Upavira, 鲍辫补惫墨谤补, 鲍辫补惫墨谤腻: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index鲍辫补惫墨谤补 (啶夃お啶掂啶�).鈥擜 class of Pi艣膩cas, generally in the burial ground; wear barks of trees.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 7. 378 & 382, 392; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 69. 264 and 273.
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 Buddhism鲍辫补惫墨谤腻 (啶夃お啶掂啶班ぞ) refers to one of the female 艢r膩vakas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including 鲍辫补惫墨谤腻).
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.
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)鲍辫补惫墨谤补 (啶夃お啶掂啶�) [?] (in Chinese: Yeou-p'o-p'i-lo) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with 顿丑补苍颈峁ａ弓丑腻 or 顿丑补苍颈峁ａ弓丑补苍补办峁迟谤补, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mah膩sa峁僴ip膩ta-s奴tra, a large compilation of S奴tras (texts) in Mah膩y膩na Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.鈥擟hapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmar膩ja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nak峁tras [e.g., 顿丑补苍颈峁ａ弓丑腻] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., 鲍辫补惫墨谤补] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary鲍辫补惫墨谤补 (啶夃お啶掂啶�).鈥擜 kind of demon.
Derivable forms: 耻辫补惫墨谤补尘 (啶夃お啶掂啶班ぎ啷�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary鲍辫补惫墨谤补 (啶夃お啶掂啶�):鈥擺=耻辫补-惫墨谤补] m. a kind of demon, [P膩raskara-g峁沨ya-s奴tra i, 16, 23.]
[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.
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