Sagaramudra, Sāgaramudrā: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Sagaramudra 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 GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSāgaramudrā (सागरमुद्रा) refers to the “ocean-seal” (i.e., ‘the concentration called the ocean-seal’), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva become unattached to all thoughts and deeds of living beings when he obtains the concentration called the ocean-seal (sāgaramudrā-samādhi-pratilabdha)? Son of good family, as many as features of living beings appear in the Jambudvipa World, the seal which is like all of them reflects in the great ocean, thus it is called the great ocean. In the same way, as many as there are the appearance of thoughts, the appearance of forms, or the appearance of sounds, all those reflect in a single appearance of the Bodhisattva who maintains the ocean-seal samādhi, thus it is called the ocean-seal samādhi. [...]”.
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 DictionarySāgaramudrā (सागरमुद्रा).—name of a Bodhisattva-dhāraṇī: Mahāvyutpatti 752.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySāgaramudrā (सागरमुद्रा):—[=sāgara-mudrā] [from sāgara] f. a [particular] Samādhi, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Mudra, Sagara.
Starts with: Sagaramudrasamadhi.
Ends with: Sarvadharmasamavasaranasagaramudra.
Full-text: Sarvadharmasamavasaranasagaramudra, Vayu, Sarvasanga, Samadhipratilabdha.
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