Ratnamaya, Ratnāmaya: 9 definitions
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Ratnamaya 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 Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramRatnamayā (रत्नमया) refers to “that which is made of jewels”, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, while describing Trikhaṇḍā: “A necklace of divine jewels [i.e., divya-ratnamayā] (hangs) from her neck and (there is) one of forest flowers around her head and a necklace of letters. She has six well adorned arms. O beautiful eyes! There is a trident, dagger, and sword in the right (hands) mirror, club, and skull in the left. (Her) weapon has death as its face and, flaming, it consumes and is hard to bear. The goddess sits in the diamond posture on a lotus below which is a great ghost, terrible in form and frightening. His arms are upraised and he looks at the goddess’s face. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiRatnamaya (रत्नमय) refers to “that which is made of jewels”, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Oṃ Meru, made of four jewels (ratnamaya—catūratnamayaṃ), adorned with eight islands, Bestrewn with seven jewels, giving to the principal giver, To the gurus Buddha, Dharma, and likewise the Sangha, I give back by becoming, the complete Ratna Mandala!”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryRatnāmaya (रत्नामय) or Ratanāmaya.—adj. (Prakrit rayaṇāmaya; = Sanskrit ratna°; compare ratanāmaka), made of jewels: (in prose) Mahāvastu i.31.5; 32.3, 5, 10; ii.109.3 (twice), 5; others in verses, see § 8.16.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatnamaya (रत्नमय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) Gemmed, full or made of gems. E. ratna, mayaṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatnamaya (रत्नमय).—[feminine] ī made of jewels or pearls.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatnamaya (रत्नमय):—[=ratna-maya] [from ratna] mf(ī)n. made or consisting of j°, studded with precious stones, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhartṛhari etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatnamaya (रत्नमय):—[(yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) a.] Full of gems.
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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: Ratnamayashala.
Ends with: Candrakantaratnamaya, Gunaratnamaya, Hemaratnamaya, Jatyaratnamaya, Maharatnamaya, Maniratnamaya, Nananarghamaharatnamaya, Pancaratnamaya, Rasaratnamaya, Saptaratnamaya, Sarvaratnamaya, Tarkshyaratnamaya.
Full-text: Hemaratnamaya, Maharatnamaya, Nananarghamaharatnamaya, Jatyaratnamaya, Tarkshyaratnamaya, Gunaratnamaya, Saptaratnamaya, Maniratnamaya, Pancaratnamaya, Candrakantaratnamaya, Rasaratnamaya, Sarvaratnamaya, Ratanamaya, Ratanamaka, Tejomaya, Abhisheka.
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Search found 5 books and stories containing Ratnamaya, Ratnāmaya, Ratna-maya; (plurals include: Ratnamayas, Ratnāmayas, mayas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.17.7 < [Chapter 17 - Description of the Yogurt Theft]
Verses 2.2.17-20 < [Chapter 2 - Description of Girirāja Govardhana’s Birth]
Verse 8.9.10 < [Chapter 9 - Lord Balarāma’s Rāsa Dance]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.4.323 < [Chapter 4 - Descriptions of Śrī Acyutānanda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Śrī Mādhavendra]
Verse 2.23.197 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 1.5.127-134 < [Chapter 5 - Eating the Mendicant Brāhmaṇa’s Offerings]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 12 < [Chapter 8 - Aṣṭama-yāma-sādhana (Rātri-līlā–prema-bhajana sambhoga)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 10.8: The Sahā universe transforms into jewels < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
II. Hearing the name of the Buddhas < [Part 3 - Bringing innumerable beings to abhisaṃbodhi]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 67 - In Praise of Ratneśvara < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]