Karmadana, Karmadāna, Karmādāna, Karman-adana, Karman-dana: 4 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Karmadāna (कर्मदान) refers to the “director of business” (i.e., the “monk who ‘assigns the jobs’”), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 19.—The Pāli sources do not mention the karmadāna, but the Sanskrit sources do so (cf. Mahāvyutapatti, no. 9362) and also the Chinese sources, where this word is transcribed by Kie mo t’o na, or translated by Tche che (111 and 3; 6 and 7) as “director of business”. Here the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra designates him by the characters Wei na (120 and 8; 163 and 4), a hybrid expression consisting of wei which means ‘law, rule’, and the Sanskrit ending na. Cf. Yi tsing in Chavannes, Religieux éminents, p. 89, and Takakusu, Record of Buddhist Religion, p. 148; S. Lévi, Quelques titres énigmatiques dans la hiérarchie ecclésiastique, JA, 1915, p. 202, 204, 210.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Karmādāna (कर्मादान) refers to the “acquisition of karmic (material)” (of an ascetic), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “That, which is the cessation of the acquisition of karmic material (karmādāna—yaḥ karmapudgalādānavicchedaḥ) of an ascetic, is declared by those whose sins are removed by meditation to be the physical stopping of the influx of karma. That which is evidently cessation of action causing the cycle of rebirth is to be considered as the mental stopping of the influx of karma by those who know about that from the most excellent scripture”.
Synonyms: Karmagrahaṇa.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Karmadāna (ಕರ್ಮದಾನ):—[noun] a superintendent of a Budhist monastery.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Sanskrit dictionary
Karmadāna (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 維那 [wéi nà]: “monastery controller”.
2) 悅衆 [yuè zhòng]: “manager of affairs”.
3) 授事 [shòu shì]: “director of duties”.
4) 綱維 [gāng wéi]: “controller of a monastery”.
5) 羯磨陀那 [jié mó tuó nà]: “karmadāna”.
Note: karmadāna can be alternatively written as: karma-dāna.
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): Karma, Dana, Adana, Atana, Tana.
Full-text (+9): Jie mo tuo na, Wei na, Yue zhong, Shou shi, Danakarman, San gang, Gang wei, Zhi shi, Yet ma da na, Kamada, Zhi yuan shi, Karmagrahana, Ying shi, Leng yan tou, Zhao fu, Jie la, Sang chen, Bai zhen, Pin nu shi liang qian cheng hou, Bai xia.
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