Sukhavati, 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂い啷�) is the sister of Kal膩vat墨 and daughter of Am墨la: a Daitya king from the second underworld, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 45. The story of 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 and Kal膩vat墨 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�.
According to the chapter 46, 鈥�... then S奴ryaprabha went with all the rest into the presence of Am墨la. He too was pleased on hearing that he had obtained boons, and gave him 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨, his second daughter, and two of his sons to help him鈥�.
The story of 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 and Am墨la 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 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨, 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�.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂い啷�) or 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨vartti refers to one of the topics discussed in the 惭补诲丑耻尘补迟墨, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to N峁泂i峁僪a Kavir膩ja collected in volume 12 of the catalogue 鈥淣otices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)鈥� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.鈥擳he 惭补诲丑耻尘补迟墨 manuscript, consisting of 5,586 艣lokas (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term鈥敵С馨斐竽灞共钩倌�-vartti in its 鈥榮ubject-matter list鈥� or Vi峁ya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads鈥�蝉耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫补谤迟迟颈办补迟丑补苍补尘.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂い啷�) is the name of a universe according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter XV). Accordingly, 鈥渋n the ten directions, there are other pure universes (辫补谤颈艣耻诲诲丑补-濒辞办补诲丑腻迟耻) such as the Ngan lo (厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨) of the Buddha A mi t鈥檕 (础尘颈迟腻产丑补)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.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography1) 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂い啷�) or 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨loke艣vara refers to one of the various forms of 础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补, as described in the Dharmako艣asa峁僩raha.鈥擧is Colour is white; His 膧sana is the lalita; He has three faces and six arms.鈥擜 description of the deity [viz., 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨] occurs in the Dharmako艣asa峁僩raha of Am峁泃膩nanda. Nepal abounds in images of 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 Loke艣vara both in stone and in bronze, though his images are not found in any other Buddhist country of the North.
厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 is described in the Dharmako艣asa峁僩raha as follows:
鈥湷С馨斐竽灞共钩倌� Loke艣vara is three-faced, white in colour, and six-armed. One of his right hands is in the act of shooting an arrow, the remaining two have the rosary and the varada pose. In two of his left hands he carries the bow and the lotus, and the third is placed on the thigh of T膩r膩. He sits in 濒补濒颈迟腻蝉补苍补 on the lotus, and is surrounded by the goddesses Vajrat膩r膩, Vi艣vat膩r膩, Padmat膩r膩 and the like. There is a caitya on the top.鈥�
2) 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂い啷�) or 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨loke艣vara refers to number 13 of the 108 forms of 础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补 found in the Machhandar Vahal (Kathmanu, Nepal). [Machhandar or Machandar is another name for for Matsyendra.].
础肠肠辞谤诲颈苍驳濒测,鈥�
鈥湷С馨斐竽灞共钩倌� is one-faced, and six-armed, and sits on a lotus in the Lalita attitude. The first pair of hands exhibits the Dharmacakra-mudr膩, the second pair carries the rosary and the book, and the third pair shows the Varada mudr膩 in the right and the water-pot in the left鈥�.
The names of the 108 deities [viz., 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨] possbily originate from a Tantra included in the Kagyur which is named 鈥渢he 108 names of Avalokiteshvara鈥�, however it is not yet certain that this is the source for the Nepali descriptions. 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
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂い啷�).鈥�(compare sukh膩kar膩), with or sc. lokadh膩tu, the world of Amit膩bha or Amit膩yus, from which Ava- lokite艣vara also comes (碍腻谤补峁囜笉补惫惫奴丑补 17.21 ff.; but in 碍腻谤补峁囜笉补惫惫奴丑补 also it is Amit膩bha's world, 21.8, compare 18.7): 碍腻谤补峁囜笉补惫惫奴丑补 13.22; 17.6, 22; 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 419.3; 455.1; 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 3067; 叠丑补诲谤补肠补谤墨 57; 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 82.5; 艢颈办峁Ｄ乻补尘耻肠肠补测补 175.5; 厂补尘腻诲丑颈谤腻箩补蝉奴迟谤补 p. 9 line 31; (膧谤测补-)惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨尘奴濒补办补濒辫补 610.7; 617.3; 尝补峁卥腻惫补迟腻谤补-蝉奴迟谤补 283.7; 286.15; 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨vy奴ha 1.7; 28.10; 32.17 etc.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂耻办丑补惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢さ啶む):鈥擺=蝉耻办丑补-惫补迟墨] [from sukha > sukh] f. Name of the heaven of Buddha Amit膩bha (See under 蝉耻办丑腻-惫补迟, [column]3), [Buddhist literature]
2) 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 (啶膏啶栢ぞ啶掂い啷�):鈥擺=蝉耻办丑腻-惫补迟墨] [from 蝉耻办丑腻-惫补迟 > sukha > sukh] f. Name of the paradise or heaven of Amit膩bha (situated in the western sky), [Buddhist literature; Saddharma-pu峁囜笉ar墨ka; K膩ra峁囜笉a-vy奴ha; Monier-Williams鈥� Buddhism 183, 204]
3) [v.s. ...] of the wife of S奴rya-prabha, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
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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Starts with: Sukhavatideva, Sukhavatilokeshvara, Sukhavatishvara, Sukhavativartti, Sukhavativyuha, Sukhavativyuha Sutra.
Full-text (+208): Sukhavativyuha, Saukhavati, Amitabha, Sukhavatilokeshvara, Prabhutatanujihva, Sukhavatishvara, Sukhavativartti, Sukhakara, Sukhavant, Amitaprabha, Anupalipta, Unminja, Jvalanadhipati, Balabhijna, Caryacarana, Avaivartika, Kusumaprabha, Rajaniyaprabha, Hetubalika, Asamaptaprabha.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Figure 119 - (础惫补濒辞办颈迟别艣惫补谤补): 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨 Loke艣vara
The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 3 - The motivating power of compassion < [C. The three instructions of striving]
Part 2 - The Teaching of the Benefits < [D. The final summary]
Part 3e.2a - The self-existing nirmanakaya < [B. The explanation of the kayas and wisdoms]
Karandavyuha Sutra (by Mithun Howladar)
Chapter 9 - Asura-膩艣v膩sana < [Part One]
Chapter 3 - Sattvadh膩tu-parimok峁峁嘺 < [Part One]
Chapter 6 - Tath膩gata-sa峁僾膩da < [Part One]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 281 < [Volume 12 (1898)]
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