Marabandhana, Mārabandhana, Mara-bandhana: 3 definitions
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Marabandhana means something in 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMārabandhana (मारबन्धन) refers to a “bond of Māra”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 10.—Accordingly, “[...] The form aggregate is māra; feeling, perception, formation and consciousness are also Māra. Wishing to create for oneself a material existence in the future is to seek an unstable sphere; wishing to create a non-material existence is again seeking an unstable sphere; wishing to create an aware, non-aware, neither aware nor non-aware existence is still seeking an unstable sphere. This instability is a bond of Māra (mārabandhana); stability is the elimination of bonds, deliverance from evil. [...]’”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymārabandhana : (nt.) the fetter of Death.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMārabandhana refers to: the fetter of death Dh. 37, 276, 350 (=tebhūmaka-vaṭṭasaṅkhātaṃ DhA. IV, 69).
Note: mārabandhana is a Pali compound consisting of the words māra and bandhana.
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.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 349-350 - Young Archer the Wise < [Chapter 24 - Taṇhā Vagga (Craving)]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
The defeat of Māra < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of Māra < [Chapter X - The Qualities of the Bodhisattvas]