Kancanamayi, Kāñcanamayī, Kancana-mayi: 1 definition
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Kancanamayi means something in 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 Kanchanamayi.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKāñcanamayī (काञ्चनमयी) refers to the “earth of gold”, according to a note at Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 51.—Superimposed on the Circle of wind (vāyumaṇḍala), the Circle of waters (abmaṇḍala), 1,120,000 yojanas high. But after a certain time, stirred by the winds that create the power of actions, the water becomes gold (kāñcana) in its upper part, just as boiled milk becomes cream. Then the Circle splits into two parts: (a).—A lower part constituting the Circle of waters proper, 800,000 yojanas high; (b).—An upper part, 320,000 yojanas high, called the earth of gold (kāñcanamayī-mahī) in the Kośabhāṣya, [...]. The Circle of waters and the earth of gold are equal in diameter (1,203, 450 yojana) and in perimeter (3,610,350 yojana).
The earth of gold (kāñcanamayī) supports the earth (pṛthivī), the universe of four continents encircled by the cakravāda which gives it the shape of a wheel. Wherever the Buddhas have attained or will attain saṃbodhi, the vajra which plunged into the waters, slips through the earth of gold (kāñcanamayī-mahī) and comes to the surface of the earth where it forms the Diamond Seat (vajrāsana) more than a hundred paces in circumference.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mayin, Kancana.
Starts with: Kancanamayibhumi.
Full-text: Kancanamayibhumi, Kancanacakra, Bodhimanda, Abmandala, Prithivi.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.19.26 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 12 - Changing the surrounding ground into diamond < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
Conclusion to Chapter 4 < [Chapter 4 - Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit Plays of other Poets]