Pakaja, Pākaja, Paka-ja: 8 definitions
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Pakaja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Nyaya (school of philosophy)
Source: Shodhganga: A study of Nyāya-vaiśeṣika categoriesPākaja (पाकज).—The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣikas maintain that the guṇas (qualities) rūpa, rasa, gandha and sparśa are pākaja i.e., “products of heat” and as such non-eternal in case of earth. In other substances these are both eternal and non-eternal as they are not products. Annaṃbhaṭṭa says that pāka means conjunction with fire or heat. By this conjunction, colour etc. are changed and new colour etc. are produced. This change of colour, taste, Smell, and touch through the conjunction of fire is found in earth alone. Colour etc. do not change in water etc. even if it is heated in a hundred ways.
There is a sharp distinction between the Naiyāyikas and the Vaiśeṣikas regarding the process of change of colour etc. The Vaiśeṣikas are called pīlupākavādins, while the Naiyāyikas are piṭharapākavādins. The Vaiśeṣikas are so called because they maintain that change of colour etc. through the action of fire takes place only in atoms. [...] The Naiyāyikas on the other hand holds that changed through the action of fire can take place even in aggregates like dyad etc.
Nyaya (न्याय, nyaya) refers to a school of Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. The Nyaya philosophy is known for its theories on logic, methodology and epistemology, however, it is closely related with Vaisheshika in terms of metaphysics.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPākaja (पाकज).—a. produced by heat. (-jam) 1 black salt.
2) flatulence.
Pākaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāka and ja (ज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPākaja (पाकज).—mfn.
(-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) Produced by cooking, maturing, &c. n.
(-jaṃ) 1. Black-salt. 2. Flatulence. E. pāka, and ja born.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPākaja (पाकज).—[pāka-ja], adj. Produced by maturing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pākaja (पाकज):—[=pāka-ja] [from pāka] mfn. produced by cooking or roasting, [Tarkasaṃgraha]
2) [v.s. ...] n. ‘obtained by boiling’, black salt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] flatulence, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPākaja (पाकज):—[pāka-ja] (jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) a. Of cooking. n. Black salt; flatulence.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pakajaprakriya, Pakajatva, Pakajavicara.
Ends with: Apakaja, Kammavipakaja, Rasapakaja.
Full-text: Apakaja, Pakajatva, Rasapakaja, Pakajaprakriya.
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Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Pākaja-guṇa < [Chapter 4 - Quality and Action]
Substance (1): Pṛthivī (Earth) < [Chapter 3 - Dravya (Substance)]
Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali (by Ganganatha Jha)
Text 36: The Earth < [Chapter 4 - Of Special Substances]
Vaisesika Doctrines (in the Nyaya Works) (by Diptasree Som)
Siddhanta Sangraha of Sri Sailacharya (by E. Sowmya Narayanan)
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)