Adakavati, Aḍakavatī, Adaka-vati: 5 definitions
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Adakavati 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
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureAḍakavatī (अडकवती) is the name of an ancient city or region (situated near the residence of Vaiśravaṇa), 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, “Then the Bhagavān reached the vicinity of the residence of Vaiśravaṇa. In that region there was a choicest forest called Viṣavaka. There was a lotus lake in the middle of an opening of the forest. By the power of that lotus lake the fields, gardens, forests, groves, flowers and fruits in the capital of Aḍakavatī became refreshed [...]”.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAḍakavatī (अडकवती).—(= Sanskrit Alakā; see Aṭakā°, Ala°), name of the capital of the yakṣas: Lalitavistara 202.13; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 116.1 °vatyāṃ (Nobel em. Aḍakā°, needlessly); Mahā-Māyūrī 106; 228.21.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aḍakavatī (अडकवती):—f. Name of a fabulous palace on Meru
2) also of a city.
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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)
Full-text (+53): Punyakusumaprabha, Suvarnadhvaja, Atakavati, Pradurbhava, Matsya, Nanabhramara, Samnipatya, Makara, Pundarika, Nanakumuda, Nanamatsya, Kumuda, Shishumara, Utpala, Nanapadma, Nanatimingila, Nanashishumara, Padma, Nanapundarika, Nanotpala.
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