Loma: 15 definitions
Introduction
Introduction:
Loma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsLoma (लोम):—Body hairs
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraLoma (लोम) is Pali for “hairs” (Sanskrit Roman) refers to one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., loma]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryloma : (nt.) the hair on the body.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryLoma, (nt.) (cp. Vedic roman. The (restituted) late P. form roma only at J. V, 430; Abhp 175, 259; Sdhp. 119) the hair of the body (whereas kesa is the hair of the head only) D. II, 18 (ekeka°, uddhagga°, in characteristics of a Mahāpurisa); S. II, 257 (asi°, usu°, satti° etc.); A. II, 114; Vin. III, 106 (usu° etc.); Sn. 385; J. I, 273 (khaggo lomesu allīyi); VbhA. 57; DhA. I, 126; II, 17 (°gaṇanā); ThA. 199; VvA. 324 (sūkara°); PvA. 152, 157; Sdhp. 104. A detailed description of loma as one of the 32 ākāras of the body (Kh III, ; pl. lomā) is found at Vism. 250, 353; VbhA. 233; KhA 42, 43.—aloma hairless J. VI, 457; puthu° having broad hair or fins, name of a fish J. IV, 466; Vv 4411. haṭṭha° with hairs erect, excited Mhvs 15, 33.—On loma in similes see J. P. T. S. 1907, 131.—lomaṃ pāteti to let one’s hair drop, as a sign of subduedness or modesty, opp. to horripilation (pāteti formed fr. pat after wrong etym. of panna in panna-loma “with drooping hairs, ” which was taken as a by-form of patita: see panna-loma): Vin. II, 5 (=pannalomo hoti C.); III, 183; M. I, 442. ‹-› Cp. anu°, paṭi°, vi°.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarylōma (लोम).—n (S) pop. lōma m n A hair of the body.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishlōma (लोम).—m n A hair of the body.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLoma (लोम).—
1) A tail.
2) The hair on the body.
Derivable forms: lomaḥ (लोमः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLoma (लोम).—m.
(-maḥ) A tail, a hairy tail. E. lū to cut, aff. man .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryLoma (लोम).—[-loma], a substitute for loman, in ati-, adj., f. mā, With too much hair, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 8. anu-, I. adj. With the hair regular, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 33. Ii. f. mā, A wife of a caste inferior to that of the man, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 288. prati-, see s. v. vi-, I. adj. (f. mī), Against the grain, reverse, backward, contrary. Ii. m. 1. Reverse order. 2. A snake. 3. A dog. 4. Varuṇa. Iii. n. A water-wheel. su-, adj., f. mā, Having beautiful hair, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 33.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryLoma (लोम).—(—°) = loman.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Loma (लोम):—[from loman] 1. loma in [compound] for loman.
2) [from loman] 2. loma mfn. (ifc.) = loman (See aja-loma)
3) [v.s. ...] n. a hairy tail, tail, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryLoma (लोम):—(maḥ) 1. m. A tail; a hairy one.
[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchLoma (लोम):—am Ende einiger comp. = loman [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 75. 4, 1, 85, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 8.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 24. 76.] ajalomaiḥ [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 1, 6, 2.] Nach [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] soll loma n. Schweif bedeuten. — Vgl. ajalomī, atiloma, anu, antarloma, ava, uḍulomāḥ (unter uḍuloman), golomī, nirloma, pāṇḍulomā, pratiloma, bahirloma, vyāghra, su .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungLoma (लोम):—am Ende einiger Compp. = loman. n. angeblich Schweif.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryLoma (लोम) [Also spelled lom]:—(nm) hair; soft hair on the body; wool; ~[nāśaka] depilatory; ~[harṣa] see ~[romāṃca; ~harṣaka, ~harṣaṇa] see [romāṃcakārī].
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+70): Lomada, Lomadhi, Lomadi, Lomadvipa, Lomagarta, Lomagayani, Lomaghna, Lomahamsa, Lomahamsa Jataka, Lomahamsana, Lomahamsapariyaya, Lomaharin, Lomaharsha, Lomaharshana, Lomaharshanaka, Lomaharshin, Lomahattha, Lomahrit, Lomaka, Lomakagriha.
Ends with (+27): Ajaloma, Aloma, Antarloma, Anuloma, Anulomapatiloma, Anulomapratiloma, Asiloma, Atiloma, Aupaloma, Avaloma, Bahirloma, Dighaloma, Dvijanuloma, Hariloma, Hatthaloma, Hiranyaloma, Kacchaloma, Kacchapaloma, Kapiloma, Kappiyanuloma.
Full-text (+149): Lomakarna, Lomasara, Lomakupa, Lomahrit, Lomaghna, Mahaloman, Pratiloma, Lomaharshana, Lomapada, Avaloma, Atiloma, Lomalika, Laumaharshanaka, Samharshana, Lomapravahin, Lomavat, Lomapadapuri, Lomapadapur, Lomaharshin, Lomaharshanaka.
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Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.3.72 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]
Verse 2.1.250 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya (by Śrī Gunaraja Khan)
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Monks’ Forfeiture (Nissaggiya) 12
Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 2: Origin story < [Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 2]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - Thirty-two substances of the human body < [Chapter XXXII-XXXIV - The eight classes of supplementary dharmas]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)