Alternative spellings of this word include Samchodayitavya.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Saṃcodayitavya (संचोदयितव्य) refers to “impelling (all Nāgas)” (as part of an worship ceremony), 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 Sāgara taught the Nāga-vow mantra], “Worship should be made with flowers, incense and fragrances. Incense should be offered in the four directions. All Nāgas should be impelled (saṃcodayitavya). Having enchanted the bathing water eighty times, and having thrown mustard seeds into it, it should be thrown in the middle of the residence. Merely upon throwing it into the water, the residence of the Nāgas immediately rumbles. [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃcodayitavya (संचोदयितव्य):—[=saṃ-codayitavya] [from saṃ-codaka > saṃ-cud] mfn. ([from] [Causal]) to be urged on or impelled, [Harivaṃśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Samcodayitavya in German

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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: Codayitavya, Sam, Shan, Can.

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