Nagamurdhan, Nagamūrdhan, Nāgamūrdhan, Naga-murdhan: 3 definitions
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Nagamurdhan 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)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureNāgamūrdhan (नागमूर्धन्) refers to the “head of the Nāga (image)”, 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 various Nāga-enchantments], “[...] At the time of drought the mantra should be written on strips of cloth, and having encircled [these] with red thread, twenty-one knots should be made, and it should be bound around the neck of the Nāga image. The head of the Nāga (nāgamūrdhan) should be enchanted twenty-one times. At that moment they send down rain showers. They make rains as long as it is wished. [...]”.
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 dictionaryNagamūrdhan (नगमूर्धन्).—m. the crest or brow of a mountain.
Nagamūrdhan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms naga and mūrdhan (मूर्धन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNagamūrdhan (नगमूर्धन्):—[=na-ga-mūrdhan] [from na-ga] m. ‘m°-crest’ [Horace H. Wilson]
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, Murdha.
Full-text: Murdha.
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