Nagamani, N膩gama峁嚹�: 6 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra狈腻驳补尘补峁噄 (啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぎ啶｀た) refers to the 鈥渘膩ga pearl鈥� and represents a type of jewel (ratna), into which the universe was transformed by the Buddha鈥檚 miraculous power (峁沝诲丑颈产补濒补) according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter XV). Accordingly, 鈥淣膩ga pearl (苍腻驳补尘补峁噄) comes from the heads of n膩gas鈥�.
Also, 鈥淭hese jewels (eg, 苍腻驳补尘补峁噄) are of three types, Human jewels (尘补苍耻峁补-谤补迟苍补), Divine jewels (divya-ratna) and Bodhisattva jewels (bodhisattva-ratna). These various jewels remove the poverty (诲腻谤颈诲谤测补) and the suffering (诲耻岣丑补) of beings鈥�.
: archive.org: The Mahavastu狈腻驳补尘补峁噄 (啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぎ啶｀た) (狈腻驳腻尘补峁噄?) refers to 鈥渘膩ga-stones鈥� (type of gem) or possibly 鈥渆lephant-stones鈥�, according to the 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 chapter II.30 (鈥榯he second Avalokita-s奴tra鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] clear-eyed and rejoicing, standing in the sky full of magic power, they brought bright and beautiful n膩ga stones [i.e., 苍腻驳补尘补峁噄], and bedecked the Bodhi tree of the Exalted One. Thousands of Brahm膩s came to the Bodhi throne, and the Deva 艢akra, lord of the Guhyakas, too; the Devas who had seen former saviours of the world came to bow before the Self-becoming One. [...]鈥�.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsNagamani [नागमणी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Ariopsis peltata Nimmo from the Araceae (Arum) family. For the possible medicinal usage of nagamani, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryn膩gama峁嚹� (啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぎ啶｀).鈥攎 (S) Snake-stone. Held as an alexipharmic.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishn膩gama峁嚹� (啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぎ啶｀).鈥�m Snake-stone.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary狈腻驳补尘补峁噄 (啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぎ啶｀た).鈥攁lso 掳峁噄-varma, a kind of gem: n膩g膩-ma峁噄峁� (-g膩- m.c.; Senart em. 掳峁嚹箖; acc. pl.) ca 艣ubhavar- 峁嘺n墨y膩峁冣��惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 ii.318.19 (verse), here brought by guhyas to decorate the bodhi-tree; 掳varma-mah膩ma峁噄ratna峁� 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 498.18 (worn by fishermen and others who go into water, it protects them from injury by any serpent); in line 21 misprinted -dharma for -varma.
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狈腻驳腻尘补峁噄 (啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぞ啶ぃ啶�).鈥�m.c. for 苍腻驳补尘补峁噄.
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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Full-text: Nagamandala Paritta, Varnaniya, Ratna.
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