Nagapratima, 狈腻驳补辫谤补迟颈尘腻, Naga-pratima: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture狈腻驳补辫谤补迟颈尘腻 (啶ㄠぞ啶椸お啷嵿ぐ啶むた啶ぞ) refers to a 鈥淣膩ga image鈥� (suitable for an offering ceremony), according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, 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.鈥擜ccordingly [as the Bhagav膩n taught the detailed offering-manual], 鈥淸...] A square 尘补峁囜笉补濒补办补 should be prepared. Flowers should be scattered. A N膩ga image (苍腻驳补辫谤补迟颈尘腻) should be made in the middle. An offering of what is obtainable should be performed. A pomegranate branch should be enchanted twenty-one times or 108 times or reciting 1,000 times, the N膩ga image-form (苍腻驳补辫谤补迟颈尘腻-r奴paka) should be purified with the pomegranate branch. In whose name it is done, that N膩ga is attracted. [...]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.
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