Amritavarsha, Amṛtavarṣa, Amrita-varsha: 3 definitions

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Amritavarsha 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.

The Sanskrit term Amṛtavarṣa can be transliterated into English as Amrtavarsa or Amritavarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Amritavarsha in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Amṛtavarṣa (अमृतवर्ष) refers to the “rain of ambrosia”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “Then the Bodhisattva Vaidyarāja addressed himself to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, there are patients suffering from many diseases without nurse. For the sake of them, please pour down the rain of great medicine by which all the sick get free from sickness!’ Immediately after that, the rain of ambrosia (amṛtavarṣa) poured down from the sky, and all the sick were free from all diseases.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amritavarsha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amṛtavarṣa (अमृतवर्ष).—m.

(-rṣaḥ) A fall of ambrosia from heaven. E. amṛta, and varṣa rain.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amritavarsha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Amṛtavarṣa (ಅಮೃತವರ್ಷ):—[noun] (fig.) an occasion of extreme joy.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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