Kavalikarahara, Kavalīkārāhāra, Kavalikara-ahara: 2 definitions

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Kavalikarahara 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.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Kavalikarahara in Buddhism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Kavalīkārāhāra (कवलीकाराहार) refers to “nutriment of food” and represents one of the “five nutriments” (āhāra) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 70). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., kavalīkāra-āhāra). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kavalikarahara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kavalīkārāhāra (कवलीकाराहार).—m. (compare Sanskrit kavalīkāra, [Boehtlingk] 4.297; = Pali kabaliṃkārä° or °līkārā°), so Mahāvyutpatti (Kyoto) and Dharmasaṃgraha (text), or kavaḍī° (Bodhisattvabhūmi; so read in Gaṇḍavyūha 145.19, see kavaḍaka; also AbhidhK, see LaVallée Poussin's In- dex) or kavaḍiṃk° (Mahāvyutpatti v.l., and Mironov text), food making a lump or morsel, i.e. real, material food: Bodhisattvabhūmi 99.18; the first of four ‘foods’ (with sparśāhāra, manaḥ- saṃcetanāh°, vijñānāh°, qq.v.; Pali has same list); Mahāvyutpatti 2284; in Dharmasaṃgraha 70 five kinds, see s.vv. pratyā- hāra and dhyānāhāra; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 103.25 (verse) seems to contain this word, tho the metrical structure is monstrous and some words besides this are corrupt, audārika-m-ākāra- kavaḍīkā(rā, not in text!)-hāraś ca kīrtitāḥ, (26) sūkṣ- māhārikasattvā vai ity uvāca tathāgataḥ; in (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 104.3 (verse) read kavalikāra-bhojanāḥ (= °kārāhārāḥ) for corrupt and unmetrical(ly) kavalikāhārabhojanāḥ.

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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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