In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Rasabhojana (रसभोजन) refers to “eating the food of (a hundred) flavors”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[Digression on a case brought against the Buddha; B. The defense].—[6. Use of a Stone Bowl].—‘The Buddha forbade the Bhikṣus to use eight kinds of bowls (pātra)’.—[...] [Question].—However, it was following this event that the Buddha said to the Bhikṣus: ‘Starting from today, provided that a Bhikṣu mindfully seeks nirvāṇa and turns his back on saṃsāra, I allow him, if he so wishes, to wear a robe worth ten myriad ounces of gold, and I also allow him to eat the food of a hundred flavors (śata-rasabhojana)’. [Therefore at the beginning] his robe was different and it was only later that he allowed [the Bhikṣus to wear one similar to his]. His bowl [was unique of its type] and he never allowed [the Bhikṣus to have a similar one]. . [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rasabhōjana (रसभोजन).—n (S) An entertainment (to Brahmans) in which the juice of mangoes forms a principal article.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Rasabhojana (रसभोजन):—[=rasa-bhojana] [from rasa > ras] mfn. feeding on liquids or fluids, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] n. an entertainment given to Brāhmans in which they are feasted with the juice of mangoes, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Rasabhojana 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhojana, Rasa.

Ends with: Satarasabhojana, Shadrasabhojana, Sugrasanabhojana.

Full-text: Satarasabhojana.

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