Nirarbuda: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Nirarbuda 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: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra1) Nirarbuda (निरर्बुद) is the name of a hell according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXII).—Accordingly, “Twenty stays in the Arbuda equal one stay in the Ni lo feou t’o (Nirarbuda) hell. – Twenty stays in the Nirarbuda hell equals one stay in the A lo lo (Aṭaṭa) hell”.
2) Nirarbuda (निरर्बुद) refers to one of the “eight hells of cold water” forming part of the sixteen utsadas (secondary hells) sitauted outside of the eight great hells, according to the “world of transmigration” section in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVII).—Accordingly, “it is the same in the Nirarbuda hell. But whereas the Arbuda hell has several “holes” (arbuda) by which one can sometimes leave or enter, the Nirarbuda hell has no holes, and there is no means by which one can leave or enter”.
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaNirarbuda (निरर्बुद) refers to the “very tumourous hell” and represents one of the “eight cold hells” (śīta-naraka) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 122). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., nirarbuda). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNirarbuda (निरर्बुद).—m. (= Pali Nirabbuda), name of a cold hell: Mahāvyutpatti 4930 °daḥ; Dharmasaṃgraha 122; Divyāvadāna 67.23; 138.7; Avadāna-śataka i.4.9 etc.; Udānavarga viii.5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirarbuda (निरर्बुद):—[=nir-arbuda] [from nir > niḥ] m. or n. Name of a hell in which the wicked are punished by excessive cold, [Buddhist literature]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Nirabbuda, Shitanaraka, Eight Cold Hells, Atata, Naraka, Arbuda.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The eight cold hells < [The world of transmigration]
The sixteen utsadas annexed to the eight great hells < [The world of transmigration]
Story of Kokālika’s mendacious accusations < [Section I.4 - Abstention from falsehood]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 15.4 (Commentary) < [Chapter 15 (Text and Commentary)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 201 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
3a) The Hells < [Part 3 - The main divisions]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)
History of Science in South Asia
The Units of Time in Ancient and Medieval India < [Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017)]