Gridhrakuta, 骋峁沝丑谤补办耻峁璦, 骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦, Gridhra-kuta: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 骋峁沝丑谤补办耻峁璦 and 骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 can be transliterated into English as Grdhrakuta or Gridhrakuta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index骋峁沝丑谤补办耻峁璦 (啶椸啶о啶班啷佮).鈥擨n the left hand of the 艣il膩 when sages performed tapas in the form of an eagle; visit to it leads to 艢ivaloka;1 in Gay膩;2 fit for 艣r膩ddha.3
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beings骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 (啶椸啶о啶班啷傕) is the name of a Mountain associated with 颁奴岣峚辫补苍迟丑补办补鈥攐ne of the Sixteen Arhats (known in Tibetan as gnas brtan bcu drug) who were chosen by Buddha Shakyamuni to remain in the world and protect the Dharma until the arrival of the future Buddha Maitreya. They vowed to maintain the Dharma for as long as beings could benefit from it. These legendary Arhats [e.g., 颁奴岣峚辫补苍迟丑补办补 on Mount 骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦] were revered in countries such as China, Japan, India and Tibet鈥攁 tradition which continues up until this day, for example in Zen Buddhism and Tibetan art.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismGrdhrakuta:鈥擜 mountain in India also called 鈥淓agle Peak鈥�
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 (啶椸啶о啶班啷傕).鈥擭ame of a mountain near R膩jag峁沨a.
Derivable forms: 驳峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦岣� (啶椸啶о啶班啷傕啶�).
骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 驳峁沝丑谤补 and 办奴峁璦 (啶曕啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 (啶椸啶о啶班啷傕) or Citra办奴峁璦.鈥攎. names of mountains, [Meghad奴ta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 17; [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] 18, 6; [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 1, 1, 30.
骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 驳峁沝丑谤补 and 办奴峁璦 (啶曕啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 (啶椸啶о啶班啷傕).鈥擺masculine] vulture-peak ([Name] of a mountain).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary骋峁沝丑谤补办奴峁璦 (啶椸啶о啶班啷傕):鈥擺=驳峁沝丑谤补-办奴峁璦] [from 驳峁沝丑谤补 > g峁沝h] m. 鈥榲耻濒迟耻谤别-辫别补办鈥�, Name of a mountain near R膩jag峁沨a, [Mah膩bh膩rata xii, 1797; Lalita-vistara] etc., [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补]
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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: Gridhra, Kitta.
Starts with: Gridhrakutaparvata.
Full-text: Cyavanaashrama, Shulakshetra, Kumunari, Rajagaha, Citrakuta, Kevalakalpa, Rajagriha, Shrigarbha, Cudapanthaka, Vasibhuta, Sixteen arhats.
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