Alternative spellings of this word include Chhandamana.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Chaṇḍamanā (छण्डमना) is the name of a Buddhist nun known in other versions as Ciñcā Maṇavikā, according to the Dhammapadaṭṭha (Cf. Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra, chapter 4).—Accordingly, “According to the Dhammapadaṭṭha, wishing to damage the Buddha’s reputation, the heretical scholars went to a young nun of their sect, Ciñca, who pretended to go and spend the nights at the monastery of the Buddha and declare to anyone who wanted to listen that she had shared Gautama’s room. [...] The other versions of this story show considerable differences. Ciñcā Maṇavikā, also called Chaṇḍamanā, the proud, or the Woman with many tongues, is sometimes a heretic nun, disciple of Keśakambala, sometimes a delinquent Buddhist nun. In some sources, she suffers no punishment, in others she falls into hell; in one story, she is condemned to be burned, but the Buddha intercedes for her and she is simply banished. [...]”.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Chandamāna (छन्दमान) refers to “passionately”, 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 manual of the root-heart] “[...] Then very old women come out of the Nāga residence. They say, ‘What are you doing spell-master?’ One should not talk to them. Having struck the ground with a vajra, a ‘phaṭ’ sound should be made. The old woman says passionately (chandamāna), ‘O Sir, I am dying, I am dying’. He enters the residence. [...]”.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Chanda, Mana, Camta.

Full-text: Kesakambala.

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