Dharmarata, Dharmarat膩, Dharma-rata: 5 definitions
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Dharmarata means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraDharmarata (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶班い) refers to 鈥渧irtuous鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he years of Jupiter (产峁沨补蝉辫补迟颈) take their names from the several Nak峁tras in which he reappears after his conjunction with the Sun; and these names are identical with the names of the lunar months. [...] In the Vai艣膩kha month of Jupiter, princes with their subjects will be virtuous [i.e., dharmarata鈥�诲丑补谤尘补谤补迟腻], fearless and happy; men will engage in sacrificial rites and there will also be growth of crops鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDharmarata (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶班い):鈥擳hus while still a bodhisattva, the Buddha 艢膩 was called Lo-fa (Dharmarata). At that time there was no buddha, and this bodhisattva had not yet heard a good word (蝉耻产丑腻峁迟补), but he was searching everywhere for the Dharma and did not relax his exertion (virya); however, he had not yet found it.
One day, M膩ra transformed himself into a br膩hma峁嘺 and said to him:
鈥淚 have a stanza (驳腻迟丑腻) spoken by a buddha; I will give it to you if you agree to write it using your skin as parchment, your bone as pen and your blood as ink.鈥�
Dharmarata thought:
鈥淒uring my previous lifetimes I have lost my life an incalculable number of times without ever deriving any benefit from it.鈥�
Immediately he flayed his skin, put it out to dry and wrote the stanza on it. M膩ra went to take his life when, at that moment, the Buddha, aware of the extreme resolve of the bodhisattva, arose from the direction of the nadir (补诲丑辞诲颈艣) and came to teach him the profound Dharma. Immediately Dharmarata obtained the conviction that dharmas do not arise (补苍耻迟辫补迟迟颈办补诲丑补谤尘补办峁Ｄ乶迟颈).
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) 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 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmarata (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶班い).鈥擺adjective] delighting in virtue, virtuous.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmarata (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶班い):鈥擺=dharma-rata] [from dharma > dhara] mfn. 鈥榙elighting in virtue鈥�, virtuous, [K膩vya literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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)
Partial matches: Rata, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma, Dhamma.
Full-text: Pativrata, Dharmarakta, Utpala, Kapila.
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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 7.6 < [Chapter 7 - Planets in Exaltation M奴latriko峁嘺]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 285 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
IV. Outstanding qualities of the Bodhisattva < [Part 3 - Outshining the knowledge of all the 艢r膩vakas and Pratyekabuddhas]
Story of how Dharmarakta sacrifices himself for a stanza < [Chapter XXVII - The Virtue of Exertion]
Bh奴mi 1: the joyous ground (pramudit膩) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mah膩y膩na]
The Reign of Law in the Ramayana < [June 1937]
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXXVII - Enumeration of the names of fourteen Manus and of the Devas and Saptarsis < [Agastya Samhita]
Shukra Niti by Shukracharya (by Benoy Kumar Sarkar)