Dasama, Dashama: 15 Definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Dasham.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
— Dasama in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana
Daśama (दशम) refers to the “tenth (month)” (after pregnancy), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.6.—Accordingly, after the Gods eulogised Goddess Śivā:—“Thus eulogising, in many ways, the great goddess stationed in the womb, the gods returned to their abodes, highly delighted in their minds. When nine months were completed, in the tenth month [i.e., daśama—daśame māsi], the goddess, the mother of the universe, bore all the states of a child in the womb in the complete form. The time was good. The planets, stars and the luminary heavenly bodies were quiet; the sky was clear and there was brilliance in all the quarters. [...]”.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
— Dasama in Yoga glossary
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch
Daśama (दशम) refers to the “tenth (year)” (of Yogic breathing exercises), according to the Śivayogadīpikā, an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with Yoga possibly corresponding to the Śivayoga quoted in Śivānanda’s Yogacintāmaṇi.—Accordingly, [while describing a sequence of Haṭhayoga practices]: “Thus, by means of this Haṭhayoga which has eight auxiliaries, those [students who are] life-long celibates obtain the Siddhis of the [best of Sages] because of their untiring practice. [...] In the tenth (daśama) [year], he can move [as fast as] his mind and cheerfully go wherever he wishes. In the eleventh year, he is omniscient and a yogin who possesses the Siddhis. [...]”.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
— Dasama in Theravada glossary
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names
A householder (gahapati) of Atthakanagara. One day, having finished some business which took him to Pataliputta, he visited the Kukkutarama to call upon Ananda. Learning that Ananda was at Beluvagama near Vesali, he visited him there and held a discussion with him, which is recorded in the Atthakanagara Sutta. Later, assembling the monks from Pataliputta and Vesali, he entertained them and presented each with two lengths of cloth, while to Ananda he gave a suit of three robes and built for him a cell costing five hundred pieces (M.i.349ff; A.v.342ff).
Buddhaghosa says (MA.ii.571; AA.ii.866) that Dasama was so called because in the order of precedence with regard to aristocracy of birth and wealth, he occupied the tenth rank.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
— Dasama in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary
daśama (दशम).—a (S) Tenth.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
daśama (दशम).—m A tooth. daśama a Tenth.
Sanskrit dictionary
— Dasama in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary
Daśama (दशम).—n. (-mī f.) Tenth.
-mam A tenth part
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Daśama (दशम).—mfn.
(-maḥ-mī-maṃ) Tenth. f. (-mī) 1. The tenth day of the half month. 2. The tenth or last stage of human life, the last ten years of a century. E. daśan ten, and maṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Daśama (दशम).—i. e. daśan + ma, I. ordinal number, f. mī, Tenth, Chr. 47. 38. Ii. f. mī, 1. The tenth day of the half month, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 276. 2. The tenth decade of human life, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 137. Iii. n. A tenth part, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 33.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Daśama (दशम).—[feminine] i the tenth; [neuter] [adverb] for the tenth time; [feminine] ī the tenth day of the half moon, the tenth decad of the life.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1) Daśama (दशम):—[from daśa] mf(ī)n. the 10th, [Ṛg-veda i] (with yuga = mī, [158, 6]); [x; Atharva-veda v; xiii; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] n. with ahan, the last day of the day of the Daśa-rātra ceremony, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] (without ahan), [Lāṭyāyana]
4) [v.s. ...] (proparox, [Pāṇini 5-3, 49]) a 10th part, [Manu-smṛti viii f.]
5) [from daśa] cf. [Latin] decimus.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Daśama (दशम):—[(maḥ-mī-maṃ) a.] Tenth. f. The tenth day of the half month; the tenth stage of life.
[Sanskrit to German]
Dasama in German
Hindi dictionary
— Dasama in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
Daśama (दशम) [Also spelled dasham]:—(a) the tenth.
Kannada-English dictionary
— Dasama in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
Daśama (ದಶಮ):—
1) [adjective] preceded by nine others in a continuous series; tenth; 10th.
2) [adjective] designating any of the ten equal parts of a whole.
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Daśama (ದಶಮ):—[noun] the tenth one in a continuous series.
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