Mucilinda: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Mucilinda 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Muchilinda.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Mucilinda (मुचिलिन्द) is the name of an Asurarāja appointed as one of the Divine protector deities of Śaya, 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 Asurarāja Mucilinda in Śaya], resembling the time of the past Buddhas.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMucilinda (मुचिलिन्द).—A kind of tree and flower; see मुचकुन्द (mucakunda).
Derivable forms: mucilindaḥ (मुचिलिन्दः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMucilinda (मुचिलिन्द).—(in mgs. 1—3 also mahā-muc°; in mgs. 1—4 = Pali mucalinda, which Geiger 34 assumes was ‘more original’ than muci°, perhaps because of Pali mucala; but I see no convincing ground for preferring either to the other), (1) name of a tree (m.) and its flower (nt.): Mahāvastu ii.60.18 (verse; read mucilinda-ketakā, see Pali Jāt v. 405.24); °dā (n. pl.) ca ketakā ii.254.7; °da- (in composition) iii.80.11; Lalitavistara 11.1; °dam, nt. (the flower), Mahāvyutpatti 6167; (2) name of a mountain (= Pali Muca° 6 in Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names)): Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 244.10—11; Samādhirājasūtra 19.19; Sukhāvatīvyūha 63.3; Kāraṇḍavvūha 91.12; (3) name of a nāga king (= Pali Muca° 2 in Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names)) who protected the Buddha in a celebrated incident told Lalitavistara 379.15 ff.; Mahāvastu iii.300.16 ff.; referred to as a nāga, or nāga-king, Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 162.9; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 241.17; 452.17; Megh 288.6; Mahā-Māyūrī 222.5; 246.31; (4) name of an ancient king (cakravartin), probably = Pali Muca° 1 or 3 in Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names): Mahāvyutpatti 3563; compare also Pali Mucala, Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names); (5) name of an asura prince: Mahāvastu iii.138.2; 254.9; compare Mucila.
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Mucilindā (मुचिलिन्दा).—name of a nāga maid: Kāraṇḍavvūha 3.23.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mucilinda (मुचिलिन्द):—m. Pterospermum Suberifolium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Name of a Nāga (who sheltered the Buddha from a violent storm by coiling himself round him), [Lalita-vistara; Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 39 etc.]
3) of the sacred tree protected by this Nāga (under which B° seated himself), [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 232]
4) of a Cakra-vartin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) of a mountain, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha] (also -parvata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])
6) Mucilindā (मुचिलिन्दा):—[from mucilinda] f. Name of a serpent-maid, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
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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: Mucilindabala, Mucilindaparvata.
Ends with: Mahamucilinda.
Full-text: Mahamucilinda, Mahamucilindaparvata, Mucalinda, Mucila, Vivipata, Mucala, Saya.
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXVI - Visits to Nāga kings < [Volume III]
Chapter XIII - The conversion of the Asuras < [Volume III]
Chapter XXVII - The goatherd’s banyan tree < [Volume III]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 6 - The 57 days between Buddha’s enlightenment and his first sermon < [Chapter XIII - The Buddha-fields]
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Lives of Buddha (1): Fo-pen-hing-king < [Introduction]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - The genealogy of Mahāsammata < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Vietnamese Buddhist Art (by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh)
3. Sculptures in Cambodia < [Chapter 4 - The Sculpture and its Reciprocal Influence]