Ksheptavya, ṣeٲⲹ: 4 definitions
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Ksheptavya 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.
The Sanskrit term ṣeٲⲹ can be transliterated into English as Kseptavya or Ksheptavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agricultureṣeٲⲹ (क्षेप्तव्य) refers to “throwing (mustard seeds)� (as part of an worship ceremony), 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 [after Sāgara taught the Nāga-vow mantra], “Worship should be made with flowers, incense and fragrances. Incense should be offered in the four directions. All Nāgas should be impelled. Having enchanted the bathing water eighty times, and having thrown mustard seeds into it, it should be thrown (ṣeٲⲹ) in the middle of the residence. Merely upon throwing it into the water, the residence of the Nāgas immediately rumbles. [...]�.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣeٲⲹ (क्षेप्तव्य):—[from ṣi] mfn. to be cast or thrown into, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxxi, 174]
2) [v.s. ...] to be reviled or abused, [Mahābhārata i, 1467.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
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Full-text: Praksheptavya.
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