Mantravidhi, Mantra-vidhi: 4 definitions
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Mantravidhi means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureMantravidhi (मन्त्रविधि) refers to the “manual of the (root) mantra”, 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 rainmaking, weather control and prescriptions for the use of specially empowered pesticides to eliminate crop damage.—The Vajratuṇḍa-samayakalparāja consists of six chapters, e.g., (4) mūlamantravidhisopacāra—“The Manual of the Root Mantra with the Offering.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMantravidhi (मन्त्रविधि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oppert. 2946.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMantravidhi (मन्त्रविधि):—[=mantra-vidhi] [from mantra > man] m. Name of [work]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Vidhi, Mantra.
Ends with: Ashtadashaksharagopalamantravidhi, Ekaksharamantravidhi, Gopalamantravidhi, Hanumadyantramantravidhi, Mulamantravidhi, Narayanamantravidhi, Navarnamantravidhi, Pancadashamalamantravidhi, Paramahamsamantravidhi, Sarasamgrahe gopalamantravidhi, Shivamantravidhi, Vishvavasugandharvamantravidhi, Yajnopavitadharanamantravidhi.
Full-text: Shivamantravidhi, Pancadashamalamantravidhi, Atharva, Vidhi.
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