Ratanakara, Ratanākara, Ratana-akara, Ratanākāra: 5 definitions

Introduction
In Buddhism
1. Theravada
Languages
1. Pali
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Introduction:

Ratanakara means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon. Cv.lxix.31; for its identification see Cv. Trs.i.286, n.3.

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

context information

Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

ratanākara : (m.) jewel-mine.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Ratanākara refers to: a pearl-mine, a mine of precious metals Th. 1, 1049; J. II, 414; VI, 459; Dpvs. I, 18.

Note: ratanākara is a Pali compound consisting of the words ratana and ākara.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) ratanākara—

(Burmese text): (၁) တရားရတနာတို့၏ တည်ရာဖြစ်သော (ဘုရား)။ (၂) သူတော်ကောင်းတရားရတနာ၏တည်ရာဖြစ်သော (အရှင်အာနန္ဒာ)။ (၃) ရတနာ ၃-ပါး၏တည်ရာ-ထွန်းလင်းရာ-ဖြစ်သော အရပ် (သီဟိုဠ်ကျွန်းစသည်)။ (၄) ရတနာတို့၏ တည်ရာအရပ်၊ ရတနာတွင်း၊ ရတနာသိုက်။ (၅) သမုဒ္ဒရာ။

(Auto-Translation): (1) The abode of the Noble Truths (Buddha). (2) The abode of the Noble Goodness (Venerable Ananda). (3) The place where the three jewels are established and shine (such as the land of Sihor). (4) The location of the jewels, within the jewels, the store of jewels. (5) The ocean.

2) ratanākara—

(Burmese text): ရတနာတို့၏ တည်ရာ၏အဖြစ်။

(Auto-Translation): The nature of the abode of the gems.

3) ratanākāra—

(Burmese text): (၁) ရတနာ၏ အဖြစ်ဟူသော အခြင်းအရာ။ (၂) ရတနာ၏-အသွင်=သဏ္ဌာန်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) The nature of a jewel. (2) The form of a jewel.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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