Mandukya, Māṇḍukya: 5 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Vedanta
2. General definition
In Buddhism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Mandukya 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 Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: Hindu Dharma Forums: Mandukya Upanishad

Mandukya means frog which can have four stages; awake, sleep, when dreaming, deep sleep and turiya or hibernation.

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

The name, "Mandukya" may have come about for several reasons:

1) Attribution to a sage called Manduka. Manduka means "son of Manduki" and a seer with this metronymic is mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad along with the Mandukeyas, his disciples. The Mandukeyas figure in the Bhagavata Purana as the receivers of a branch of the Rig Veda from Indra.

2) Manduka is also a type of yoga – a "particular kind of abstract meditation in which an ascetic sits motionless like a frog". Mandukasana is one of the asanas (postures) described in yoga.

3) A text on the etymology of Vedas with the name "Manduki Shiksha" deals with the notes of the musical scale.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Khandro Net: Buddhism

The Sanskrit word, mandukya means frog. The Hindu scripture, Mandukya Upanishad, says that the three letters that comprise the chief mantra AUM (usually written OM in languages using the Latin alphabet) each signify a state of consciousness: A = waking, U = dreaming, and M = dreamless sleep.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Māṇḍūkya (माण्डूक्य):—[from māṇḍūka] ([probably] [from] māṇḍūka), in [compound]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mandukya 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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Mandukya Karika, introduction < [Chapter I - Agama Prakarana (Scripture)]

Mandukya Karika, verse 4.100 < [Chapter IV - Alatashanti Prakarana (Quenching the firebrand)]

Mandukya Upanishad, verse 12 < [Chapter I - Agama Prakarana (Scripture)]

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Introduction to the Mandukya Upanishad

Mantra 1.1 < [Chapter 1 - First Khanda]

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Concept of Oneness in Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad < [Chapter 5 - Concept of Oneness in Atharvavedic Upaniṣads]

Classification of the Upaniṣad < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]

Chapter 7 - Concluding Observation

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7(a). The Concept of Mind in the Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad < [Chapter 4 - The concept of Mind in the Major Upaniṣads]