Mamaka, Māmaka: 16 definitions
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Mamaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, 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 Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Māmaka (मामक) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Māmakī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Hṛdayacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the hṛdayacakra refers to one of the four divisions of the sahaja-puṭa (‘innate layer’), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Māmaka] are reddish yellow in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Māmāka (मामाक) refers to a “selfish person” or a “greedy man”.—In his publication for the Journal of Jaina Studies, Yutaka Kawasaki collected in a non-definite list several rare Sanskrit words (e.g., māmāka) from Malayagiri’s and Kṣemakīrti’s commentaries on the Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya: a 6th century commentary on monastic discipline authored by Svetambara Jain exegete Saṅghadāsa.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
māmaka : (adj.) devoted to; loving.
Māmaka, (adj.) (fr. mama) lit. “mine, ” one who shows affection (not only for himself), making one’s own, i.e. devoted to, loving Sn. 806 (=Buddha°, Dhamma°, Saṅgha° Nd1 125; =mamāyamāna SnA 534), 927 (same explanation at Nd1 382); Miln. 184 (ahiṃsayaṃ paraṃ loke piyo hohisi māmako ti), — Buddha° devoted to the B. J. I, 299; DhA. I, 206. f. °māmikā J. III, 182. ‹-› In Voc. f. māmike at Th. 2, 207 (cp. ThA. 172) “mother, ” we may perhaps have an allusion to mā “mother” (cp. Sk. māma uncle, Lat. mamma mother, and mātā).—amāmaka see sep.; this may also be taken as “not loving. ” (Page 529)
māmaka (မာမက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[mama+．,2．119．thī-nitea māmikā．]
[မမ+ကဏ်။ မောဂ်၊၂။၁၁၉။ထီ-၌ မာမိကာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
māmaka—
(Burmese text): မြတ်နိုးသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): Dear, you.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Māmaka (मामक).—a. (-mikā f.)
1) My, mine, belonging to my side; मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत संजय (māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvata saṃjaya) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.1.
2) Selfish, covetous, greedy.
-kaḥ 1 A miser.
2) A maternal uncle.
Māmaka (मामक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-mikā-kī-kaṃ) 1. Mine. 2. Selfish. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A miser, a niggard. 2. A mother’s brother. E. mamaka mine, from mama the poss. case of aham I, and aṇ added.
Māmaka (मामक).—i. e. mama, gen. sing. of asmad, + ka, I. adj., f. kī and mikā, Mine, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 1, 1. Ii. m. 1. A mother’s brother. 2. A niggard.
Mamaka (ममक).—[adjective] my, mine.
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Māmaka (मामक).—([feminine] māmikā & māmakī) my, mine.
1) Mamaka (ममक):—[from mama] mfn. my, mine, [Ṛg-veda i, 31, 11; 34, 6] (cf. [Pāṇini 4-3, 3 and] māmaka).
2) Māmaka (मामक):—[from māma] mfn. ([Pāṇini 4-3, 3]) my, mine, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
3) [v.s. ...] selfish, greedy, a miser, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a maternal uncle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Māmaka (मामक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A miser; mother’s brother. a. Mine; selfish.
Mamaka (ममक):—
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Māmaka (मामक):—(wie eben oder von mamaka)
1) adj. a) mein, der Meinige [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 3.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 22.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 83.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 137.] [Ṛgveda 10, 17, 14. 103, 10. 159, 1.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 46.] [Bhagavadgītā 1, 1. 15, 12.] [Mahābhārata 1, 167. 2, 583. 3, 12935. 13513. 4, 314. 12, 2890.] [Harivaṃśa 7086.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 22, 13. 60, 27. 2, 31, 35. 34, 10. 6, 36, 42.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 270.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 185. 52, 245. 56, 55.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 24, 4.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23, 83.] f. māmikā [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 44, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 30] (māmakā beim [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 30] fehlerhaft). [Mahābhārata 4, 1622. 7, 3057.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 105, 2. 3, 23, 22.] māmakī ved. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 30.] [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 19.] [Bhagavadgītā 9, 7] (die meisten Autt. māmikā) . [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 112, 5.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 32, 148.] — b) selbstsüchtig, geizig [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. ein Oheim von mütterlicher Seite [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa k. 137.] tanaya [235.] —
3) f. māmakī Nomen proprium einer buddhistischen Göttin [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 35. fg.]; vgl. māmukhī . — Vgl. jyotaya .
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Māmaka (मामक):—
3) [KĀLACAKRA 3, 130. 4, 87. 127. 5, 13.]
Mamaka (ममक):—Adj. mein.
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Māmaka (मामक):——
1) Adj. (f. māmikā und māmakī) — a) mein , der Meinige. — b) *selbstsüchtig , geizig. —
2) *m. Mutterbruder. —
3) f. ī Nomen proprium einer buddh. Gottheit.
Māmaka (मामक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Mami, Māmaga, Māmaya, Māmāya.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Māmaka (ಮಾಮಕ):—
1) [pronoun] that or those belonging to me; mine.
2) [pronoun] a mode of saluting.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Mamagam, Mamakan, Mamakara, Mamakaragai, Mamakaram, Mamakarana, Mamakaravishuddha, Mamakarisu.
Full-text (+4): Amamaka, Buddhamamaka, Jyotayamamaka, Dhammamamaka, Dhammasamghamamaka, Ratanattayamamaka, Buddhadhammasamghamamaka, Vanamamaka, Maya, Sanghamamaka, Manmaya, Mamaki, Mamagam, Kshamitavya, Mamakina, Mami, Mamaga, Jyota, Japaka, Mamakan.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
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