Alternative spellings of this word include Manichara.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Maṇicara (मणिचर).—A Yakṣa. In the fight between Rāvaṇa and Kubera this Yakṣa helping Kubera created great havoc in the army of Rāvaṇa. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Māṇicara (माणिचर).—A Yakṣa.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 47. 30.

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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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A Yakkha chief to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. See DA.iii.970; A iii.205; but see Cara (2).

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Maṇicara (मणिचर) is the name of a Yakṣa appointed as one of the Divine protector deities of Aśva, according to chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective kingdoms of Jambudvīpa [e.g., the Yakṣa Maṇicara in Aśva], resembling the time of the past Buddhas.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Māṇicara (माणिचर).—(= Pali id., 'to be invoked in time of need’), name of a yakṣa: Mahā-Māyūrī 236.28; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 609.7; pl., sarve Māṇicarā yakṣā sidhyante sarvakālataḥ (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 337.24 (verse).

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

1) Māṇicara (माणिचर):—[=māṇi-cara] [from māṇi] m. a [particular] deity, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]

2) Māṇicāra (माणिचार):—[=māṇi-cāra] [from māṇi] m. Name of a prince of the Yakṣas (= māṇibhadra), [Rāmāyaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Manicara 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mani, Cara.

Starts with: Manicaram.

Full-text: Parshvamauli, Manicaram, Manivara, Cara Sutta, Ashva.

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