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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Kāyabandhana (कायबन्धन) is the name of a universe, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to the Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī: “Once, son of good family, long ago, countless aeons ago, long and very long before, at that time, the Tathāgata Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja, worthy of offerings, the perfectly awakened one, perfect in wisdom and conduct, a Sugata, a knower of the world, a charioteer of human beings to be tamed, unsurpassable, a teacher of gods and men, a Buddha, a blessed one appeared in the aeon called Guṇaprabha, in the universe called Kāyabandhana [...]”.

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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.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kāyabandhana : (nt.) waist-band; girdle.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kāyabandhana:—A girdle or waistband Vin. I, 46, 51; II, 118, 135, 177, 213, 266; M. I, 237;

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Kāyabandhana refers to: a girdle or waistband Vin. I, 46, 51; II, 118, 135, 177, 213, 266; M. I, 237;

Note: kāyabandhana is a Pali compound consisting of the words kāya and bandhana.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāyabandhana (कायबन्धन).—

1) girdle.

2) the union of semen virile and blood.

Derivable forms: kāyabandhanam (कायबन्धनम्).

Kāyabandhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāya and bandhana (बन्धन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kāyabandhana (कायबन्धन).—nt. (= Pali id.), girdle: Mahāvyutpatti 5855; 8993; Mahāvastu i.19.4 cīvarāṇi vā °nāni vā; Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 29a.1, 5 pātreṇa cīvareṇa śikyena (= Sanskrit; loop, for carrying bowl) saritena (see sarita 3; in 29a. 1 śar°) kāyabandhanena.

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

Kāyabandhana (कायबन्धन):—[=kāya-bandhana] [from kāya] n. ‘body-fastening’, a girdle, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kayabandhana in German

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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: Bandhana, Kaya.

Full-text (+8): Obhoga, Amsakuta, Saguna, Vimalaprabhanantarashmiraja, Gunaprabha, Nadapadma, Vimana, Kshema, Subhiksha, Paranirmitavashavartin, Riddha, Sphita, Bahujana, Ashtapada, Saptaratna, Akirna, Ratnalamkrita, Nada, Saptaratnalamkrita, Padma.

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