Cintamaya, Cinta-maya, Cintāmaya: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Cintamaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chintamaya.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Cintāmaya (चिन्तामय) refers to “that which consists of thought”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “[...] The gross is associated with ritual (karmakāṇḍa). The subtle consists of thought [i.e., cintāmaya]. That which is devoid of thought is said to be supreme”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
cintāmaya : (adj.) consisting of thought.
Cintāmaya refers to: consisting of pure thought, metaphysical D.III, 219; J.IV, 270; Vbh.324; Nett 8, 50, 60 (°mayin, of paññā); Vism.439 (id.). (Page 268)
Note: cintāmaya is a Pali compound consisting of the words cintā and maya.
cintāmaya (စိန္တာမယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[cintā+maya．thīnitea cintāmayāç cintāmayī]
[စိန္တာ+မယ။ ထီ၌ စိန္တာမယာ,စိန္တာမယီ]
[Pali to Burmese]
cintāmaya—
(Burmese text): ကြံစည်-စဉ်းစား-တွေးဆ-ဆင်ခြင်-ခြင်း-ဖြင့်-ကြောင့်-ပြီးစီး-ဖြစ်ပေါ်-သော။
(Auto-Translation): It is due to planning, thinking, contemplation, and consideration that it has come to fruition.
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
Cintāmaya (चिन्तामय).—[cintā + maya], adj., f. yī. 1. Appearing as thought, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 2, 12. 2. Produced by thinking, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 85, 16.
1) Cintāmaya (चिन्तामय):—[=cintā-maya] [from cintā > cint] mfn. ‘consisting of mere idea’, imagined, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ii, 2, 12; Agni-purāṇa xxx, 28]
2) [v.s. ...] ifc. produced by thinking of [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 85, 16.]
Cintāmaya (चिन्तामय):—(von cintā) adj. in der Form des Gedankens erscheinend: īkṣeta cintāmayamenamīśvaraṃ yāvanmano dhāraṇayāvatiṣṭhate [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 2, 12.] aus den Gedanken an hervorgehend, am Ende eines comp.: rāmacintāmayaḥ śokaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 85, 16.]
Cintāmaya (चिन्तामय):—Adj. in der Form eines Gedankens erscheinend , im Geiste vorgestellt [Agnipurāṇa 30,28.] Am Ende eines Comp. aus den Gedanken an — hervorgegangen.
Cintāmaya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 思所成 [sī suǒ chéng]: “attained by thinking”.
Note: cintāmaya can be alternatively written as: cintā-maya.
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 (+0): Ma-ya, Maya, Cinta.
Starts with (+0): Cinta-maya-panna, Cintamayanana, Cintamayananagocara, Cintamayananasambandhika, Cintamayananasamvaddhita, Cintamayi.
Full-text (+0): Cinta-maya-panna, Cintamayi, Cintamayanana, Si suo cheng, Si suo cheng hui, Si hui.
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