Padmavyuha, Padma-vyuha, Padmavyūha: 7 definitions
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Padmavyuha 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 Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Padmavyūha (पद्मव्यूह):—The array, in which the king is protected by the group of army drawn up in circles, within a compact square of soldiers is called the Padmavyūha.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Padmavyūha (पद्मव्यूह) is the name of a particular universe, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then the Bodhisattva Āśupratibhāna made a wish: ‘I have seen a lotus flower called Sarvaprabhāvavairocana in the Padmavyūha universe of the Tathāgata Śrīratnotpala. It would be one krośa wide, consisting of hundred koṭis of young and tender petals, is pleasant to touch like soft cloth, has a fragrance that fills up the Buddha-fields, and has many hundred thousand colors. When the Bodhisattvas see this lotus flower, they are in rapture and unable to take their eyes off it. By seeing the lotus flower and by smelling its fragrance, the Bodhisattvas attain concentration. Please pour down the rain of such lotus flowers on us’ [...]”.
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
Padmavyūhā (पद्मव्यूहा).—name of a ‘Bodhisattva-dhāraṇī’: Mahāvyutpatti 753; padmavyūha-(m. or nt. ?)-dhāraṇī-: Gaṇḍavyūha 66.17.
Padmavyūha (पद्मव्यूह):—[=padma-vyūha] [from padma] m. Name of a Samādhi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Padmavyūha (पद्मव्यूह):—(pa + vyū) m. Bez. eines Samādhi [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 3.]
Padmavyūha (पद्मव्यूह):—m. ein best. Samādhi.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Padmavyūha (ಪದ್ಮವ್ಯೂಹ):—[noun] = ಪದ್ಮ - [padma -] 11.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Padma, Vyuha.
Full-text: Padumavyuha, Vyuha, Kacilindika, Shriratnotpala, Sarvaprabhavavairocana.
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