Mandarava, Mandārava, Māndārava: 9 definitions

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Introduction:

Mandarava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

Mandārava, (cp. Sk. mandāra) the coral tree, Erythrina fulgens (considered also as one of the 5 celestial trees). The blossoms mentioned D. II, 137 fall from the next world.—D. II, 137; Vv 22² (cp. VvA. 111); J. I, 13, 39; Miln. 13, 18 (dibbāni m. -pupphāni abhippavassiṃsu). (Page 523)

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

mandārava—

(Burmese text): ထင်းရှားပန်းပင်၊ မန္ဒာရဝပန်း။

(Auto-Translation): Hinthar flower, Mandalay flower.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

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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

Mandārava (मन्दारव).—The coral tree; see मन्दार (mandāra).

Derivable forms: mandāravaḥ (मन्दारवः).

See also (synonyms): mandāraka, mandāru.

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Māndārava (मान्दारव).—A kind of tree.

Derivable forms: māndāravaḥ (मान्दारवः).

See also (synonyms): māndāra.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṇḍarava (मण्डरव).—nt. (for mandārava, māndā°), a heavenly flower: °vāṇi mahāmaṇḍaravāṇi (no v.l.) Mahāvastu ii.160.12.

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Mandārava (मन्दारव).—m. and nt. (= Pali id.; compare Sanskrit mandāra; = the much commoner [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] māndārava; also māndāra, °raka; once maṇḍarava; there are also parallel forms with mahā- compounded with each of these, but only in association with the form without mahā-), applied (in composition or as adj.) to a heavenly tree, or rather usually to its flowers, which are often ‘rained’ down on earth as celestial salutation to a Buddha or Bodhisattva: Mahāvyutpatti 6202 (mahā-ma° 6203); °vaiḥ puṣpair Divyāvadāna 220.26; otherwise mand° with short a noted only in Mahāvastu, i.147.13; 200.11; 219.6 = ii.21.8; ii.17.10; 19.3; 33.19; 39.9; 299.5; 303.7; followed by mahā-ma° i.230.15; iii.94.20 (mahā° 22).

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Māndārava (मान्दारव).—m. or nt. (= mandārava, q.v., and other varr., see prec. two; most commonly as adjectival [Page430-a+ 71] epithet of puṣpa or kusuma, but also sometimes alone): Lalitavistara 45.8; 253.21; 296.21 (verse, read °vāṃ, acc. pl., with all mss.); Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 159.3; Mahāvastu i.214.11; 216.6; ii.286.13; 393.19; Divyāvadāna 554.14; Gaṇḍavyūha 118.23; Sukhāvatīvyūha 94.12; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 102.3; 150.9; (Kāraṇḍavvūha 79.1, see s.v. māndāra;) followed by mahā- mā°, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 5.11; 20.1; 69.9—10; 240.1—2; Lalitavistara 10.21; Mahāvastu i.266.18; ii.286.15—16; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 111.17; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 196.5 (mahā-mā° 7, but here best ms. °māndāra).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

1) Mandārava (मन्दारव):—[from mad] ([Lalita-vistara]) m. the coral tree.

2) Māndārava (मान्दारव):—[from mānda] m. a [particular] mystical flower, [Buddhist literature] (cf. mandāra).

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

Mandārava (मन्दारव):—m. = mandāra [1.] [Burnouf 178. 535] (māndārava) . [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 306.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 8. 246.] māndāra ed. Calc. — Vgl. mandāru .

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Māndārava (मान्दारव):—m. dass. [Burnouf 535.] — Vgl. mandārava .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Mandārava (मन्दारव):—m. = mandāra 1)a).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Mandarava (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 香華 [xiāng huá]: “incense and flowers”.

2) Māndārava (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 大意音華 [dà yì yīn huá]: “Big-Mind-Sound-flower”.
2) 心天華 [xīn tiān huá]: “coral tree”.
3) 意華 [yì huá]: “coral tree”.
4) 文陀羅 [wén tuó luó]: “māndārava”..
5) 曼陀羅花 [màn tuó luó huā]: “mandāra flowers”..
6) 曼陀羅 [màn tuó luó]: “maṇḍala”.
7) 曼陀羅華 [màn tuó luó huá]: “red heavenly flower”.
8) 曼陀華 [màn tuó huá]: “flowers of māndārava (a kind of heavenly plant)”.

Note: māndārava can be alternatively written as: māndārava-.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)

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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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