Garjitakala, Garjitakāla, Garjita-kala: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureGarjitakāla (गर्जितकाल) refers to the “time of the rumbling (of clouds)”, 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] “[...] Having enchanted a trident twenty-one times, it should be driven into the ground in the middle [of the maṇḍalaka] at the time of the rumbling of clouds (megha-garjitakāla). Until the trident is driven out the binding of the rumbling clouds will remain. By driving it out there is release. [...]”
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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