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Ahamkarashabda, ṃkś岹, Ahamkara-shabda: 1 definition

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Ahamkarashabda means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.

The Sanskrit term ṃkś岹 can be transliterated into English as Ahamkarasabda or Ahamkarashabda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

ṃkś岹 (अहंकारशब्द) refers to “words of self-conceit�, according to the ղٳṇḍⲹ첹貹Ჹ, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “Now there lived a Brahmin called Viṣṇudatta in Navanagara. [...] In the crop-growing season he experienced a lack of water. With words of self-conceit (ṃkś岹), [possessing] approval [to use] mantrapadas he said, ‘I am going to send forth rain showers and summon Nāgas�. He sacrificed the prescribed fire oblation with sesame seed, rice grain and mustard seed anointed with pungent oil. He prepared an image-form of a certain harmful Nāga. [...]�.

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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 ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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