Pramunca, Pramuñca, Pra-munca: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Pramunca 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Pramuncha.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgriculturePramuñca (प्रमुञ्च) refers to “emitting (rays)”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [after the Bhagavān witnessed the drought at the lotus-lake near Aḍakavatī], “Then Sāgara, the Nāga king, having contemplated this [realized] that the rays were created by the power of the Bhagavān. Then Sāgara, the Nāga king, together with other Nāga kings of great supernatural power, approached the Bhagavān, went up to him and having bowed down at his feet said, ‘O Bhagavān, what is the reason for emitting rays (raśmi-pramuñca-hetu)? What is the cause? Having emitted them, they illuminated all residences, and then returned again’”.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPramuñca (प्रमुञ्च).—(-pramuñca), adj. (= Pali pa°), emitting, sending forth: prabhā-vyūha-°cāni Gaṇḍavyūha 358.8.
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: Pramuncahetu, Pramuncaka, Pramuncana, Pramuncati.
Ends with: Rashmipramunca.
Full-text: Pramuncati, Parivijnapanin, Samudanayati.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 17 - The Efficacy of Bali’s Sacrifice < [Section 2 - Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)