Darshayitavya, Darśayitavya: 4 definitions
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Darshayitavya 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 Darśayitavya can be transliterated into English as Darsayitavya or Darshayitavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Darśayitavya (दर्शयितव्य) refers to “that (image) which should be shown” (as part of an offering ceremony), 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, [as the Bhagavān teaches an offering manual]: “A wax Garuḍa should be made. [...] It should be shown (darśayitavya) towards all winds, thunderbolts, cold spells and rain-clouds. It stops these in a moment. Thunderbolts do not fall. for seven and a half yojanas all around in the four directions. Cold spells and untimely winds do not prevail again. All are stopped. [...]”.
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
Darśayitavya (दर्शयितव्य).—[adjective] to be shown.
Darśayitavya (दर्शयितव्य):—[from darśa] mfn. to be shown, [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra iii, 2, 21; Śaṃkarācārya]
Darśayitavya (दर्शयितव्य):—Adj. zu zeigen [Śaṃkarācārya .zu.Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtra 3,2,21.]
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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Full-text: Nidarshayitavya, Darshayitukama.
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Section 7.8 - astami stri-anuraga-kathanika < [Sanskrit text]
Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
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Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)
Svacchandatantra (history and structure) (by William James Arraj)
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Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
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