Rupaskandha, 搁奴辫补蝉办补苍诲丑补, Rupa-skandha, Rupaskamdha: 4 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi搁奴辫补蝉办补苍诲丑补 (啶班啶じ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶�) refers to the 鈥渁ggregate of forms鈥�, according to the 骋耻谤耻-尘补峁囜笉补濒补-补谤肠补苍补 [i.e., 鈥淕uru Mandala Worship]鈥� ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasa峁僾ara Sam膩dhi, which refers to the primary 辫奴箩腻 and 蝉腻诲丑补苍腻 practice of Newah Mah膩y膩na-Vajray膩na Buddhists in Nepal.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭here, in the five aggregates, originates the making of I. Vairocana in the aggregate of forms (谤奴辫补蝉办补苍诲丑补). Vajras奴rya in sensations. Padman峁泃ye艣vara in perceptions. Vajrar膩ja in mental formations. Vajrasattva in consciousness. 艢r墨 Heruka Vajra in the truth of all Tath膩gata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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha搁奴辫补蝉办补苍诲丑补 (啶班啶じ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶�) refers to the 鈥渆leven form components鈥� as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 26):
- 肠补办峁蝉 (eye),
- 艣谤辞迟谤补 (ear),
- 驳丑谤腻峁嘺 (nose),
- 箩颈丑惫腻 (tongue),
- 办腻测补 (body),
- manas (mind),
- 谤奴辫补 (form),
- gandha (smell),
- 艣补产诲补 (sound),
- rasa (taste),
- 蝉辫补谤艣补 (tangible),
- 惫颈箩帽补辫迟颈 (intimation).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 谤奴辫补蝉办补苍诲丑补). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary搁奴辫补蝉办补苍诲丑补 (啶班啶じ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺=谤奴辫补-skandha] [from 谤奴辫补 > r奴p] m. (with Buddhists) a physical element (of which there are 11), [Dharmasa峁僩raha 26.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusR奴paska峁僤ha (嗖班硞嗖哺喑嵿矔嗖傕钵):鈥擺noun] (buddh.) the five sense organs of the human body.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Skandha, Rupa.
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