Pratinivarana, Pratinivāraṇa: 5 definitions

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Pratinivarana 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 Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Pratinivarana in Mahayana glossary
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Pratinivāraṇa (प्रतिनिवारण) refers to “warding off (all hostile Nāgas)”, 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 Sāgara taught the Nāga-vow mantra], “O Bhagavān, this is my Nāga vow mantra. It is uttered for the sake of warding off (pratinivāraṇa) and impelling all hostile Nāgas in the last time, in the last age. These mantras should be called to mind at the time of too much rain, drought, cold spells, heatwaves and thunderbolt rain. By this all Nāgas will be impelled. [...]”.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pratinivarana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratinivāraṇa (प्रतिनिवारण).—i. e. prati-ni-vṛ + ana, n. Keeping off, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 14, 34.

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

Pratinivāraṇa (प्रतिनिवारण):—[=prati-ni-vāraṇa] n. (√1. vṛ) keeping off, warding off, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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Pratinivarana 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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