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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Parvaka (पर्वक) refers to a “mountain”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “Now, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the pīṭha and upapīṭha in sequence. [...] (7) The melāpaka [sites] are proclaimed to be a bank of a river, a garden, an ocean, and a place where four roads meet. (8) The upamelāpaka [sites] are on the summit of a mountain, the center of a village, and Vṛndākaumāri-parvaka (or a mountain [where there is] a flock of maidens). A lineage land is [also] the upamelāpaka. [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parvaka (पर्वक).—The knee-joint.

Derivable forms: parvakam (पर्वकम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parvaka (पर्वक) or Parvvaka.—n.

(-kaṃ) The knee. E. parva for parvan a joint, aff. kan.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parvaka (पर्वक):—[from parv] n. the knee-joint, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parvaka (पर्वक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. The knee.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Parvaka (पर्वक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pavvaka, Pavvaga, Poraga.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parvaka in German

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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)

Starts with: Parvakala, Parvakalanirnaya, Parvakalarashi, Parvakara, Parvakari, Parvakarin.

Ends with: Aparvaka, Mriduparvaka, Shataparvaka, Vrindakaumariparvaka.

Full-text: Pavvaga, Mirutuparvakam, Mriduparvaka, Shataparvaka, Antapparvakam, Aparvaka, Poraga, Parvvaka, Pavvaka, Paurika, Vindhyakaumara, Vrindakaumari, Shataparvika.

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