Meghagarjita, Megha-garjita: 2 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMeghagarjita (मेघगर्जित) refers to “(the outer suffering of) thunder”, as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XXXI in the section called “four foundations of mindfulness (smṛtyupasthāna)”.—Accordingly:—“[...] there are two kinds of suffering (duḥkha): inner suffering and outer suffering. [...] Outer suffering (bāhyaduḥkha) is of two types: i) the king (rājan), the victorious enemy (vijetṛ), the wicked thief (caura), the lion (siṃha), tiger (vyāghra), wolf (vṛka), snake (sarpa) and other nuisances (viheṭhana); ii) the wind (vāta), rain (vṛṣṭi), cold (śīta), heat (uṣṇa), thunder (meghagarjita), lightning (vidyut), thunderbolts, etc: these two kinds of suffering are outer suffering”.
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureMeghagarjita (मेघगर्जित) refers to the “rumbling of clouds”, 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 rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering manual of the root-heart] “[...] Having enchanted a trident twenty-one times, it should be driven into the ground in the middle [of the maṇḍalaka] at the time of the rumbling of clouds (meghagarjita-kāla). Until the trident is driven out the binding of the rumbling clouds will remain. By driving it out there is release. [...]”
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Garjita, Megha.
Starts with: Meghagarjitaghoshata.
Full-text: Meghagarjitaghoshata, Candogra, Garjita, Vihethana, Vrika, Vata, Ushna, Vrishti, Sita, Vidyut, Sarpa, Caura, Vijetri, Garj.
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Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 26 - The deception or dodging of Kāla < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
E.1: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (smṛtyupasthāna) < [Abhidharma auxiliaries (E): Detailed study of the auxiliaries]