The Sanskrit term Śarajāla can be transliterated into English as Sarajala or Sharajala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Sarajāla (सरजाल) refers to a “net-of-arrows” [i.e., oṃ vajrasarajāla trāṃ saṃ trāṃ], according to the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi [i.e., Cakrasamvara Meditation] 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.

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Śarajāla (शरजाल) or Śarajālaka refers to a “net of arrows”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the body circle (kāyacakra)]: “[...] He should push [the obstacle demons by means of the stakes] into the directions starting with the east inside the adamantine cage. The adamantine ground should be underneath. A net of arrows is (śarajālaka) [placed] above. Moreover, there are an adamantine fence, [an adamantine] canopy, and the dharmodayā (“origin of phenomenal existences”) inside. It is triangle, [the second one is] square, and [the third one is] pentagonal [in shape]. He should also visualize a hexagonal one, [the fourth one]. He should arrange them all in sequence corresponding to the order of the four layers. [...]”.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śarajāla (शरजाल).—n S (Common in poetry.) A flight or shower of arrows.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śarajāla (शरजाल).—n A flight of arrows.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śarajāla (शरजाल).—a multitude or dense mass of arrows; शरजालावृते व्योम्नि च्छायाभूते समन्ततः (śarajālāvṛte vyomni cchāyābhūte samantataḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.59.3.

Derivable forms: śarajālam (शरजालम्).

Śarajāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śara and jāla (जाल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śarajāla (शरजाल).—[neuter] a thick shower of arrows.

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

Śarajāla (शरजाल):—[=śara-jāla] [from śara] n. ‘net-work of arrows’, a dense mass or multitude of ar°, [Rāmāyaṇa] ([plural])

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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: Sara, Jala, Cara.

Starts with: Sharajalaka, Sharajalamaya.

Full-text: Sharajalamaya, Jala, Mahattara.

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