Nagapratirupa, Nāgapratirūpa, Naga-pratirupa: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureNāgapratirūpa (नागप्रतिरूप) refers to the “Nāga image” (suitable for an offering ceremony), 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 taught the detailed offering-manual], “[...] That Nāga shall not be pleased in his own residence again. If he does not send forth rain showers quickly, his life will be destroyed on the same day. Having enchanted mustard seeds one by one (ekaika) 1,008 times, when the 1,008 times is completed, the Nāga image (nāgapratirūpa) steps forward. It expands its hood. [...]”.
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.
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Partial matches: Naga, Pratirupa.
Full-text: Pratirupa.
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