Punyalamkara, Puṇyālaṃkāra, Punya-alamkara, Puṇyālaṅkāra, Punya-alankara, Punyalankara: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāPuṇyālaṃkāra (पुण्यालंकार) is the name of a Cakravartirāja (“universal king”), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to the Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī: “[...] Son of good family, there were the Tathāgata Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja and sixty hundred billion Bodhisattvas in his great congregation of Bodhisattvas. Then at that time, son of good family, there was a universal king (cakravartirāja) called Puṇyālaṃkāra who possessed seven precious jewels (saptaratna-samanvāgata). [...]”.
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 DictionaryPuṇyālaṃkāra (पुण्यालंकार).—(v.l. °lamkṛta), name of a son of Māra (favorable to the Bodhisattva): Lalitavistara 311.19.
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: Alamkara, Puṇya.
Full-text (+47): Shritejas, Simhavikrantagamin, Simha, Shriprabha, Krakucchanda, Jayamati, Sukhavyuha, Pravrajita, Anagarika, Tathagatabhashita, Paribhavacitta, Paribhava, Stuta, Sutranta, Buddhalocana, Duradhigama, Rajya, Prajnarashmi, Locana, Marga.
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