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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdomlib Libary: Vajrayogini

Prapurāṇa (प्रपुराण) is the name of a cloud (megha) associated with Lakṣmīvana: the south-eastern cremation ground (śmaśāna) according to the Vajravārāhī-sādhana by Umāpatideva as found in te 12th century Guhyasamayasādhanamālā. The name for the cloud of the southern direction is sometimes given as Pūraṇa. As a part of this sādhana, the practicioner is to visualize a suitable dwelling place for the goddess inside the circle of protection which takes the form of eight cremation grounds.

These clouds (e.g., Prapurāṇa) are known as cloud-kings (megharāja) and have names that are associated with the loud noises of thunderclouds and the noise of rain, according to the Guhyasamayasādhanamālā 11.77. Their presence in the cremation grounds may be connected with the nāgas, for they are known to be responsible for the rain.

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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

Prapurāṇa (प्रपुराण).—a. Very old, kept for a long time.

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Prapūraṇa (प्रपूरण).—

1) Filling, filling up, completing.

2) Inserting, injecting.

3) Satisfying; satiating.

4) Attaching to, affixing.

5) Bending (of a bow); क्व गतिर्मानुषाणां च धनुषोऽस्य प्रपूरणे (kva gatirmānuṣāṇāṃ ca dhanuṣo'sya prapūraṇe) Rām.1.67.1.

Derivable forms: prapūraṇam (प्रपूरणम्).

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

Prapūraṇa (प्रपूरण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. The drawing out of a bow string for the purpose of shooting. 2. Inserting, injecting. 3. Filling, filling up. 4. Satisfying, satiating.

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

Prapūraṇa (प्रपूरण).—i. e. pra-pūr + ana (see pṛ), n. The drawing of a bowstring, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 60, 10 Gorr.

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

1) Prapurāṇa (प्रपुराण):—[=pra-purāṇa] mfn. very old, kept a long time, [Caraka]

2) Prapūraṇa (प्रपूरण):—[=pra-pūraṇa] [from pra-pṝ] mf(ī)n. filling up (oil, and) increasing (love), [Catalogue(s)]

3) [v.s. ...] the act of filling up, filling, putting in, inserting, injecting (with [locative case] or [compound]), [Suśruta]

4) [v.s. ...] satiating, satisfying, [Catalogue(s)]

5) [v.s. ...] bending (of a bow), [Rāmāyaṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] adorning, embellishing (of Indra’s banner), [Varāha-mihira]

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

Prapūraṇa (प्रपूरण):—[pra-pūraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Drawing a bow.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prapurana 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.

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Partial matches: Pra, Purana, Puraana.

Ends with: Abhiprapurana.

Full-text: Lakshmivana, Purana.

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