Ratnaparvata: 6 definitions
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Ratnaparvata 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: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraRatnaparvata (रत्नपर्वत) refers to a “jewel mountain”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 2).—Accordingly, “[Question.—Why do Buddhist sūtras begin with the word evam, ‘thus’?]—[...] The believer says: ‘That is indeed so’ (evam etat). The disbeliever is like hard leather (gocarman) that cannot be folded (ākuñcita); the believer is like supple leather that can be folded for [any] use. Furthermore, it is said in a sūtra: ‘Faith is like a hand (hasta)’. Endowed with hands, the man who goes to a jewel mountain (ratnaparvata) gathers the jewels (ratna) at will. In the same way, the believer, penetrating into the Buddha’s doctrine – this jewel mountain that contains the pure faculties (anāsravendriya), the powers (bala), the path of enlightenment (bodhimārga) and the dhyānas—the believer, I say, is able to take [anything] he wishes. [...]”.
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 DictionaryRatnaparvata (रत्नपर्वत) or Ratanaparvata.—name of a Buddha: Mahāvastu i.113.10 (verse, but not m.c.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRatnaparvata (रत्नपर्वत).—[masculine] jewel mountain, [Epithet] of Meru.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ratnaparvata (रत्नपर्वत):—[=ratna-parvata] [from ratna] a m. a mountain containing j°, [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Meru, [Harivaṃśa]
3) [v.s. ...] b m. a jewel-mountain, [Sukhāvatī-vyūha i]
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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: Ratna, Parvata.
Full-text: Ratanaparvata, Gocarman, Bodhimarga, Anasravendriya, Carman, Akuncita, Anashrava, Chad.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
III.2: Subjective nature of the appearance of the Buddhas < [Part 4 - Being born into the family of the Bodhisattvas, etc.]
Part 1 - Explanation of the word ‘evam’ < [Chapter II - Evam Mayā Śrutam Ekasmin Samaye]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Robert A. F. Thurman)