Maranakala, Marana-kala, Maraṇakāla: 8 definitions
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Maranakala means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Maraṇakāla (मरणकाल) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Śiśuhitā, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.— The Śiśuhitā manuscript authored by Kṛṣṇarāma represents a primer on astrology, giving rules for calculation of nativities and most of the topics usually treated of in Indian astrological. It contains 2,457 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Maraṇakāla in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: janmamaraṇakālādinirūpaṇaṃ .
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Maraṇakāla (मरणकाल) refers to the “moment of one’s death”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 39).—Accordingly, “[The knowledge of the retribution of actions (karmavipāka-jñānabala)].—[...] According to the Karmavibhaṅgasūtra: ‘If the bad action done by the evil man during the present lifetime has not yet ripened and if a good action done by him during a previous lifetime is already ripened, then for this reason—although presently he is doing something bad—he takes rebirth in a good place. Or again if, at the moment of his death (maraṇakāla), a good mind and good mental events arise in him, then for this reason, he takes rebirth in a good place [...]’”.
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
maraṇakāla : (m.) time of death.
maraṇakāla (မရဏကာလ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[maraṇa+kāla．maraṇa+ā-sanna+kāla]
[မရဏ+ကာလ။ မရဏ+အာ-သန္န+ကာလ]
[Pali to Burmese]
maraṇakāla—
(Burmese text): သေသော-သေရာ-အချိန်အခါ(မုချတ္တ)။ သေခါနီး အချိန်အခါ (ဥပစည-ရတ္တ)။
(Auto-Translation): Dead time (muhchat); time near death (upasanaya-ratta).
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
maraṇakaḷā (मरणकळा).—f The livor, wanness, or ghastliness of death.
maraṇakaḷā (मरणकळा).—f The liver, wanness of death.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Kannada-English dictionary
Maraṇakāla (ಮರಣಕಾಲ):—
1) [noun] the time or hour of death.
2) [noun] ಮರಣಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮದ್ದಿಲ್ಲ [maranakalakke maddilla] maraṇa kālakke maddilla (prov.) no amount of medical assistance can save a man from death at his last moment; death defies doctor.
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)
Partial matches: Marana, Kala.
Starts with: Maranakalakiriya, Maranakalam, Maranakalapariyaya, Maranakalapatti, Maranakalasamaya, Maranakalasamipa, Maranakalavara.
Full-text: Maranakalasamaya, Maranakalapatti, Maranakalavara, Maranakalasamipa, Katamaranakala, Maranakalam, Maranakalapariyaya, Maranagala, Jivanakala, Asanna.
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