Samayamantra, Samaya-mantra: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Samayamantra (समयमन्त्र) refers to the “vow mantra”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [after as the Nāga congregation said to the Bhagavān], “[...] Bhagavān, we will therefore utter the advancing mantrapadas for the sake of the hostile and harming Nāgas who do not know the vow. May the Bhagavān give his empowerment—[O serpent chief, I empower the vow mantra (samayamantra)]”.

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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.

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