Navadharma, Nava-dharma: 1 definition
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Navadharma means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (mahayana)Navadharma (啶ㄠさ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ) refers to a 鈥渃ollection of nine texts鈥�.鈥擜s for recent practices in the Kathmandu Valley, there is evidence for the performance of a royal ritual for protection involving Pa帽carak峁Ｄ� recitation in the era of Mahindra Vira Vikram Shah (r. 1955鈥�1972). [...] In this part of South Asia, few early manuscripts of the Suvar峁嘺prabh膩sottama survive, though this s奴tra became part of the renowned navadharma collection of nine texts in medieval times.
The Navadharma collection consists of:
- 笔谤补箩帽腻辫腻谤补尘颈迟腻,
- 笔补帽肠补谤补办峁Ｄ�,
- 狈腻尘补蝉补峁僩墨迟颈,
- 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补,
- 顿补艣补产丑奴尘颈,
- 厂补尘腻诲丑颈谤腻箩补,
- 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补,
- Lalitavistara and
- 尝补峁卥腻惫补迟腻谤补.
Note: On the Navadharma or Navagrantha collection in an earlier set, with the Suvar峁嘺prabh膩sa and Tath膩gataguhyaka replacing the Pa帽carak峁Ｄ� and N膩masa峁僩墨ti in its present form, see Tuladhar鈥揇ouglas 2006, 144鈥�147 and von Rospatt 2015, 819鈥�821. The latter remarks that 鈥渢hese canonical works are not so much studied for their content as liturgically recited or put to other ritual uses.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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Nava, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma, Dhamma.
Full-text: Navagrantha, Lalitavistara, Gandavyuha, Saddharmapundarika, Samadhiraja, Prajnaparamita, Dashabhumi, Pancaraksha, Lankavatara, Namasamgiti.
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Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)
Part 3.1 - Regarding the name of the Dasabhumika Sutra < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Theravada Buddhist studies in Japan (by Keiko Soda)
7. The Secret Teaching (= Tantric Buddhism) < [Chapter 3 - Theravada and Mahayana (comparison and contrast)]
Karandavyuha Sutra (by Mithun Howladar)
Part 15 - G膩th膩s in the Buddhavacana < [Appendix 1 - Buddhist Sanskrit Language]