Mahabodhi, Mahābodhi, Maha-bodhi: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि).—A tīrtha sacred to the Piṭrs.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 22. 33.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
1. Mahabodhi. See Bodhirukkha.
2. Mahabodhi. See Bodhirajakumara.
3. Mahabodhi Thera. He belonged to the Mahavihara, and wrote the Commentaries on the Paramatthavinicchaya and the Saccasankhepa. P.L.C.174.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
India history and geography
Mahabodhi (Temple in Patan) refers to one of the sacred or popular destinations of Patan (Lalitpur, Nepal).—Description of Mahabodhi (Temple in Patan): A special terracotta tile covered structure located on a narrow street south of Patan Durbar Square is actually “The Thousand Buddhas of Patan”, a replica of the Mahabodhi Temple, that was built by a Newari Buddhist priest Abayaraja Shakya after he returned from Bodhgaya. The Mahabodhi Temple was used to enshrine an image of the Buddha he brought back from Bodhgaya. The construction of this temple was a feat in itself. Abayaraja Shakya started building in 1564 but passed away after only the foundation was built. His five sons continued the building until it was completed in 1610.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि).—
1) the great intelligence of a Buddha.
2) a Buddha.
Derivable forms: mahābodhiḥ (महाबोधिः).
Mahābodhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and bodhi (बोधि).
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि).—(= Pali id.) = Bodhi 3, q.v.
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि).—m.
(-dhiḥ) A Budd'ha, a deified teacher of the Baudd'has. E. mahā great and bodhi a teacher.
1) Mahābodhi (महाबोधि):—[=mahā-bodhi] [from mahā > mah] m. or f. the gr° intelligence of a Buddha, [Buddhist literature]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a Buddha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a [particular] incarnation of B°, [Jātakamālā]
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि):—[mahā-bodhi] (dhiḥ) 2. m. A Buddha.
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि):—1. (ma + bo) die grosse Intelligenz eines Buddha [WASSILJEW 42.]
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Mahābodhi (महाबोधि):—2. (wie eben) m. ein Buddha [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 9.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 232.] eine best. Incarnation Buddha's [VYĀḌI] beim Schol. zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 233.]
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि):—1. m. oder f. die grosse Intelligenz eines Buddha.
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Mahābodhi (महाबोधि):—2. m. —
1) ein Buddha. —
2) eine best. Incarnation Buddha's.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Mahābodhi (महाबोधि):—n. 1. wisdom gained by Buddha; 2. Buddha;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
mahābodhi (မဟာဗောဓိ) [(thī,pu) (ထီ၊ပု)]—
[mahanta+bodhi．mahita+bodhi．nīti,sutta．71va．]
[မဟန္တ+ဗောဓိ။ မဟိတ+ဗောဓိ။နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။၇၁ဝ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
mahābodhi—
(Burmese text): (ထီ)(၁) မဟာဗောဓိဉာဏ် (မြတ်စွာဘုရား၏ အာသဝက္ခယဉာဏ်=အရဟတ္တမဂ်ဉာဏ်,သဗ္ဗညုတဉာဏ်)။ (ပု) (၂) မဟာဗောဓိမည်သူ။ (ထီ၊ပု) (၃) မဟာဗောဓိပင်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Mahabodhi (the wisdom of the Blessed One = the knowledge of the attained state, the knowledge of all). (2) Mahabodhi named. (3) Mahabodhi tree.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Bodhi, Maha, Mahanta.
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