In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Aruṇakāla (अरुणकाल) refers to “dawn”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, 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.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering of the root spell], “[...] At dawn (aruṇakāla) water mixed with mustard seeds and saffron should be enchanted seven times and thrown in the four directions. It should also be thrown downwards and upwards. There will be a sealing of the boundary for all cold spells, winds, clouds and thunderbolts as far as a yojana all around. All hostile Nāgas will be bound. No Nāgas can trespass. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) 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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Aruna, Kala.

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