Ramagrama, Rāmagrāma: 5 definitions
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Ramagrama 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.
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Rāmagrāma (रामग्राम) (in Chinese: Lo-mo-kia-mo) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Punarvasu or Punarvasunakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Punarvasu] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Rāmagrāma] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryRāmagrāma (रामग्राम).—(= Pali °gāma), name of a town (seat of a relic-stūpa): Divyāvadāna 380.22, 26; also °maka, seat of the Krauḍya (see Koḍya) people, MPS 51.13; Rāmagrāmī- yaka, adj., ibidem.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRāmagrāma (रामग्राम):—[=rāma-grāma] [from rāma] m. Name of a kingdom, [Buddhist literature]
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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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Full-text: Punarvasu.
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Search found 9 books and stories containing Ramagrama, Rāmagrāma, Rama-grama, Rāma-grāma; (plurals include: Ramagramas, Rāmagrāmas, gramas, grāmas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The travels of Fa-Hian (400 A.D.) (by Samuel Beal)
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 3 - Country of Lan-mo (Ramagrama) < [Book VI - Four Countries]
Chapter 2 - Country of Kie-pi-lo-fa-su-tu (Kapilavastu) < [Book VI - Four Countries]
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms (by Fa-Hien)
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Growth of the clientele of early Buddhism < [Chapter VII - Sārnāth: The Satellite Religious Centre]
Part 7 - The Buddha’s life and legend represented in Sārnāth art < [Chapter VII - Sārnāth: The Satellite Religious Centre]
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Chapter XXVIII - The Division of the Relics < [Fascicle Five]
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
Development of Stupa Architecture in India < [Chapter 3]