Rahogata: 7 definitions
Introduction:
Rahogata 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Rahogata Vagga. The second chapter of the Vedana Samyutta. S.iv.216-30.
2. Rahogata Vagga. The first chapter of the Anuruddha Samyutta. S.v.294ff.
1. Rahogata Sutta. While in solitude a monk thinks of the three kinds of feelings, and, visiting the Buddha, questions him. The Buddha tells him that the statement Whatsoever is experienced is joined with dukkha is made concerning the impermanence of compounded things. The ceasing of activities is gradual, so is their mastery. S.iv.216f.
2. Rahogata Sutta. Two Suttas. Moggallana visits Anuruddha, as the latter is meditating in solitude in Jetavana, and asks for details as to how a monk should practice the four satipatthanas. Anuruddha explains. S.v.294ff.
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: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureRahogata (रहोगत) refers to “being alone (in privacy)”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [while describing an offering manual] “[...] At dawn being alone (rahogata) in privacy, having made the cross-legged gesture, this mantra should be called to mind thirty-two times. [...]”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryrahogata : (adj.) gone to lonely place.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRahogata (रहोगत).—[adjective] being in a lonely place, private, secret.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRahogata (रहोगत):—[=raho-gata] [from raho > rah] mfn. being in a lonely place, alone, secret, concealed, private, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]
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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.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.185 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.147 < [Section XII - Daily Routine of Work]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Amātya in the Śiśupālavadha < [Chapter 2b - Activities of Minister (Amātya)]
Amātya according to Kauṭilya < [Chapter 2b - Activities of Minister (Amātya)]