Purayitva, Pūrayitvā: 2 definitions
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Purayitva 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)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculturepūrayitvā (वर्षधार) refers to “having filled (the lake with rain-showers)”, 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 inquired the Bhagavān on his emitting of rays], “The Bhagavān said, ‘Listen Serpent chief. Many hundred thousand beings are obstructed by life-obstruction’. Then Sāgara, the great Nāga king, filled (pūrayitvā) the lotus lake with rain showers in a moment, an instant, a short time and refreshed [it]”.
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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrayitvā (पूरयित्वा):—[from pūra] See √pṝ.
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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Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)