Revataka: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Revataka 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)
Revataka (रेवतक).—The monastery of Revata was well-known. In the legend of Aśoka, the great emperor, in a mystical trance, invited the faithful wise men dwelling in the pleasant city of Kaśmīra or the vihāras of Tāmasavana, Mahāvana and Revataka. The pleasant city of Kaśmīra, as the name indicates, is in Kaśmir; the Tāmasvana and the Mahāvana (Sounigrām) are in Uḍḍiyāna; as for Revataka, we locate it in Kapiśa. The latter enjoyed great veneration by the faithful. The Sūtrālaṃkāra mentions the case of a poor man and a poor woman from K’i pin (Kapiśa) who went so far as to sell themselves in order to make offerings to the monks of the Revata monastery.
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
Revataka (रेवतक).—name of a stream (raya; Burnouf Intr. 396 with note 2 evidently read ratha, as he renders char, but context makes this hardly possible): Divyāvadāna 399.12.
1) Revataka (रेवतक):—[from revata] m. Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]
2) [v.s. ...] n. a species of date, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([probably] [wrong reading] for raivataka).
Revataka (रेवतक):—
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Burnouf 396.] —
2) n. eine best. Pflanze, = pārevata n. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. raivataka .
Revataka (रेवतक):—n. —
1) *eine Dattelart. Richtig raivataka. —
2) m. Nomen proprium einer Mannes.
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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - The journey of the Buddha to the north-west of India < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Yasastilaka and Indian culture (Study) (by Krishna Kanta Jandiqui)
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
Chapter 2 - Dvitiya-anka (dvitiyo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]