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1 SACRED RITE
[N]SACRUM (-I) (N)INITIUM (-I) (N)CAERIMONIUM (-I) (N)CERIMONIUM (-I) (N) -
2 hierurgy (A sacred rite or body of sacred rites)
Религия: священнодействиеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > hierurgy (A sacred rite or body of sacred rites)
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3 ashvamedha (Grandest of the Vedic religious rites of ancient India, performed by a king to celebrate his paramountcy, the sacred rite of blood offering with a horse as a sacrificial animal)
Религия: ашвамедхаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > ashvamedha (Grandest of the Vedic religious rites of ancient India, performed by a king to celebrate his paramountcy, the sacred rite of blood offering with a horse as a sacrificial animal)
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4 sacred
adjectiveheilig; geheiligt [Tradition]; geistlich [Musik, Dichtung]* * *sa·cred[ˈseɪkrɪd]3. (venerable) ehrwürdig\sacred memory ehrendes Andenken [o Gedenken4. (solemnly binding) duty heilig\sacred promise feierliches Versprechenyou have my \sacred promise — I will always remain faithful to you ich verspreche dir hoch und heilig — ich werde dir immer treu seinto hold a promise \sacred ein Versprechen als absolut bindend ansehenhis daily routine is absolutely \sacred to him seine tägliche Routine ist ihm absolut heilighe holds nothing \sacred ihm ist nichts heilig* * *['seIkrɪd]adj1) (= holy) heilig; building sakral3)(= sacrosanct)
sacred duty — heilige Pflichtsacred to the memory of... — zum Gedenken or Andenken an (+acc)...
these memories are sacred to me —
she saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling — sie sah Mutterschaft als die heilige Berufung einer jeden Frau an
* * *sacred [ˈseıkrıd] adj (adv sacredly)1. REL heilig (to dat)2. geweiht, gewidmet (to dat):a place sacred to her memory ein ihrem Andenken geweihter Ort;“sacred to the memory of” (auf Grabsteinen) „dem Gedenken von … geweiht“3. fig heilig (Eid, Pflicht etc):sacred right geheiligtes Recht;is nothing sacred any more? ist denn nichts mehr heilig?;hold sth sacred etwas heilighalten4. kirchlich, geistlich, Kirchen…:sacred architecture Sakralbauten pl;sacred building Sakralbau m;a) biblische Geschichte,b) Religionsgeschichte f;sacred poetry geistliche Dichtung* * *adjectiveheilig; geheiligt [Tradition]; geistlich [Musik, Dichtung]is nothing sacred? — (iron.) scheut man denn vor nichts mehr zurück?
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5 Sacred
adj.P. and V. ἱερός, ὅσιος (when contrasted with ἱερός, ὁσιος = profane, secular), σεμνός, V. ἱρός, ἁγνός, σεπτός, Ar. and P. ἅγιος.Sacred war: P. ὁ ἱερὸς πόλεμος (Thuc. 1, 112), πόλεμος Ἀμφικτυονικός (Dem. 275).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sacred
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6 pradaksina (In Hinduism and Buddhism, the rite of circumambulating in a clockwise direction an image, relic, shrine, or other sacred object)
Религия: прадаксинаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > pradaksina (In Hinduism and Buddhism, the rite of circumambulating in a clockwise direction an image, relic, shrine, or other sacred object)
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7 sacramental (Any rite, action, or sacred object instituted by some Christian churches for use in worship)
Религия: ритуалУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > sacramental (Any rite, action, or sacred object instituted by some Christian churches for use in worship)
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8 संस्कारः _saṃskārḥ
संस्कारः 1 Making perfect, refining, polishing; (मणिः) प्रयुक्तसंस्कार इवाधिकं बभौ R.3.18.-2 Refinement, perfection, grammatical purity (as of words); संस्कार- वत्येव गिरा मनीषी Ku.1.28 (where Malli, renders the word by व्याकरणजन्या शुद्धिः); R.15.76.-3 Educa- tion, cultivation, training (as of the mind); निसर्ग- संस्कारविनीत इत्यसौ नृपेण चक्रे युवराजशब्दभाक् R.3.35; Ku. 7.1.-4 Making ready, preparation.-5 Cooking, dressing (as of food &c.).-6 Embellishment, decora- tion, ornament; स्वभावसुन्दरं वस्तु न संस्कारमपेक्षते Dṛi. Ś. 49; Ś.7.23; Mu.2.1.-7 Consecration, sanctifica- tion, hallowing; संस्कारो नाम स भवति यस्मिञ्जाते पदार्थो भवति योग्यः कस्यचिदर्थस्य ŚB. on MS.3.1.3.-3 Impression, form, mould, operation, influence; यन्नवे भोजने लग्नः संस्कारो नान्यथा भवेत् H. Pr.8; Bh.3.84.-9 Idea, no- tion, conception.-1 Any faculty or capacity.-11 Effect of work, merit of action; फलानुमेयाः प्रारम्भाः संस्काराः प्राक्तना इव R.1.2.-12 The self-reproductive quality, faculty of impression; one of the 24 qualities or guṇas recognised by the Vaiśeṣikas; it is of three kinds: भावना, वेग, and स्थितिस्थापकता q.q. v. v.-13 The faculty of recollection, impression on the memory; संस्कारमात्रजन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः T. S.-14 A purificatory rite, a sacred rite or ceremony; संस्कारार्थं शरीरस्य Ms.2.66; R.1.78; (Manu mentions 12 such Saṃskāras viz. 1. गर्भाधान, 2. पुंसवन, 3. सीमन्तोन्नयन, 4. जातकर्मन्, 5. नामकर्मन्, 6. निष्क्रमण, 7. अन्नप्राशन, 8. चूडाकर्मन्, 9. उपनयन, 1. केशान्त, 11. समावर्तन, and 12. विवाह; see Ms.2.26 &c.; some writers increase the number to sixteen).-15 Purifica- tion, purity.-16 A rite or ceremony in general.-17 Investiture with the sacred thread; मांसं मूत्रं पुरीषं च प्राश्य संस्कारमर्हति Mb.12.165.76.-18 Obsequial ceremonies.-19 A polishing stone; संस्कारोल्लिखितो महामणिरिव क्षीणो$पि नालक्ष्यते Ś.6.5 (where संस्कार may mean 'polishing' also).-Comp. -पूत a.1 purified by sacred rites.-2 purified by refinement or education.-भूषणम् (speech) adorned by correctness.-रहित, -वर्जित, -हीन a. (a person of one of the three higher castes) over whom the purificatory ceremonies, particularly the thread- ceremony, have not been performed and who therefore becomes a Vrātya or outcast; cf. व्रात्य.-शब्दः a word which gains its currency owing to संस्कार; संस्कारशब्दा एते आहवनीयादयः ŚB. on MS.5.3.21. -
9 caerimonia
caerĭmōnĭa ( cērĭ-; scanned cĕrīmōnĭa, Prud. c. Symm. praef. 1, 5), ae, f. (collat. form caerĭmōnĭum, ii, n., Gloss. Lat. pp. 50, 69 Hild.; Inscr. Orell. 3188) [kindr. with Sanscr. root kri, = facere; cf. also creo. cerus, Ceres. strictly sacred work, divine rite; cf. Bopp, Gloss. p. 79, a; Pott, I. p. 219; Mommsen, Unterit. Dial.], the sacred. the divine, that which has reference to the Deity (in class. prose)I.Lit.A.Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin. —B.Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.). Cic. Inv 2. 22, 66; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14. § 36; id. Leg. 2, 22. 55; 2, 53, 161: sacra summā religione caerimoniāque conficere. id. Balb. 24. 55: so id. Har Resp. 10, 21; 17, 37: Nep. Them. 8, 4; Liv. 29. 18, 2; 40, 4, 9; Gell. 4. 9. 9; Tac. A. 4, 55' esse in magnā caerimoniā. to be held in great veneration, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 135; also plur.: habere aliquid in caerimoniis. id. 37, 7, 28, § 100.—II.Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a religious usage, a sacred rite, religious ceremony (while ritus designates both religious and profane rites: so esp. freq. in the histt. and mostly in plur.): Ceres et Libera. quarum sacra... longe maximis atque occultissimis caerimoniis continentur. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187: religiones vero caerimoniaeque omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae. id. ib. 2. 1. 3. § 7: in sacerdotio caerimoniisque diligentissimus. id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27:sepulcrorum,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: caelestes. Liv 1, 20, 4 and 7' polluere. id. 6, 41, 9; Tac. H. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 74: fetiales. Liv. 9, 11, 8:auspiciaque,
id. 22, 9, 7; Flor. 1, 2, 2:novae,
Tac. A. 1, 54: vetustissimae. id. ib. 1. 62:deorum,
id. ib. 3, 60; 16, 28;publicae,
id. H. 2, 91; Suet. Caes. 6: an tiquae. id. Aug. 31:peregrinae, veteres ac praeceptae,
id. ib. 93:externae,
id. Tib. 36. —In sing.:collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur,
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10 caerimonium
caerĭmōnĭa ( cērĭ-; scanned cĕrīmōnĭa, Prud. c. Symm. praef. 1, 5), ae, f. (collat. form caerĭmōnĭum, ii, n., Gloss. Lat. pp. 50, 69 Hild.; Inscr. Orell. 3188) [kindr. with Sanscr. root kri, = facere; cf. also creo. cerus, Ceres. strictly sacred work, divine rite; cf. Bopp, Gloss. p. 79, a; Pott, I. p. 219; Mommsen, Unterit. Dial.], the sacred. the divine, that which has reference to the Deity (in class. prose)I.Lit.A.Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin. —B.Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.). Cic. Inv 2. 22, 66; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14. § 36; id. Leg. 2, 22. 55; 2, 53, 161: sacra summā religione caerimoniāque conficere. id. Balb. 24. 55: so id. Har Resp. 10, 21; 17, 37: Nep. Them. 8, 4; Liv. 29. 18, 2; 40, 4, 9; Gell. 4. 9. 9; Tac. A. 4, 55' esse in magnā caerimoniā. to be held in great veneration, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 135; also plur.: habere aliquid in caerimoniis. id. 37, 7, 28, § 100.—II.Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a religious usage, a sacred rite, religious ceremony (while ritus designates both religious and profane rites: so esp. freq. in the histt. and mostly in plur.): Ceres et Libera. quarum sacra... longe maximis atque occultissimis caerimoniis continentur. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187: religiones vero caerimoniaeque omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae. id. ib. 2. 1. 3. § 7: in sacerdotio caerimoniisque diligentissimus. id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27:sepulcrorum,
id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: caelestes. Liv 1, 20, 4 and 7' polluere. id. 6, 41, 9; Tac. H. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 74: fetiales. Liv. 9, 11, 8:auspiciaque,
id. 22, 9, 7; Flor. 1, 2, 2:novae,
Tac. A. 1, 54: vetustissimae. id. ib. 1. 62:deorum,
id. ib. 3, 60; 16, 28;publicae,
id. H. 2, 91; Suet. Caes. 6: an tiquae. id. Aug. 31:peregrinae, veteres ac praeceptae,
id. ib. 93:externae,
id. Tib. 36. —In sing.:collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur,
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11 священнодействие
1) General subject: celebration of the mass, performance of divine service2) Literal: solemn performance3) Rare: hierurgy4) Religion: hierurgy (A sacred rite or body of sacred rites)5) Christianity: celebration of divine service, religious rite -
12 उपाकृ _upākṛ
उपाकृ 8 U.1 To fetch, bring near; तेभ्य इमं बलिमुपा- करोति Āśval.-2 To summon, invite.-3 To deliver, offer, grant, bestow, give (to another); गोसहस्रमुपाकुरु Rām.-4 To acquire, obtain (as fame)-5 To bring about, make preparations for a sacred rite; perform a rite; श्रावण्यां प्रौष्ठपद्यां वा$प्युपाकृत्य यथाविधि Ms.4.95,5.7; Y.1.171.-6 To undertake, begin, enter upon.-7 To learn, teach; उपाकृत्य तु वै विद्यामाचार्येभ्यो नरर्षभाः Mb.7.147.21,24. -
13 rang
rang [ʀɑ̃]masculine noun• en rang par deux/quatre two/four abreast• se mettre en rangs par quatre [élèves] to line up in fours• plusieurs personnes se sont mises sur les rangs pour l'acheter several people have indicated an interest in buying it• servir dans les rangs de [soldat] to serve in the ranks ofc. ( = condition) station• de haut rang ( = noble) noble• tenir or garder son rang to maintain one's rankd. (hiérarchique = grade, place) rank• ce pays se situe au troisième rang mondial des exportateurs de pétrole this country is the third largest oil exporter in the world━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In Quebec, rural areas are divided into districts known as rangs. The word rang refers to a series of rectangular fields (each known as a « lot »), usually laid out between a river and a road (the road itself also being called a rang). The rangs are numbered or given names so that they can be easily identified and used in addresses (eg « le deuxième rang », « le rang Saint-Claude »). In Quebec, the expression « dans les rangs » means « in the countryside ».* * *ʀɑ̃nom masculin1) ( rangée) (de personnes, chaises, légumes) row; ( de collier) strandse mettre en rangs — [enfants] to get into (a) line
2) Armée rankrompre les rangs — ( sur ordre) to fall out; ( sans ordre) to break ranks
sortir du rang — Armée, fig to rise ou come up through the ranks
serrer les rangs — Armée, fig to close ranks
rentrer dans le rang — lit to fall into line; fig to toe the line
les rangs des mécontents — fig the ranks of the discontented
3) ( place)arriver au 20e rang mondial — to rank 20th in the world
être au 5e rang mondial des exportateurs — to be the 5th largest exporter in the world
4) ( ordre) order5) ( dans une hiérarchie) rank6) ( au tricot) row* * *ʀɑ̃1. nm1) (= rangée) rowse mettre sur un rang — to get into a line, to form a line
se mettre en rangs par 4 — to get into fours, to get into rows of 4
2) (= grade, condition, classement) rankau rang de — among, among the ranks of
3) [perles] row, string2. rangs nmplMILITAIRE ranks* * *rang nm1 ( rangée) (de personnes, chaises, légumes) row; ( de collier) strand; les enfants étaient en rangs the children were in rows; mettre les enfants en rangs to make the children line up; se mettre en rangs [enfants] to get into (a) line; (mettez-vous) en rangs deux par deux/trois par trois line up in twos/threes; Paul est au premier/dernier rang Paul is in the first/last row;2 Mil rank; placer des soldats sur deux rangs to draw up soldiers in two ranks; silence dans les rangs! silence in the ranks!; les rangs d'une armée the rank and file, the ranks; rompre les rangs ( sur ordre) to fall out; ( sans ordre) to break ranks; servir dans le rang to serve in the ranks; sortir du rang Mil, fig to rise ou come up through the ranks; serrer les rangs Mil to close ranks; Scol [élèves] to crowd together; fig ( être solidaires) to close ranks; ramener qn dans le rang fig to bring sb into line, to make sb toe the line; rentrer dans le rang lit to fall into line; fig to toe the line; rejoindre les rangs de l'opposition fig to join the ranks of the opposition; venir grossir les rangs des mécontents fig to swell the ranks of the discontented;3 ( place) arriver au 20e rang mondial des exportations de café to rank 20th in the world for coffee exports; être au 5e rang mondial des exportateurs de coton to be the 5th largest exporter of cotton in the world; ce problème vient au premier/dernier rang des préoccupations du gouvernement the problem is at the top/bottom of the government's list of priorities ; reléguer qn/qch au rang de to relegate sb/sth to the rank of; être sur les rangs pour un poste to be in the running for a job; acteur/auteur de second rang second-rate actor/author;4 ( ordre) order; par rang d'ancienneté/de taille in order of seniority/of height;5 ( dans une hiérarchie) rank; rang inférieur, rang subalterne lower rank; avoir rang de to have the rank of; accéder au rang de to rise to ou to attain the rank of; élevé au rang de promoted to the rank of; fonction de très haut rang high-ranking post; ne fréquenter que des personnes de son rang to mix only with people of one's own station; garder or tenir son rang to behave in a way appropriate to one's position; mettre sur le même rang que to put in the same class as;6 ( au tricot) row; un rang à l'endroit/l'envers one row knit/purl.[rɑ̃] nom masculin1. [rangée - de personnes] row, line ; [ - de fauteuils] row ; [ - de crochet, de tricot] row (of stitches)2. [dans une hiérarchie] rankce problème devrait être au premier rang de nos préoccupations this problem should be at the top of our list of prioritiesvenir au deuxième/troisième rang to rank second/thirdde premier rang high ranking, first-class, top-class3. [condition sociale] (social) standing4. MILITAIREb. (figuré) to give in, to submit————————rangs nom masculin plurielêtre ou se mettre sur les rangs to line upservir dans les rangs d'un parti/syndicat to be a member ou to serve in the ranks of a party/union————————au rang de locution prépositionnelle1. [dans la catégorie de]une habitude élevée ou passée au rang de rite sacré a habit which has been raised to the status of a sacred rite2. [au nombre de]3. [à la fonction de]élever quelqu'un au rang de ministre to raise ou to promote somebody to the rank of minister————————de rang locution adverbiale————————en rang locution adverbialein a line ou rowentrez/sortez en rang go in/out in single filese mettre en rang to line up, to form a lineen rang d'oignons in a line ou row -
14 hierurgy
['haɪ(ə)rɜːdʒɪ]1) Редкое выражение: священнодействие2) Религия: (A sacred rite or body of sacred rites) священнодействие -
15 दीक्ष् _dīkṣ
दीक्ष् 1 Ā. (दीक्षते, दीक्षित)1 To consecrate or prepare oneself for the performance of a sacred rite; दीक्षयस्व त्वमात्मानम् Mb.14.71.21; see दीक्षित below.-2 To dedi- cate oneself to.-3 To initiate or introduce a pupil.-4 To invest with the sacred thread.-5 To sacrifice.-6 To practise self-restraint.-7 To shave one's head, to be shaved.-8 caus. impel; induce तत्क्लमस्तमदिदीक्षत क्षणं तालवृन्तचलनाय नायकम् N.18.12. -
16 पैतृक
paitṛikamf (ī)n. belonging to a father, paternal, ancestral Mn. MBh. etc.;
relating orﾠ sacred to the Pitṛis Rājat. ;
n. a sacred rite orﾠ Ṡrāddha in honour of deceased ancestors MBh. ;
- पैतृकतिथिनिर्णय
- पैतृकधन
- पैतृकभूमि
- पैतृकविधान
- पैतृकष्वसेय
- पैतृकष्वसेयी
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17 ashvamedha
Религия: жертвоприношение коня, приношение крови жертвенного коня, (Grandest of the Vedic religious rites of ancient India, performed by a king to celebrate his paramountcy, the sacred rite of blood offering with a horse as a sacrificial animal) ашвамедха -
18 ашвамедха
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19 उपास् _upās
उपास् 2 Ā.1 To sit near to (with acc.), sit at the side of (as a mark of submission and respect); wait upon, serve, worship; ओमित्येतदक्षरमुद्गीथमुपासीत Ch. Up.1.1.1 &c. मां ध्यायन्त उपासते Bg.12.6; 9.14,15. उद्यानपालसामान्यमृतवस्तमुपासते Ku.2.36; अम्बा- मुपास्व सदयाम् Aśvad.13; Śi.16.47; Ms.3.189.-2 To use, occupy, abide in, reside; ऐन्द्रं स्थानमुपासीना ब्रह्मभूता हि ते सदा Rām.1.35.1. Ms.5.93.-3 To pass (as time); उपास्य रात्रिशेषं तु Rām.-4 To approach, go to or towards; उपासाञ्चक्रिरे द्रष्टुं देवगन्धर्वकिन्नराः Bk.5. 17; परलोकमुपास्महे 7.89.-5 To invest or blockade (as an enemy's town).-6 To be intent upon, be engaged in, take part in, (perform as a sacred rite); उपास्य पश्चिमां सन्ध्याम् K.176,179; तेप्युपासन्तु मे मखम् Mb.; Ms.2. 222,3.14,7.223, 11.42.-7 To undergo, suffer; अलं ते पाण्डुपुत्राणां भक्त्या क्लेशमुपासितुम् Mb.; Ms.11.184.-8 To remain or continue in any state or action; oft. with a pres. p.; अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते Bg.12.6.-9 To expect, wait for; दिष्टमुपासीनः Mb.-1 To attach oneself to, practise; उपासते द्विजाः सत्यम् Y.3.192.-11 To resort to, employ, apply, use; लक्षणोपास्यते यस्य कृते S. D.2; बस्तिरुपास्यमानः Suśr.-12 To respect, recognize, acknowledge.-13 To practise archery. -
20 करुण _karuṇa
करुण a. [करोति मनः आनुकूल्याय, कृ-उनन् Tv.] Tender, pathetic, pitiable, exciting pity, mournful; करुणध्वनिः V.1; Śi.9.67; विकलकरुणैरार्यचरितैः U.1.28.-णः 1 Pity, compassion, tenderness.-2 Pathetic sentiment, grief, sorrow (as one of the 8 or 9 sentiments); पुट- पाकप्रतीकाशो रामस्य करुणो रसः U.3.1,13;7.12; विलपन्... करुणार्थग्रथितं प्रियां प्रति R.8.7.-3 The Supreme Being.-4 A Jaina saint.-णम् Ved. An action, a holy or sacred rite. स विश्वस्य करुणस्येश एको Rv.1.1.7; ममेदु- कर्मन् करुणे$धि जाया Av.12.3.47. ind. mournfully, woe- fully; अधस्ताच्छिंशपामूले साध्वी करुणमास्थिता Rām.5.59.21.-Comp. -मल्ली the Mallikā plant.-विप्रलम्भः (in Rhet.) the feeling of love in separation.
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