Nemindhara: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Nemindhara 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
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
(v.l. Nimindhara). One of the seven mountain ranges round Sineru. J.vi.125; Sp.i.119; SNA.ii.443; Dvy.217; Mtu.ii.300.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
General definition (in Buddhism)
Nemindhara (नेमिन्धर) refers to the “wheel-bearing mountain” and represents one of the “eight mountains” (parvata) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 125). It can also be spelled as Nemiṃdhara or Nimiṃdhara or Nimindhara. The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., nemindhara). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nemindhara : (m.) name of a mountain.
nemindhara (နေမိန္ဓရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[nemi+dhara+a]
[နေမိ+ဓရ+အ]
[Pali to Burmese]
nemindhara—
(Burmese text): နေမိန္ဓရတောင်၊ ၅-လုံးသော တောင်ပတ်ဝန်းတို့၏ အကွပ်နှင့်တူသည်ကို ပြု၍ မိမိကို ဆောင်တတ်သောတောင်၊ အကွပ်၏ အဖြစ်ဖြင့် မှတ်အပ်သော တောင်၊ များသောအားဖြင့် စစ်ကြီးပင်ကို ဆောင်တတ်သောတောင်။
(Auto-Translation): Mountains resembling the five-pointed star, the mountains that one can carry themselves, those recognized as mountains by their form, generally capable of supporting large peaks.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Nemindhara (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 尼民陀羅山王 [ní mín tuó luó shān wáng]: “Nemindhara” [name of a Deity].
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Dhara, Nemi, A, Tara.
Starts with (+0): Nemindharapati.
Full-text (+0): Ni dan da la son vuong, Nimindhara, Nemimdhara, Nimimdhara, Ni min tuo luo shan wang, Shi shan wang, Nemindharapati, Ni min tuo luo, Pabbata, Cakkavala, Sineru.
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Search found 5 books and stories containing Nemindhara, Nemi-dhara-a; (plurals include: Nemindharas, as). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddha attributes (5): Lokavidū < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) (by W. R. S. Ralston)
Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 541: Nimi-jātaka < [Volume 6]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
(1) Recollection of the Enlightened One < [Chapter VII - Six Recollections (Cha-anussati-niddesa)]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)