Nagadhipati, Naga-adhipati, Nāgādhipati: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Nagadhipati 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)
Nāgādhipati (नागाधिपति) refers to the “Nāga chiefs”, 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, [After the Nāgas were pacified by the Heart-dhāraṇī]: “Then the Bhagavān praised those Nāga chiefs (nāgādhipati), ‘Well done, well done, O Serpent chiefs. You should act like this. You should protect Jambudvīpa with good protection [...]’”.
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
Nāgādhipati (नागाधिपति).—name of a kumbhāṇḍa: Mahāvyutpatti 3438.
Nāgādhipati (नागाधिपति):—[from nāga] m. ‘id.’, Name of Virūḍhaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Nāgādhipati (नागाधिपति):—(1. nāga + adhi) m. Schlangenfürst, Beiname Virūḍhaka’s [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 89.]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
nāgādhipati (နာဂါဓိပတိ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[nāga+adhipati]
[နာဂ+အဓိပတိ]
[Pali to Burmese]
nāgādhipati—
(Burmese text): နဂါးတို့၏-အကြီးအမှူး-ဦးစီး-ခေါင်းဆောင်၊ နဂါးမင်း။
(Auto-Translation): The leader of the dragons, the dragon king.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Adhipati, Naga.
Starts with (+0): Nagadhipatimaharaja.
Full-text (+0): Nagadhipatimaharaja.
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