Aparagodaniya, Aparagodānīya: 5 definitions
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Aparagodaniya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiAparagodānīya (अपरगोदानीय) is the name of a deity or entity to which is given homage to [i.e., oṃ laṃ aparagodānīyāya namaḥ], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.
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’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Soka Gakkai International: The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of BuddhismAlso known as Godaniya. One of the four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru, according to the ancient Indian worldview. The Sanskrit apara means west. The Dharma Analysis Treasury indicates that it is a continent located to the west of Mount Sumeru, in the sea between the outermost of the seven concentric gold mountain ranges and the iron mountain range that constitutes the outermost borders of the world. This iron mountain range is known as the Iron Encircling Mountains. The Dharma Analysis Treasury describes Aparagodaniya as circular, 2,500 yojanas in diameter, while the Long Agama Sutra describes it as semicircular.
Aparagodaniya [瞿耶尼・牛貨洲・西牛貨洲] (Skt; Jpn Kuyani, Goke-shu, or Sai-goke-shu)
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAparagodānīya (अपरगोदानीय).—(usually m., rarely nt., Divyāvadāna 214.24 ff.; no °godāna, corresp. to Pali °goyāna, occurs; other variant forms, see below, and compare Godānīya), one of the 4 Buddhist continents, see dvīpa. The regular form is °dānīya, while only °yāna occurs in Pali (but also Goyān- īya, without Apara); for occurrences see s.v. dvīpa. Of the passages there listed, the following show variant forms, aside from Godānīya, q.v.: avara-go° Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.94.4; aparagoḍānī-lipi Lalitavistara 126.5 (v.l. °nīya-lipi; apparently all mss. ḍ!); °dānika Mahāvastu ii.158.18; iii.378.2; aparagodānir (n. sg. m.) Dharmasaṃgraha 120.
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Aparagodānīya (अपरगोदानीय) or Godānīya.—q.v.: Lalitavistara 149.19 (but Tibetan nub kyi points to Apara-!); reported also from Abhidharmakośa, iii.145 of LaVallée-Poussin's Transl.; and with short a, Godanīya MPS 31.46.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Partial matches: Godaniya, Apara.
Full-text: Godaniya, Dvipa, Manushyaloka, Earthly Realms.
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