Krandana, Kramdana: 11 definitions

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Krandana 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: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Krandanā (क्रन्दना) refers to a group of deities summoned by the Yamāntaka-mantra and mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Krandanā).

Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

Krandana (क्रन्दन) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Krandanī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Cittacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the cittacakra refers to one of the three divisions of the nirmāṇa-puṭa (‘emanation layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Krandana] are black in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Krandana (क्रन्दन).—[krand bhāve lyuṭ] A cat.

-nam 1 A cry of distress or weeping, lamentation; व्यसनं प्राप्य यो मोहात्केवलं परिदेवयेत् । क्रन्दनं वर्धयत्येव (vyasanaṃ prāpya yo mohātkevalaṃ paridevayet | krandanaṃ vardhayatyeva) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.188.

2) Mutual defiance.

3) Calling, inviting.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Krandanā (क्रन्दना).—(or °na, m.), a kind of malevolent super-natural being, in a list of such: krandanā mahākrandanāḥ (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 17.8. The immediately surrounding terms in the list are fem., but masc. ones occur not far away.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Krandana (क्रन्दन).—m.

(-naḥ) A cat n.

(-naṃ) 1. Weeping, lamenting, sobbing. 2. Crying out, calling. 3. Mutual daring or defiance, challenging, braving. E. kradi to cry out, to call, sob, &c. affix lyuṭ; also with kra affix krandita.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Krandana (क्रन्दन).—[krand + ana], n. Lamenting, [Pañcatantra] 213, 2.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Krandana (क्रन्दन):—[from krand] m. ‘crier’, a cat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] n. crying out, calling

3) [v.s. ...] mutual daring or defiance, challenging, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] lamenting, weeping, [Pañcatantra; Hitopadeśa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Krandana (क्रन्दन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Weeping.

[Sanskrit to German]

Krandana in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kraṃdana (ಕ್ರಂದನ):—

1) [noun] the act or an instance of calling, inviting.

2) [noun] a challenging or inviting for a war, physical combat etc.; a war-cry.

3) [noun] a long, pitiful cry of grief and pain; wail.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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