Sarabhanga, Sarabhaṅga, Sharabhanga, Śarabhaṅga, Shara-bhanga, Sārabhaṅga, Sharabhamga: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Sarabhanga means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
The Sanskrit term Śarabhaṅga can be transliterated into English as Sarabhanga or Sharabhanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚarabhaṅga (शरभङ्ग).—A Maharṣi, who lived in the Daṇḍaka forest during the 'forest-life' of Śrī Rāma. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa, Canto IV). When Śrī Rāma visited Śarabhaṅga’s āśrama, Indra too came there, but went away saying that he would meet the maharṣi after the great mission of Rāma was over. The maharṣi told Rāma that he was waiting to see him and did not accompany Indra to Devaloka as he wanted to go there only after seeing Rāma. Rāma answered the Maharṣi that he would take upon himself all the spiritual assets and good results of the actions of the Maharṣi, and wanted him to point out a place for them (Rāma and others) to live. Śarabhaṅga directed them to the āśrama of Sutīkṣṇa, and after that ended his life by leaping into the fire and attained Brahmaloka.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
Source: Wisdom Library: ArthaśāstraŚarabhaṅga (शरभङ्ग) refers to the “royal surgeon” and represents an official title used in the political management of townships in ancient India. Officers, ministers, and sovereigns bearing such titles [eg., Śarabhaṅga] were often present in ancient inscriptions when, for example, the king wanted to address his subjects or make an important announcement.
Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्र, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Sarabhanga. A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.70. ApA.i.107.
2. Sarabhanga Thera. He belonged to a brahmin family of Rajagaha, and was given a name according to the family traditions. When he grew up, he became an ascetic, and made a hut for himself of reed stalks, which he had broken off hence his name, Sarabhanga (Reed plucker). The Buddha saw in him the conditions of arahantship, and went to him and taught the Dhamma. He listened and joined the Order, attaining arahantship in due course. He continued to live in his hut till it decayed and crumbled away, and, when asked why he did not repair it he answered that he bad looked after it during his ascetic practices, but that now he had no time for such things. He then declared his anna in a series of verses. ThagA.i.480 f. These verses are found in Thag.vs.487 93.
3. Sarabhanga. The Bodhisatta born as a great teacher. See the Sarabhanga Jataka.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraSarabhaṅga (सरभङ्ग) is the teacher of Kisavaccha: one of the persons escaping the destruction of king Daṇḍaki’s country according to the Jātaka and Papañca mentioned in Appendix 1 of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXIV).—Accordingly, “Kisavaccha, disciple of Sarabhaṅga, in search of solitude, was established in King Daṇḍaki’s park, near the city of Kumbhavatī in Kaliṅga. One day when King Daṇḍaki was leaving to suppress a revolt, he thought he could make himself lucky by spitting on Kisavaccha and throwing his tooth-pick at him. The gods were indignant, killed the king and destroyed the whole country. Only three people escaped death: the Ṛṣi Kisavaccha, the leader of the army who had become his disciple, and a certain Rāma, originally from Benares, who was spared as a result of his filial piety. The forest that grew up in that desolated land was called Daṇḍakārañña”.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryŚarabhaṅga.—(IE 8-3; 8-8; EI 23), a leader of forces; an officer of the military department; possibly, a military governor; same as Persian Sarhang and Hindī Serāṅg; also spelt Sarabhaṅga and Sarobhaṅga; Wilson's Glossary explains Sarhang as ‘a com- mander’ and says, “but [it is] generally applied in India to the headman of a native crew, whether on board a ship or a boat; also to the headman of a gang of natives attached to artill- ery, dragging guns, or to the army in general, as tent-pitchers, and the like, or to the head of gangs of a superior order of labour- ers employed in public or private works, in docks, buildings, etc.’ Cf. Vogel, Ant. Ch. St., pp. 123, 166 (spelt Sarobhaṅga), Ind. Cult., Vol. VII, p. 309. Kane (Hist. Dharm., Vol. III, p. 1005) is certainly wrong when he thinks that it may be con- nected with śarayantra and Śarayantrin (a title bestowed in Mithilā upon a very learned man who faced the ordeal of answering satisfactorily all questions on any śāstra put to him by learned Ācāryas and also the questions put by common people). See Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXV, pp. 95. ff. See Sarāṅgha, Sarāhang, etc. Note: śarabhaṅga is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysarabhaṅga : (m.) arrow breaking.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySarabhaṅga refers to: arrow-breaking Vism. 411 (in comp.). (Page 697)
Note: sarabhaṅga is a Pali compound consisting of the words sara and bhaṅga.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚarabhaṅga (शरभङ्ग).—Name of a sage whom Rāma visited in the Daṇḍaka forest; अदः शरण्यं शरभङ्ग- नाम्नस्तपोवनं पावनमाहिताग्नेः (adaḥ śaraṇyaṃ śarabhaṅga- nāmnastapovanaṃ pāvanamāhitāgneḥ) R.13.45.
Derivable forms: śarabhaṅgaḥ (शरभङ्गः).
Śarabhaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śara and bhaṅga (भङ्ग).
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Sārabhaṅga (सारभङ्ग).—loss of vigour.
Derivable forms: sārabhaṅgaḥ (सारभङ्गः).
Sārabhaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sāra and bhaṅga (भङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚarabhaṅga (शरभङ्ग).—(= Pali Sara°; known also in Sanskrit, Mahābhārata, where however the stories of him are not identical with those of Buddhist sources), name of a noted ascetic: Mahāvastu iii.362.11 ff.; belonged to the Kauṇḍinya gotra, 370.12; °ga-jātakam (text here Sara°; mss. Śarabha- or Sarabha-j°) 375.12 (colophon).
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Sarabhaṅga (सरभङ्ग).—see Śara°. The colophon Mahāvastu iii.375.12 reads Sarabhaṃgajātakam in Senart (v.l. Śara°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySārabhaṅga (सारभङ्ग).—mfn.
(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) Void of pith, substance, real strength, &c. n.
(-ṅgaṃ) Destroying vigour, overcoming strength, &c. E. sāra, and bhaṅga breaking.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySārabhaṅga (सारभङ्ग).—I. adj. void of pith, substance, strength. Ii. m. destroying vigour.
Sārabhaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sāra and bhaṅga (भङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarabhaṅga (शरभङ्ग).—[masculine] [Name] of a Ṛṣi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śarabhaṅga (शरभङ्ग):—[=śara-bhaṅga] [from śara] m. Name of a Ṛṣi, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]
2) Sārabhaṅga (सारभङ्ग):—[=sāra-bhaṅga] [from sāra] m. n. destruction or loss of vigour, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] deprived of substance or strength, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySārabhaṅga (सारभङ्ग):—[sāra-bhaṅga] (ṅgaḥ-ṅgā-ṅgaṃ) a. Void of substance. n. Destroying vigour.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚarabhaṃga (ಶರಭಂಗ):—
1) [noun] a broken piece of an arrow.
2) [noun] a ripple or wave.
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: Sara, Bhanga, Cara.
Starts with: Sarabhanga Jataka, Sharabhangashrama.
Full-text (+26): Kapitthaka, Sarobhanga, Bhimaratha, Salissara, Yajnadatta, Vatsa, Samanaguttaka, Mendissara, Sharabha, Serang, Sarhang, Sarahang, Sarang, Arjuna, Sharabhangashrama, Aranjara, Sarangha, Anjana, Dandaki, Kukkula.
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