Markatahradatira, Markaṭahradatīra, Markatahrada-tira: 3 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMarkaṭahradatīra (मर्कटह्रदतीर) or “shore of the monkey pool” is the name of a stoppig-place, or vihāra located at Vaiśālī, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter V. Note: This pool is thus called because it had been dug out by the Buddha for the monkeys. Hiuan tsang, who visited it (Si yu ki) tells us that to the south of the pool there is a stūpa commemorating the offering of honey to the Buddha by a monkey.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismMarkaṭahradatīra (मर्कटह्रदतीर) or simply Markaṭahrada or Markaṭahradatīracetiya is the name of a temple (cetiya) situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—There is a reference to a Cetiya on the bank of the Markaṭa-hrada where the Buddha once stayed (A Study of the Mahāvastu, p. 44).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMarkaṭahradatīra (मर्कटह्रदतीर).—(Markaṭa-hrada-tīra), nt., n. or epithet (monkey- pool-bank) of a cetiya (caitya) at or near Vaiśālī: Mahāvastu i.300.11 ff.; the same (?) place called also Kūṭāgāraśālā, q.v. (rather than a caitya), °tīre °śālāyāṃ Divyāvadāna 136.7; 200.21; Avadāna-śataka i.8.5; 279.5; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.224.14; in these passages, however, it could be interpreted as a separate loc., in the K. on the bank of the Markaṭahrada; note that Kūṭāg° is mentioned separately in Mahāvastu i.299.20.
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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Partial matches: Tira, Markatahrada.
Full-text: Kutagarasala, Markatahrada, Vaishali, Mahavana.
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 5 - Buddha’s preferences for Rājagṛha < [Chapter V - Rājagṛha]
Appendix 4 - The legend of Madhuvāsiṣṭha (Madhu-Vāsiṣṭha) < [Chapter XLI - The Eighteen Special Attributes of the Buddha]
The Tiṃsamattā-sutta (or, Lohita-sūtra) < [Part 2 - Distinguishing the movements of mind of all beings]