Vajrapanjara, 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补, Vajra-panjara: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�) is one of the Asuras who came from the underworld (Ras膩tala) to assist S奴ryaprabha in his campaign against 艢ruta艣arman, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 46. Accordingly: 鈥�... After them came the Daityas and D膩navas, true to their agreement, brothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, friends and other connections of S奴ryaprabha. H峁涐梗峁璦roman, and Mah膩m膩ya, and Si峁僪adam峁ａ弓ra and Prakampana, and Tantukaccha and Dur膩roha, and Sum膩ya, and 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补, and Dh奴maketu, and Pramathana, and the D膩nava Vika峁乲峁, and many others came from as low down as the seventh underworld鈥�.
In chapter 47, 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补is considered a leader of warriors and transcendent warriors (谤补迟丑腻迟颈谤补迟丑补) in Sun墨tha and S奴ryaprabha鈥檚 army. Accordingly, as the Asura Maya explained the arrangement of warriors in Sun墨tha鈥檚 army: 鈥�... and [痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补], are leaders of warriors and transcendent warriors鈥�.
The story of 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 was narrated by the Vidy膩dhara king Vajraprabha to prince Narav膩hanadatta in order to relate how 鈥淪奴ryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidy膩dharas鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�) refers to one of the male Vidy膩-beings 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 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补).
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�) refers to the 鈥�vajra-canopy鈥�, according to the Sa峁僾arama峁囜笉ala of Abhay膩karagupta鈥檚 Ni峁annayog膩val墨, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasa峁僾aratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the iconography of Cakrasa峁僾ara]: 鈥淚n the Sa峁僾ara Ma峁囜笉ala atop Mount Sumera within a vajra-canopy (惫补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补) there is a variegated lotus, on top of that a palace, in the middle of which is the Blessed Lord, standing in 腻濒墨岣峢腻蝉补苍补, "archer's pose", on Bhairava and K膩lir膩tr墨, lying upon a solar-disc, atop the pericarp of the lotus, dark-blue with four faces, which starting in the front (and going counter-clockwise) are dark-blue, green, red and yellow, each with trinetra, "three eyes", [...]鈥�
: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�) refers to an 鈥渁damantine cage鈥�, according to the 10th-century 岣屇乲膩r峁嘺va-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Sa峁僾ara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.鈥擜ccordingly: [while explaining the body circle (办腻测补肠补办谤补)]: 鈥淸...] He should push [the obstacle demons by means of the stakes] into the directions starting with the east inside the adamantine cage (惫补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补). The adamantine ground should be underneath. A net of arrows is [placed] above. Moreover, there are an adamantine fence, [an adamantine] canopy, and the 诲丑补谤尘辞诲补测腻 (鈥渙rigin of phenomenal existences鈥�) inside. It is triangle, [the second one is] square, and [the third one is] pentagonal [in shape]. He should also visualize a hexagonal one, [the fourth one]. He should arrange them all in sequence corresponding to the order of the four layers. [...]鈥�.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary惫补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶溹ぐ).鈥攎 (S A cage of adamant. A title of Rama.) An impregnable hold, haven, asylum &c. Ex. (谤腻尘补) 艣ara峁嚹乬at膩si 惫补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 ||. Ps. xviii. 2.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�).鈥攁 secure refuge, protector; 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶班え啶距ぎ啷囙う啶� 啶 啶班ぞ啶啶掂啶� 啶膏啶ぐ啷囙い啷� (惫补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补n膩meda峁� yo 谤腻尘补kavaca峁� smaret) R膩ma-rak峁Ｄ� 13.
Derivable forms: 惫补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补岣� (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶班).
痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and 辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶啷嵿啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攕totra. Pet. 725. Paris. (D 12 c). Ben. 43. 45. 搁腻诲丑. 28. Oudh. Xv, 124. Xvii, 84 (from Mahe艣asa峁僪it膩). Burnell. 200^b. Poona. 596 (by V膩lm墨ki). Oppert. Ii, 8398.
鈥攂y Budhakau艣ika. Bhk. 17. Printed in B峁沨atstotraratn膩kara p. 241.
鈥擺commentary] by Gomat墨d膩sa Vai峁ａ箛ava. Oudh. Xi, 18.
鈥擺commentary] by Govindad膩sa. Oudh. Xv, 124.
鈥擺commentary] R膩marak峁Ｄ乿iveka by Dhara峁嚹玠hara Pantha. [[Oudh 1876-1877]-1877], 28.
鈥擺commentary] by Mudgala Bha峁弓a. Oudh. Xi, 18. W. 1768.
痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 has the following synonyms: R膩marak峁Ｄ�.
2) 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�):鈥擲ee N峁泂i峁僪a惫补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 and N峁泂i峁僪a辫补帽箩补谤补.
3) 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�):鈥擲ee K膩l墨kavaca.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 痴补箩谤补辫补帽箩补谤补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啷嵿啶�):鈥擺=vajra-辫补帽箩补谤补] [from vajra > vaj] m. 鈥榓damantine cage鈥�, a secure refuge for, protector of ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Har峁carita; R膩jatara峁単i峁嚹玗
2) [v.s. ...] n. ([probably]) Name of [particular] prayers addressed to Durg膩, [Catalogue(s)] (cf. n峁泂i峁僪a-辫补帽箩补谤补 and 苍峁泂颈峁僪补-惫补箩谤补-辫)
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a D膩nava, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
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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.
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Partial matches: Panjara, Vajra.
Starts with: Vajrapanjarastotra, Vajrapanjaropanishad.
Full-text (+6): Ganapatikavaca vajrapanjara, Kalikavaca vajrapanjara, Vajrapanjaropanishad, Sharanagata-vajrapanjara, Ramaraksha, Vajrapanjarastotra, Ramavajrapanjarakavaca, Suryavajrapanjara, Nrisimhavajrapanjara, Sharanagata, Panjara, Devirahasyatantra, Devirahasya, Alidhasana, Cakrasamvara, Paramananda, Viramananda, Sahajananda, Ananda, Hevajratantra.
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