Shadanga, Ṣaḍaṅga, Shash-anga, Sadamga, Shadamga: 21 definitions

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Shadanga has 21 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Ṣaḍaṅga can be transliterated into English as Sadanga or Shadanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Ṣaḍaṅga (षडङ्ग):—1.

1) n. a) die sechs Haupttheile des Körpers: jaṅghe bāhū śiro madhyaṃ ṣaḍaṅgamidamucyate [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) die sechs Vedāṅga: pradhānaṃ ca ṣaḍaṅgeṣu vyākaraṇam [Patañjali] in [MAHĀBH. ed. BALL. 15.] vid [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 259.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 185.] —

2) f. ī die sechs Vedāṅga [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 253.]

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Ṣaḍaṅga (षडङ्ग):—2.

1) adj. sechsgliederig: śarīra (vgl. u. 1. ṣaḍaṅga

1) [Suśruta 1, 337, 4.] ātman [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 39.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 13, 3.] veda [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 6.] [MAHĀBH. ed. BALL. 15.] vedavidvaṃs [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 16, 41.] nigamādhyetar [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 877.] yoga (nämlich pratyāhāra, dhyāna, prāṇāyāma, dhāraṇā, tarka und samādhi) [AMṚTANĀDOP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 25.] homa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 31.] —

2) m. = kṣudragokṣuraka [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]

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