Ratnavyuha, Ratnavyūha: 2 definitions
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Ratnavyuha 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: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāRatnavyūha (रत्नव्यूह) is the name of a Bodhisattva, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “Then the Bodhisattva Ratnavyūha joined this assembly, was seated with them, and said this to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Please, son of good family, pour down a rain of gold dust’. Immediately after the Bodhisattva Ratnavyūha said thus, the rain of gold dust poured down from the sky. Then the Bodhisattva Ratnavyūha said to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, please pour down rain of all kinds of jewels from the sky’ [...]”.
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 DictionaryRatnavyūha (रत्नव्यूह).—(1) nt., name of a city in the south: Gaṇḍavyūha 201.10; (2) m. (? or nt.), name of a bodhisattva-paribhoga (see the latter): Lalitavistara 60.18; 61.12 etc.; 63.2; 73.3. Tibetan renders literally, rin po che bkod pa.
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Ratnavyūhā (रत्नव्यूहा).—name of a lokadhātu in the south: Lalitavistara 291.5.
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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Ends with: Ekaratnavyuha, Nanaratnavyuha.
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