Mayapuri, Maya-puri, Māyāpurī, Māyāpuri: 9 definitions
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Mayapuri means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. 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 Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kubjikāmata-tantraMāyāpurī (मायापुरी):—Sanskrit name for one of the twenty-four sacred sites of the Sūryamaṇḍala, the first maṇḍala of the Khecarīcakra, according to the kubjikāmata-tantra. The Khecarīcakra is the fifth and final cakra located just above the head. Each one of these holy sites (pītha) is presided over by a particular Khecarī (‘sky-goddess’). This Māyāpurī-pītha is connected with the goddess Kampinī.
Source: academia.edu: The Samādhi of the Plowed Row (Shaivism)Māyāpurī (मायापुरी) is mentioned as one of the upakṣetras, maped internally to the eight lotus petals at the top of the heart cakra, according to the Tantraloka 15.90-91.
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II) (shaivism)Māyāpurī (मायापुरी) refers to one of the twenty-four sacred districts mentioned in the Kubjikāmatatantra (chapter 22). Prayāga is presided over by the Goddess (Devī) named Kampinī accompanied by the Field-protector (Kṣetrapāla) named Bhīmānana. Their weapon possibly corresponds to the vajra. A similar system appears in the 9th century Vajraḍākatantra (chapter 18).
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMāyāpurī (मायापुरी).—A city of the asuras. (See under Krauñca).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMāyāpurī (मायापुरी).—Also Māyā, one of the seven great cities;1 sacred to Kumārī and to Pitṛs.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraMāyāpurī (मायापुरी) is the name of an ancient city, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 123. Accordingly, as Ekākikeśarin said to king Vikramāditya“... I was long ago a Brāhman named Candrasvāmin, and I lived in the city of Māyāpurī. One day I went by order of my father to the forest to fetch wood. There a monkey stood barring my way, but without hurting me, looking at me with an eye of grief, pointing out to me another path.”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Māyāpurī, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesMāyāpurī (मायापुरी) is the name of Śmaśāna (category of holy sites), according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “Now, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the śmaśāna and upaśmaśāna in sequence. [...] (9) Mummunī is a śmaśāna [site] Caritra, Harikela, and Māyāpurī are also the śmaśāna [sites]. (10) The upaśmaśāna [sites] are the base of a mountain, a dead village, Surapura, and Karṇāṭapāṭaka. [...] Girls who are in these places are of [the nature of] the innate, born in their own birthplaces. [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāyāpurī (मायापुरी):—[=māyā-purī] [from māyā > māya] f. = [preceding] [ib.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mayapurimahatmya.
Full-text: Mayapurimahatmya, Arittuvaram, Kampini, Mayapur, Bhimanana, Kumari, Karnatapataka, Mummuni, Harikela, Kheta, Caritra, Shurapura, Parvatanta, Mannakheta, Mantrakheta, Sannakheta, Suryamandala, Kumara, Candrasvamin, Sthana.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 3.10.31-37 < [Chapter 10 - The Glory of Śrī Girirāja]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 33 - Dvārakā as an abode to all regions and places of pilgrimage < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 39 - The eminence of religious vow (vrata) of the twelfth Day < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 32 - Eminence of Dvārakā—as per attendants of Viṣṇu < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.9.196 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
Introduction to chapter 9 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Connection between Lakulisa-Pasupatas and Kapalikas < [Chapter 2 - Spread and Transition]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXXI - A brief description of holy pools and sanctuaries < [Agastya Samhita]