śauca शौच – purity
substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Dictionary sources
AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter
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śaucá ·n. cleanness, purification by (--°), purity, honesty.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter
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śauca śauca, am, n. (fr. śuci), purification from personal defilement (especially from defilement caused by the death of a relation &c.); evacuation of excrement; freedom from defilement, purity, cleanness; honesty; (as), m. a proper N.
Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
śaucá (von śuci) 1〉 m. patron.: Āhneya TAITT. ĀR. 2,12. — 2〉 n. nom. abstr. P. 5,1,131, Schol. Reinheit, Reinigung (TRIK. 3,3,244), Lauterkeit (eig. und uneig.) H. 82. śaucaṃ dvividhaṃ bāhyamābhyantaraṃ ca Comm. zu YOGAS. 2,32. tāmrāyaḥ kāṃsyaraityānām M. 5,114. M. 5,118. M. 6,53. Spr. 3029. śārīra M. 5,110. M. 5,139. akṛtvā pādayoḥ śaucam MBH. 3,2256. śaucaṃ pracakratuḥ (jalena) R. 3,12,2. YĀJÑ. 1,17. kāke śaucaṃ kena dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ vā Spr. (II) 1618. apārthaṃ kuñjaraśaucavat unnütz wie das Baden eines Elephanten BHĀG. P. 6,1,10. BHĀG. P. 7,15,26. hutāśa˚ Reinigung durch Feuer Spr. (II) 5497. Reinheit in rituellem Sinne ĀŚV. ŚR. 1,1,10. ĀŚV. ŚR. 1,12,2. M. 1,113. M. 2,61. M. 2,69. M. 3,126. M. 3,192. M. 3,235. M. 4,148. M. 4,175. M. 5,94. M. 5,97 u. s. w. somaḥ śaucaṃ dadau strīṇām YĀJÑ. 1,71. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 74,7. amīmāṃsyāni śaucāni strīṣu bālātureṣu ca TITHYĀDIT._bei_WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 268. śaucācārāḥ YĀJÑ. 1,15. Spr. (II) 382. ˚śālin RĀJA-TAR. 6,69. vākśaucaṃ karmaśaucaṃ ca yacca śaucaṃ jalātmakam . tribhiḥ śaucairupeto yaḥ sa svargī nātra saṃśayaḥ .. MBH. 3,13431. sarveṣāmeva śaucānāmarthaśaucaṃ paraṃ smṛtam Spr. 5206. vācā˚, manasaḥ śaucam Spr. 4980. ātma˚ BHĀG. P. 3,23,2. Lauterkeit der Gesinnung, Reinheit im Handel und Wandel, insbes. Ehrlichkeit in Geldsachen BHAG. 13,7. MBH. 3,2148. MBH. 3,2462. MBH. 13,310. R. 2,44,8. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 30,b,13. Spr. 2992. Spr. 3302. Spr. (II) 3167. SUŚR. 1,6,9. SUŚR. 1,126,18. SUŚR. 1,192,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15,18. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,23. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,26. Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): kṛta˚ eig. und in rituellem Sinne M. 4,93. M. 7,145. MBH. 3,3003. R. 2,77,1. aparijñātaśaucāyāṃ bhūmau MBH. 1,6370. — Vgl. a˚ (Unehrlichkeit Spr. (II) 328), artha˚ (auch KĀM. NĪTIS. 5,16), pacchauca, pāda˚ (YĀJÑ. 1,209), preta˚.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
śaucá — 1〉 m. Patron. von śuci. — 2〉 n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Reinheit, Reinigung, — durch (im Comp. vorangehend), Lauterkeit (eig. und übertr.), Reinheit in rituellem Sinne, Lauterkeit der Gesinnung, Reinheit im Handel und Wandel, insbes. Ehrlichkeit in Geldsachen. Auch. Pl.
Apte 1890 substantive neuter
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śaucaṃ [śucerbhāvaḥ aṇ] 1 Purity, clearness; kāke śaucaṃ dyūtakāre ca satyaṃ Pt. 1. 147. 2 Purification from personal defilement caused by voiding excrement, but particularly by the death of a relative. 3 Cleansing, purifying. 4 Voiding of excrement. 5 Uprightness, honesty. Comp. — ācāraḥ, -karman n. — kalpaḥ a purificatory rite. — kūpaḥ a privy.
Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter
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śaucá n. Reinheit, Läuterung durch (—˚); Lauterkeit, Ehrlichkeit.
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
Original text · French · substantive neuter
śauca śauca n. (śuci) pureté [physique ou morale]; purification; ablution. śaucācāra m. (āśāra) règle relative aux purifications; usage de se purifier. śauceya m. blanchisseur.
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PYS 2 occurrences
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