Samadhiraja, Samādhirāja: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Samadhiraja 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 SastraSamādhirāja (समाधिराज) refers to the “royal concentrations (of the Buddhas)”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 40.—Accordingly: The Buddha utters the lion’s roar. He is like the king of the lions (siṃharāja). [...] The Buddha-lion is very similar. [...] The ten powers are his enormous strength. The collection of the pure dharmas is his perfect body. The royal concentrations (samādhirāja) of the Buddhas are the den out of which he comes. It is with the four unhindered knowledges that he stretches out. It is on the earth of the dharmas that he strikes the paw of his unhindered liberations. [...]
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (mahayana)Samādhirāja (समाधिराज) refers to one of the Navadharma (“collection of nine texts”) employed for ritualistic practices in Kathmandu Valley, in the era of Mahindra Vira Vikram Shah (r. 1955–1972).—Cf. Tuladhar–Douglas 2006, 144–147 and von Rospatt 2015, 819–821. The latter remarks that “these canonical works are not so much studied for their content as liturgically recited or put to other ritual uses”.
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.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiSamādhirāja (समाधिराज) is the name of a deity [i.e., oṃ samādhirājāya svāhā], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySamādhirāja (समाधिराज).—m., name of a work = our Samādhirājasūtra: Mahāvyutpatti 1332; Samādhirājasūtra 19.5; in Śikṣāsamuccaya called Candrapradīpa- sūtra, q.v. (The long list of Buddhas in Chap. 14, p. 56 line 32—58 line 19, is only partly excerpted, thru p. 57 line 25, in this Dict.; few of them occur elsewhere and the text of the Calcutta ed. is very corrupt.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySamādhirāja (समाधिराज):—[=sam-ādhi-rāja] [from sam-ādhi > samā-dhā] m. Name of [work]
[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: Raja, Samadhi, Camati.
Starts with: Samadhiraja Sutra, Samadhirajasamadhi, Samadhirajasupratishthita.
Full-text: Karmapa, Supushpachandra, Samadhiraja Sutra, Navadharma, Udraka, Rudraka, Dharma.
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Search found 6 books and stories containing Samadhiraja, Samādhirāja, Samadhi-raja, Samādhi-rāja; (plurals include: Samadhirajas, Samādhirājas, rajas, rājas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 1.1: The Buddha enters into the Samādhirājasamādhi < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
I. Position of Bodhisattva (bodhisattvaniyāma) < [IX. Entering into the assurance of Bodhisattva]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 3b.2 - Holding the object one-pointedly < [B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low]
Part 2a.1 - Practice with renunciation < [B. The teaching of the three factors of immovable samadhis]
Part 3 - The phenomenal world is like illusion < [B. The view that realizes suchness]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 283 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Bibliography Of Sūtras, Tantras And śāstras
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - The Chapter on Potowa (po to ba) < [Book 5 - The Sovereign Lord (Atiśa)]
Chapter 4 - Gampopa together with his monastery < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 29 - Sonam Gyatso (vii): Labors for the doctrine < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
Tathāgatagarbha Literature (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Chapter 4 - Buddhist Councils And Buddhist Thoughts < [Discourse 7 - Thoughts on Sankhya Buddhism and Vedanta]