Udana, Udāna: 23 definitions

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Udana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

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

Udāna (उदान):—(von 2. an mit ud) m.

1) das Auf-, Einathmen, Athemzug; einer der drei oder fünf Winde des Körpers, der von der Kehle zum Kopfe aufsteigt, [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 59.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1109.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 361.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 42.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 20. 6, 20. 7, 27.] trayo vai prāṇāḥ prāṇa udāno vyānaḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9, 4, 2, 10.] udānena hyayaṃ puruṣaḥ pūryata iva [11, 2, 4, 5. 1, 3, 1, 7. 11, 8, 3, 6. 5, 3, 8. 14, 4, 3, 10.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 7.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 72.] [Praśnopaniṣad 3, 7.] [Suśruta 1, 17, 3.] prāṇodānau samānaśca vyānaścāpāna eva ca [250, 7.] udāno nāma yastūrdhvamupaiti pavanottamaḥ [12.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13966. 13970. 14, 612. fgg.] udānaḥ kaṇṭhasthānīya ūrdhvagamanavānutkramaṇavāyuḥ [Vedāntasāra] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 207, 11.] —

2) buddh. Ausdruck der Freude oder des Lobes: udānamudānayati (denom. davon) [Burnouf 57. fg.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 822.] In dieser Bed. vielleicht verstümmelt aus uddāna Band, gebundene Rede (?); vgl. avadāna und nidāna . —

3) Nabel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

4) Augenwimper [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —

5) eine bes. Art Schlange [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]

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Udāna (उदान):—

1) jaya [Oxforder Handschriften 231,a,39.] —

2) bei den Buddhisten Bez. einer Klasse von Schriften, in denen Buddha ohne besondere Veranlassung spricht (während er in den Avadāna nur in Folge einer an ihn gerichteten Frage redet), [WASSILJEW 109. fg.] varga [270.] udānamudānayati bedeutet demnach unaufgefordert einen Ausspruch thun.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Udāna (उदान):—m.

1) der sich von unten nach oben bewegende Wind im Körper [264,20.28.] —

2) *Nabel.

3) *Augenwimpern.

4) *eine Art Schlange.

5) bei den Buddhisten — a) Herzensergiessung ; s. udānay. — b) eine Klasse von Schriften , in denen Buddha ohne besondere Veranlassung spricht.

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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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