Mahanagaparshad, Mahānāgaparṣad, Maha-nagaparshad: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Mahānāgaparṣad can be transliterated into English as Mahanagaparsad or Mahanagaparshad, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureMahānāgaparṣad (महानागपर्षद्) refers to a “great assembly of Nāgas”, 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, [after Sāgara filled the lotus-lake with rain-showers], “Then in that region a great opportunity occurred. The Bhagavān sat down in that region, in the middle of a great assembly he was surrounded and honoured, there was a great assembly of Nāgas (mahānāgaparṣat-saṃvṛta), namely 80,000 great Nāga kings gathered, having Sāgara, the Nāga king, as their foremost”.

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: Nagaparshad, Maha.
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