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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Jalendra (जलेन्द्र) is the name of a deity summoned by the Yamāntaka-mantra and mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Jalendra).

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jalendra (जलेन्द्र).—

1) an epithet of Varuṇa.

2) Name of Mahādeva.

3) the ocean; जलेन्द्रः पुंसि वरुणे जम्भले च महोदधौ (jalendraḥ puṃsi varuṇe jambhale ca mahodadhau) Medinī.

Derivable forms: jalendraḥ (जलेन्द्रः).

Jalendra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and indra (इन्द्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jalendra (जलेन्द्र).—m.

(-ndraḥ) 1. Varuna, the regent of water. 2. A Jina or Jaina saint. 3. The ocean of fresh water. E. jala water, and indra a ruler or chief.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jalendra (जलेन्द्र):—[from jala] m. = lādhipati, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] the ocean, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Jina, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jalendra (जलेन्द्र):—[jale+ndra] (ndraḥ) 1. m. Varuna; a Jaina; ocean of fresh water.

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Jalendra (जलेन्द्र):—(jala + indra) m.

1) Meer, Ocean. —

2) der Gott des Wassers, Varuṇa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 557.] [Medinīkoṣa Rāmāyaṇa 159.] —

3) Nomen proprium eines Jina (pūrvayakṣa, jambhala) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Jalendra (जलेन्द्र):—m. —

1) Beiname Varuṇa's. —

2) Meer , Ocean. —

3) Nomen proprium eines Jina.

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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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Partial matches: Indra, Jala.

Ends with: Jambhalajalendra.

Full-text: Jambhala.

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