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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Mahākalparājā (महाकल्पराजा) refers to the “great king of manuals”, 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 great Nāga kings said to the Bhagavān]: “Save us, O Bhagavān, Rescue us, O Sugata. O Bhagavān, we will not destroy Jambudvīpa again. We will not destroy flowers, fruits and crops again. This region has become like a caitya [e.g., caityabhūta]—O Bhagavān, we will consider it like that. Wherever this Great King of Manuals (mahākalparājā) will circulate, there this Vajra Beak dhāraṇī will circulate. [...]”.

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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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Partial matches: Kalparaja, Maha.

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