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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Mañjupattana (मञ्जुपत्तन) is the name of an ancient vihāra (monastery) built by Mañjuśrī in Nepal, according to the Svayambhūpurāṇa, which extolls the glories of the Svayambhūkṣetra (“place of the Self-Born”).—[...] The hill [at the southern barrier of hills of the Kālīhrada lake in Nepal] was split into two, and the water rushed through that opening, leaving behind a vast strench of dry land, which is now known as the Nepal Valley. The waters of the Bāghmatī flow down even to this day through that opening, which is still called “Koṭ-bār” or “sword-cut”. Mañjuśrī lost no time in erecting a temple over the flame of fire and on a hillock nearby he made his own abode, and also a vihāra (or monastery) still known as the Mañjupattana, for his disciples. Lastly, he made Dharmakara the King of Nepal.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Mañjupaṭṭana (मञ्जुपट्टन):—[=mañju-paṭṭana] [from mañju > mañj] n. Name of a town built by Mañju-śrī, [Buddhist literature]

2) Mañjupattana (मञ्जुपत्तन):—[=mañju-pattana] [from mañju > mañj] n. Name of a town built by Mañju-śrī, [Buddhist literature]

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Manjupattana in German

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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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Partial matches: Pattana, Manju, Mancu.

Full-text: Dharmakara, Nepal.

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