Samadana, Samādana, Samādāna, Shamadana: 16 definitions

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Samadana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

Samadana has 16 English definitions available.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Samadana (समदन):—n. wohl = samad. sa manyu.īḥ sa.adanasya ka.tā [Ṛgveda 1, 100, 6.] samadana [Padapāṭha]

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Samādāna (समादान):—(von 1. mit samā) n.

1) das Empfangen, Aufsichladen: sarvapāpasamādānaṃ nṛśaṃse cānṛte ca yat [Mahābhārata 13, 4581.] = samīcīnagrahaṇa [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi][Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 199] (fälschlich samāsīna). [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 217.] —

2) = nityakarman [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = saugatāhnika [Medinīkoṣa] Erwiederung [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 109.]

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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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