Kshirasarshapa, Kṣīrasarṣapa, Kshira-sarshapa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kṣīrasarṣapa can be transliterated into English as Ksirasarsapa or Kshirasarshapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureKṣīrasarṣapa (क्षीरसर्षप) refers to “milk and mustard seeds”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Bhagavān taught the detailed offering-manual], “[...] Then it should be threatened with a pomegranate branch. It rises up and shows its tongue. It appears all night long. All Nāgas become subdued. Whatever one says, it does that. Milk and mustard seeds (kṣīrasarṣapa) should be enchanted with the mantra 108 times. If it is scattered everywhere, there is the restoration [of adverse effects] for all [Nāgas]”.
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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