In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Nāgamaṇḍalika (नागमण्डलिक) refers to the “rulers (of the Nāgas)”, 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 Bhagavān taught the great heart-dhāraṇī], “[...] O Serpent chiefs, merely upon calling to mind, all Nāga rulers (nāgamaṇḍalika) along with their sons, wives, chief ministers and retinues [shall ward off] venomous snakes, cold spells, clouds, winds and clouds entirely by the authorization of the Tathāgata’s word, with the empowerment of the vow of the Tathāgatas. [...]”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nāgamaṇḍalika (नागमण्डलिक).—

1) a snake-keeper.

2) a snake-catcher.

Derivable forms: nāgamaṇḍalikaḥ (नागमण्डलिकः).

Nāgamaṇḍalika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāga and maṇḍalika (मण्डलिक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nāgamaṇḍalika (नागमण्डलिक).—m., snake-charmer: Mahāvyutpatti 3765 = Tibetan sbrul tshogs can, lit. having a collection of snakes; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.288.16 ff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nāgamaṇḍalika (नागमण्डलिक):—[=nāga-maṇḍalika] [from nāga] m. a keeper or catcher of snakes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Nagamandalika in German

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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: Naga, Mandalika.

Full-text: Mandalika.

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