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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र) refers to the “beginning of the night”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] (59) the lightness of body is included in knowing the proper time for eating and making an effort at practicing vigilance in the beginning and end of the night (pūrvarātra-apararātra); (60) lightness of thought is included in eagerness and examination; (61) being free from lassitude is included in impermanence and suffering; (62) desire is included in the absence of what belongs to the ego and property; [...]’”.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र).—f m (S) The early part of the night,--the time from dusk to midnight.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र).—f m The early part of the night.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र).—the first part of the night (from dusk to midnight).

Derivable forms: pūrvarātraḥ (पूर्वरात्रः).

Pūrvarātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūrva and rātra (रात्र).

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

Pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र) or Pūrvvarātra.—m.

(-traḥ) The first part of the night. E. pūrva preceding, rātri night, and the final changed to a .

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

Pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र).—[masculine] the first part of the night.

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

Pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र):—[=pūrva-rātra] [from pūrva] m. the first part of the night, the time from dusk to midnight, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.

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

Pūrvarātra (पूर्वरात्र):—[pūrva-rātra] (traḥ) 1. m. First part of the night.

[Sanskrit to German]

Purvaratra 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: Ratra, Purva.

Starts with: Purvaratrakrita.

Full-text: Purvaratrakrita, Upapurvaratram, Purvvaratra, Purva, Ratra, Apisharvara, Apararatra, Apara.

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