionary

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था).—old age.

Vṛddhāvasthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛddha and avasthā (अवस्था).

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

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था).—f.

(-sthā) The condition or period of old age. E. vṛddha, avasthā state.

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

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था):—[from vṛddha > vṛdh] f. the condition or period of old age, senility, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था):—[vṛddhā+vasthā] (sthā) 1. f. State of old age.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था) [Also spelled vraddhvastha]:—(nf) old age, senility.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vṛddhāvasthā (वृद्धावस्था):—n. old age;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vriddha, Avastha.

Starts with: Vriddhavasthavyapta.

Full-text: Vraddhvastha, Vriddha, Avastha, Vyapta.

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