Prithivicala, Pṛthivīcala, Prithivi-cala: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛthivīcala can be transliterated into English as Prthivicala or Prithivicala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Prithivichala.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Pṛthivīcala (पृथिवीचल) is another name for Bhūmicala, referring to the “six tremblings of the earth”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XIV).—What are these six tremblings of the earth (pṛthivīcala / bhūmicala)? The trembling of the earth is lesser (avara), medium (madhya) and greater (agra). In the lesser trembling of the earth, there are two movements: the east rises and the west sinks; or else the south rises and the north sinks; or else the edges rise and the center sinks. In the medium trembling, there are four movements: in the east, in the west, in the south and in the north; or again in the east, the west, the edges and the center; or again in the south, the north, the edges and the center. In the greater trembling, all six movements appear.
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
Pṛthivīcāla (पृथिवीचाल).—m. (compare Sanskrit bhūmi-cala, and Pali mahā-bhūmicālo, Mahāvaṃsa 17.55), earthquake: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 164.2; Mahāvastu ii.30.15; mahāntaḥ °lo abhūṣi Mahāvastu ii.300.15. All prose.
Pṛthivīcāla (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 地震動 [de zhèn dòng]: “earthquake”..
2) 地動 [de dòng]: “earthquake”.
Note: pṛthivīcāla can be alternatively written as: pṛthivī-cāla.
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: Prithivi.
Full-text: Shala, De zhen dong, De dong, Adbhutadharma, Bhumicala.
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