Bherandaka, Bheraṇḍaka: 3 definitions
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Bherandaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybheraṇḍaka : (nt.) the cry of a jackal.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBheraṇḍaka, (cp. *Sk. bheruṇḍa) a jackal J. V, 270; the Nom. probably formed after the Acc. in phrase bheraṇḍakaṃ nadati to cry after the fashion of, or like a jackal A. I, 187. (Page 509)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBheraṇḍaka (भेरण्डक) or Bheraṇḍa or Bheruṇḍaka.—m. (Pali bheraṇḍaka, jackal according to Jātaka (Pali) commentary v.276.9; the form bheruṇḍa, cited by Burnouf, Lotus 371, is read bheruṇḍaka in our Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, and has, doubtless by chance, not been noted else- where in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]), some sort of beast of prey which makes a terrible sound (Mahāvastu ii.140.15 °ḍa-bhairava [mss. bhīrava, bhīruva]-ruteṣu; iii.123.9; 264.12) and eats human flesh (Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11; 85.13); Tibetan renders variously, on Mahāvyutpatti 4785 spyaṅ (wolf) or ce spyaṅ (jackal, according to [Tibetan-English Dictionary] also fox); on Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11 ce spyaṅ, on 85.13 and 86.12 lce spyaṅ (= ce spyaṅ); on Lalitavistara 306.6 wa (fox, but compare wa spyaṅ, jackal); the word śṛgāla, jackal, is probably a different animal, since it is closely associated with our word in Lalitavistara 306.6; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11 and 86.12; in Lalitavistara, where Tibetan wa renders our word, śṛgāla is rendered by ce spyaṅ, while in the two Saddharmapuṇḍarīka passages the reverse is the case, wa rendering śṛgāla! Kern on Saddharmapuṇḍarīka renders hyena, a plausible guess. Forms: bheraṇḍa Mahāvastu ii.140.15; °ḍaka Mahāvastu iii.123.9 (both verses); bheruṇḍaka Mahāvyutpatti 4785; Mahāvastu iii.264.12 (prose); Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 83.11; 85.13; 86.12 (all verses); Lalitavistara 306.6 (prose). In Deśīnāmamālā 6.108 bheruṇḍa is defined dīvī (= dvīpin; commentary citrakaḥ); the hyena is ‘spotted’, as well as the leopard.
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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