Ahamkarashabda, ṃkś岹, Ahamkara-shabda: 1 definition
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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)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agricultureṃkś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. [...]�.

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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Partial matches: Shabda, Ahamkara.
Full-text: Ahamkara.
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