Nirmanarati, Nirmāṇarati, Nirmana-rati: 7 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Nirmāṇarati (निर्माणरति).—According to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XIV), the Nirmāṇarati gods create the five sense objects themselves and enjoy them. This is why they are called Nirmāṇarati “enjoying that which they have themselves created”.
The Nirmāṇarati gods represents one of the seven destination of rebirths in kāmadhātu, according to chapter XLIX, “[...] another, generous, magnanimous, moral and erudite (bahuśruta), loves to learn and earns his living by his own strength: he is reborn among the Nirmāṇarati gods”.
Nirmāṇarati (निर्माणरति) is the name of a Heaven, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja said to king Puṇyālaṃkāra: “[...] In this way, son of good family, when the rain of all kinds of jewels poured down from open space, the gods of the earth (bhauma), filled with admiration, said that this Bodhisattva is supposed to become the Gaganagañja. When such rain of all kinds of jewels poured down, just as the gods of the earth said, so the gods of the Cāturmahārājika heaven, the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, the Yāma heaven, the Tuṣita heaven, and the Nirmāṇarati heaven, filled with admiration, also said that this Bodhisattva is supposed to become the Gaganagañja. [...]”.
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)
One of the higher Kamadhatu Devas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Nirmāṇarati (निर्माणरति).—(= Pali nimmānarati), lit. enjoying magical creations (of their own), name of a class of kāmāvacara gods, see s.v. deva (also called nirmita, q.v., chiefly in verses); commonly in lists along with other classes of gods: Lalitavistara 46.21; 51.1; 150.3; 266.6; 396.15; 401.10; in Mahāvastu, even prose, n.-acc. pl. may be °ratino i.240.4 (v.l. °rati); ii.16.4; °ratī ii.348.17 (v.l. °tiś); °rati i.212.15; °ratayaḥ i.40.15; 229.15; 333.6; gen. pl. °ratīnāṃ ii.163.12, etc.; Mahāvyutpatti 3082; Dharmasaṃgraha 127; Divyāvadāna 68.13; 367.10; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 86.10; Śikṣāsamuccaya 257.9; Avadāna-śataka i.5.1, etc. Their chief is Sunirmita (once Sunirmāṇarati).
Nirmāṇarati (निर्माणरति):—(ni + ra) adj. dass.; m. pl. Bez. einer Klasse von Göttern im 11ten Manvantara [Viṣṇupurāṇa 268.] bei den Buddhisten (an der Verwandlung Gefallen findend) [Burnouf 202. 606.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 58. 68. 143. 256. 373.] [WASSILJEW 158.] — Vgl. nirvāṇaruci .
Nirmāṇarati (निर्माणरति):—m. Pl. desgl.
Nirmāṇarati (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 不憍樂天 [bù jiāo lè tiān]: “(Skt. Nirmāṇarati) heaven”.
2) 不驕樂天 [bù jiāo lè tiān]: “(Skt. Nirmāṇarati) heaven”.
3) 尼摩羅提天 [ní mó luó tí tiān]: “Nirmāṇarati Heaven”..
4) 尼摩羅提羅憐耨天 [ní mó luó tí luó lián nòu tiān]: “Nirmāṇarati Heaven”..
5) 化樂 [huà lè]: “creation of enjoyment”.
6) 化樂天 [huà lè tiān]: “creation of enjoyment heaven”.
7) 化自在天 [huà zì zài tiān]: “(Skt. *nirmāṇa-rati)”..
8) 樂變化天 [lè biàn huà tiān]: “heaven of the automatic reception of one's sensual desires”.
9) 尼摩羅 [ní mó luó]: “(Skt. nirmāṇarati)”.
Note: nirmāṇarati can be alternatively written as: nirmāṇa-rati.
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): Nirmana, Rati.
Starts with (+0): Nirmanaratideva.
Full-text (+31): Nirmanaratideva, Hua le tian, Ni mo luo, Hua zi zai tian, Bu jiao le tian, Le bian hua tian, Nirvanaruci, Hua le, Ni mo luo tian, Le wu man tian, Wu gong gao tian, Wei na luo ni tian, Hua zi le tian, Hoa tu tai thien, Bat kieu lac thien, Sunirmanarati, Ni mo luo ti luo lian nou tian, Ni mo luo ti tian, Yu tian wu yin, Ni ma la.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 10.10: Śākyamuni gazes upon the immense assembly gathered before him < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
4. Sojourn in the Tuṣita heaven. < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]
Act 1.6: Definition of trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Buddhist Sutra literature (study) (by Gopika G)
Part 3.2 - Hells and Heavens in different realms < [Chapter 3 - Mythology in Sūtra literature]
Taisho: Chinese Buddhist Canon
Sutta 3: Four types of blessings of Brahma < [Part 125 - Ekottara-Agama (Numbered Discourses)]
Chapter 5: Chapter on Encouraging Aspiration < [Part 158 - Karunapundarika-sutra (unkown translator)]
Chapter 5: The Chapter on Descent to Birth < [Part 187 - Lalitavistara (translated by Divakara)]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter III-f - Visit to other worlds (6): Higher Deva Realms < [Volume I]
Chapter XXII - Enlightenment of Dīpaṃkara < [Volume I]
Chapter XV - The dreams of Śuddhodana and others < [Volume II]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
1d.2) The Dharma jewel < [Part 1 - The causal refuge]
3a) The Hells < [Part 3 - The main divisions]