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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Prasphoṭana (प्रस्फोटन) is the name of a five-crested [?] Snake-king (nāgarāja), according to the 2nd-century Meghasūtra (“Cloud Sutra”) in those passages which contain ritual instructions.—Accordingly, “[...] For thrice seven days uninterruptedly, with cow-dung, in the eastern quarter the snake-king called Triple-crest, with his retinue, must be painted; [+, pañcaśīrṣaḥ prasphoṭano nāma] in the western, the snake king called Avabhāsanasikhin is to be painted, seven crested, with a retinue of serpents; in the north, the snake-king called Meghasaṃcodana, nine-crested, is to be depicted; a blue canopy and blue dress, blue banner and all the offering is to be made blue; but the sweet offering to the snakes, and the triple-sweet, must be offered,—an oblation of all; [...]”

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasphoṭana (प्रस्फोटन).—

1) Expanding, blooming, opening.

2) Making clear or manifest, disclosing, revealing.

3) Splitting.

4) Causing to bloom or blow

5) Threshing corn.

6) A winnowing basket.

7) Striking, beating.

8) Wiping away, rubbing out.

Derivable forms: prasphoṭanam (प्रस्फोटनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Prasphoṭana (प्रस्फोटन).—(1) nt. (compare Sanskrit id., especially in Schmidt, Nachträge; AMg. papphoṭana, winnowing, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]; to Sanskrit prasphoṭayati), °nam Mahāvyutpatti 9422, according to Japanese cleansing (of grain) by beating; Tibetan sbugs pa, or phyi ba (obscure; the second gloss may intend the above meaning); Chin. (clean- ing by) wiping, or dusting; (2) m. (compare Prasphoṭa, °ṭaka), name of a nāga king (also called Pañcaśīrṣaka, q.v.): Megh 308.8.

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

Prasphoṭana (प्रस्फोटन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. A winnowing basket. 2. Striking, beating. 3. Expanding, budding, opening, blowing. 4. Winnowing corn. 5. Ripening, making manifest or apparent. E. pra before, sphuṭ to blossom, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Prasphoṭana (प्रस्फोटन).—i. e. pra -sphuṭ + ana, n. 1. Expanding, opening. 2. Striking. 3. Winnowing corn. 4. A winnowing basket.

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

1) Prasphoṭana (प्रस्फोटन):—[=pra-sphoṭana] [from pra-sphuṭ] n. splitting, bursting (intrans.), [Varāha-mihira]

2) [v.s. ...] opening. expanding, causing to blow or bloom, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] making evident or manifest, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] striking, beating, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] winnowing corn, a winnowing basket, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] wiping away, rubbing out, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Prasphoṭana (प्रस्फोटन):—[pra-sphoṭana] (naṃ) 1. n. Winnowing basket; striking; expanding; winnowing; ripening.

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

Prasphoṭanā (प्रस्फोटना) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Papphoḍaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prasphotana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prasphōṭana (ಪ್ರಸ್ಫೋಟನ):—

1) [noun] the act or process of blowing, opening or expanding.

2) [noun] to be exploded; to burst noisily and violently.

3) [noun] the act or process of blowing the chaff from grain by wind.

4) [noun] a kind of pan (usu. made by interweaving bamboo splits) used for winnowing.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Pra, Sphotana.

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