In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

Dīrgha (दीर्घ):—One of the persons joining Śiva during the preparations of the war between

Śankhacūḍa and the Devas, according to the Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa (9.20.22-53). All

persons attending were remained seated on beautiful aerial cars, built of jewels and gems.
The war was initiated by Puṣpadanta (messenger of Śiva) who was ordered to restore the
rights of the Devas. .

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the

Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures,
including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Dīrgha (दीर्घ).—A king of Magadha. He was killed by Pāṇḍu. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva,

Chapter 112, Verse 27).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Dīrghā (दीर्ाघ).—A Kalā of Viṣṇu.*

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The Purana (परु ाण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast

cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and
sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and
date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

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Source: archive.org: Uṇādi-Sūtras In The Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition

Dīrgha (दीर्घ).—One of the technical terms which have been used in the uṇādi-sūtras;—

Dīrgha, “A term used in connection with the lengthened tone of a vowel described to be
‘dvimātra’ as contrasted with ‘hrasva’ having one ‘mātrā.” The terms, hrasva and dīrgha
occur in as many as twenty-four sūtras.

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Dīrgha (दीर्घ).—Long: a term used in connection with the lengthened tone of a vowel

described to be dvimatra as contrasted with ह्रस्व (hrasva) having one matra and प्लुत (pluta)

having three matras; cf. द्ववस्तावान ् दीर्घः (dvistāvān dīrghaḥ) V. Pr. I. 35, V. Pr. I. 57, also

ऊकालोज्झ्रस्वदीर्घप्लुतः (ūkālojjhrasvadīrghaplutaḥ) P, I.2.27.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six

additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself
with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct
context of words and sentences.

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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Pāñcarātra

Dīrgha (दीर्घ) refers to an aspect of nṛsiṃha (‘man-lion’), according to the Vihagendra-

saṃhitā 4.17, which mentions seventy-four forms (inlcuding twenty forms of vyūha). He is
also known as Dīrghanṛsiṃha or Dīrghanarasiṃha. Nṛsiṃha is a Tantric deity and refers to
the furious (ugra) incarnation of Viṣṇu.

The 15th-century Vihagendra-saṃhīta is a canonical text of the Pāñcarātra corpus and, in

twenty-four chapters, deals primarely with meditation on mantras and sacrificial oblations.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is

revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes
various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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Shilpashastra (iconography)
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Source: archive.org: Illustrations of Indian Music and Dance in Western Indian Style

Dirgha (ददर्घ) refers to one of the forty-seven tānas (tone) used in Indian music.—The

illustration of Dirgha (as a deity) according to 15th-century Indian art is as follows.—The

colour of his body is yellow. His face is similar to the face of a Krauñca. A flower is in his
right hand and a viṇā in his left hand.

The illustrations (of, for example Dirgha) are found scattered throughout ancient Jain
manuscripts from Gujarat. The descriptions of these illustrations of this citrāvalī are based
on the ślokas of Vācanācārya Gaṇi Sudhākalaśa’s Saṅgītopaniṣatsāroddhāra (14th century)
and Śārṅgadeva’s Saṅgītaratnākara (13th century).

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Shilpashastra (शशल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of

creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to
Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

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Source: Shodhganga: Mankhaka a sanskrit literary genius (natya)

Dīrgha (दीर्घ, “long”).—A verse in Sanskrit is of four feet or quarters or pādas. Each pāda is

regulated either by a number of syllables (akṣaras) or by a number of syllabic instant or

measures (mātrās). A syllable is short or long i.e. hrasva or dīrgha according to its vowel is
short or long. But short vowel becomes long in prosody, when it is followed by anusvāra,
visarga or by a conjunct consonant. The last syllable of a pāda is optionally long or short
according to the exigence of the metre, whatever be its natural length.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (śāstra) of

performing arts, (nāṭya, e.g., theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a
Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing dramatic
plays (nataka) and poetic works (kavya).

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

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Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Dīrgha (दीर्घ, “long”) or Guru or Ga refers to long letter in a verse.—The whole chanda

literature has several technical terms, by which it is controlled. Single letters are used to
denote a specific instance. The letter ga stands for guru letter while the letter la stands for
laghu letter. In a verse the letter which is guru is also known as dīrgha (long) and which is
laghu is also known as hrasva (short). The dīrgha letter consists of two mātrās while the
hrasva letter consists of one mātrā.
Guru symbols can be identified as the shape of tāṭaṅka, hāra or keyūra, and the laghu can be
identified as menu, kāhāla (daṇḍa) or śara.

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Chandas (छन्दस ्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas

(auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-
shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six
metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Dīrghā (दीर्ाघ) is another name for Pṛśniparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Uraria picta

Desv. from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.37-39
of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of
this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the
names Dīrghā and Pṛśniparṇī, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified
for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुवेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism,

taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in
ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written
in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
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Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Dīrgha (दीर्घ) is mentioned as the general of the Yakṣas, according to the 2nd century

Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “one day the Buddha, apeaking to

Tch’ang (Dīrgha), the general of the Yakṣas (yakṣasnānī), praised the three good disciples A-
ni-lou-t’o (Aniruddha), Nan-t’i-kia (Nandika) and Tch’e-mi-lo (Kimbila). The Buddha said
to Dīrgha: ‘If the entire world with its gods and men thinks about these three sons of noble
family with faith, it will obtain immense benefits during the long night (dīrgharātra)’”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a

Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely
composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are
the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Dīrgha (दीर्घ, “long”) refers to one of the “twenty form objects” (rūpa) as defined in the

Dharma-saṃgraha (section 34). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive

glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (eg., dīrgha). The work is attributed to
Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

India history and geogprahy

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary
Dīrghā.—(CII 1), distance or the distant future. Note: dīrghā is defined in the “Indian
epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in
Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions
of India, as well as royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional
languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a
concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary
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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dīrgha (दीर्घ).—a (S) Long;--whether in space or time. 2 Long--a vowel. 3 Deep, grave,

weighty--a deliberation &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

dīrgha (दीर्घ).—a Long; deep.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in
(predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages,
evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most
ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit-English dictionary
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dīrgha (दीर्घ).—a. (Compar. drāghīyas, Superl. drāghiṣṭha)

1) Long (in time or space), reaching far; दीर्ाघक्षं शरददन्दक
ु ान्न्त वदनम ् (dīrghākṣaṃ

śaradindukānti vadanam) M.2.3; दीर्ाघन ् कटाक्षान ् (dīrghān kaṭākṣān) Me.37; दीर्ाघपाङ्ग

(dīrghāpāṅga) &c.

2) Of long duration, lasting long, tedious; दीर्घयामा त्रत्रयामा (dīrghayāmā triyāmā) Me.11;

V.3.4; Ś.4.15.

3) Deep (as a sigh); Amaru.13; दीर्घमुष्णं च ननश्वस्य (dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niśvasya).

4) Long (as a vowel), as the आ (ā) in काम (kāma).

5) Lofty, high, tall.

6) Dilated, expanded; तष्ृ णादीर्घस्य चक्षुषः (tṛṣṇādīrghasya cakṣuṣaḥ) U.3.46.

-rghaḥ 1 A camel.

2) A long vowel.

3) The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth signs of the zodiac.

4) A kind of grass or reed.

-rghā A long lake or oblong tank.

-rgham ind.

1) Long, for a long time.

2) Deeply.
3) Far.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit

Dictionary

Dīrgha (दीर्घ).—(= Pali Dīgha), n. of a yakṣa: Māy 235.11; 237.2.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dīrgha (दीर्घ).—mfn.

(-rghaḥ-rghā-rghaṃ) Long, applied either to space or time. m.

(-rghaḥ) 1. The Sal tree. 2. A long vowel. 3. The 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th sign of the zodiac. E. dṝ
to divide or send, affix ghañ .

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम ् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen

as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+156): Dirgha-manya, Dirgha-vishnu, Dirghabahu, Dirghabahurgarvita,
Dirghabala, Dirghabaluka, Dirghabhuja, DirghaCarayana, Dirghacaryana, Dirghacaturasra,
Dirghacaturastra, Dirghachada, Dirghachandi, DirghaCharayana, Dirghacharyana,
Dirghachaturasra, Dirghachhada, Dirghadamshtra, Dirghadanda, Dirghadarshana.

Ends with: Adirgha, Ishaddirgha, Jnanadirgha, Pancadirgha, Panchadirgha, Shaddirgha,

Sudirgha, Ubhayadirgha, Vatidirgha.
Full-text (+152): Draghishtha, Dirgharasana, Dirgharada, Dirghashakha, Dirghamukhi,
Dirghakanthaka, Dirghapavana, Dirghavacchika, Dirghaprishtha, Dirgharoman,
Dirghapekshin, Dirghakesha, Dirghataru, Dirgharata, Dirghajangala, Dirghakashtha,
Dirghadrishti, Dirghanada, Dirghagriva, Dirghasaktha.

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