Gatayus, Gatāyus, Gata-ayus: 9 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesGatāyuṣa (गतायुष) refers to “one who is dying”, according to chapter 50 of the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “Now, I will explain the characteristic of Mahākaṅkāla. [...] The corporeal [ones], Lāmā and so on, are seen residing there by means of meditation. [They are] all in the form of a donkey, [have] bloody mouths, and [have] tridents. He sees [and distinguishes between] a consciousness of one who is dying (gatāyuṣa) and [a consciousness of] one who lives long. He, a hero, sees himself [having] the form [that is] according to [the bodily constituents] starting with an elephant. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGatāyus (गतायुस्).—a. decrepit, infirm, very old.
Gatāyus is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gata and āyus (आयुस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGatāyus (गतायुस्).—mfn.
(-yuḥ-yuḥ-yuḥ) 1. Very old, infirm, decrepid, decayed. 2. Dead. E. gata, and āyus life.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGatāyus (गतायुस्).—adj. 1. lifeless, [Pañcatantra] 101, 23. 2. whose life is forfeited, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 1, 10.
Gatāyus is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gata and āyus (आयुस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGatāyus (गतायुस्).—[adjective] going to die or dead (lit. whose life is gone).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gatāyus (गतायुस्):—[from gata > gam] mfn. one whose vital power has vanished, decayed, very old, [Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta; Hitopadeśa]
2) [v.s. ...] dead, [Rāmāyaṇa vi; Pañcatantra i, 21, 8/9.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGatāyus (गतायुस्):—[gatā+yus] (yuḥ-yuḥ-yuḥ) a. Old; dead.
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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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Starts with: Gatayushya, Gatayusthiti.
Full-text: Kshitayus.
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