Samuttarana, Samuttaraṇa: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Samuttarana 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: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureSamuttāraṇa (समुत्तारण) refers to “deliverance (of the world)”, 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 four great kings said to the Bhagavān], “[...] Let the Bhagavān utter such mantrapadas which deliver (samuttāraṇa) the world under destruction by various sorts of misfortune in the last time, in the last age, which eliminate excessive rain, drought, thunderbolts, cold spells and heatwaves, which alleviate, ward off and protect from famine and calamities. Utter the dhāraṇī-mantrapadas”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysamuttaraṇa : (ger. of samuttarati) passing over.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySamuttāraṇa (समुत्तारण).—(compare uttārayati), the carrying thru to the end: (tatra ca…Sujātā…Bodhisattvasya duṣkara- caryāṃ) carata ādita eva Bodhisattvasya vratatapaḥsam- uttāraṇārthaṃ (Tibetan brtul zhugs, = vrata, daṅ dkaḥ thub, = tapas, ñams ḥog tu chud par bya ba daṅ) śarī- rasyāpy āyatanahetoś ca pratidivasam aṣṭaśataṃ brāhma- ṇānāṃ bhojayati sma Lalitavistara 265.12; the passage is not entirely clear to me in either Sanskrit or Tibetan; Foucaux inter- prets uttāraṇa and its Tibetan rendering as interruption, departure from; I render: Now Sujātā, from the very be- ginning of the time when the B. was performing austerities, in order to bring the B.'s vows and penance to a successful conclusion, and also for the sake of support of the body (whose body?), fed every day 800 brahmans. (And she made an earnest wish: ‘Upon eating my food, may the B. attain supreme enlightenment’.)
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSamuttaraṇa (ಸಮುತ್ತರಣ):—[noun] the act or an instance of crossing over from one side of a river or of a water-body to another; a crossing over.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sam, Uttarana, Tarana.
Full-text: Uttarayati.
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