In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Sīmābandha (सीमाबन्ध) refers to the “boundary (for practice)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “The Lord said [to Pradīpapāṇi]: “Son of good family, the Bodhisattvas, the great beings [...] who reached to the limit of distinguishing marks by the annihilation of all distinguishing marks, who purified their knowledge which reached to its limit, who are endowed with inexhaustible patience, who have attained the prediction that they will understand the knowledge of the Tathāgata, who have set the boundary [for practice] (sīmābandha) and entered into the state of being determined as a Bodhisattva, who have attained the consecration as sealed with the seal of non-retrogression, [...]”.

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (mahayana)

Sīmābandha (सीमाबन्ध) refers to the “protective sealing of the boundaries” (of a ritual), according to the seventh chapter of the Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra.—In chapter 7, the Sarasvatīparivarta, the goddess Sarasvatī grants her support to the Dharma preacher through the gift of eloquence, and presents a bathing ritual with enchanted herbs for him and his audience in order to appease all disturbances. It is promised that, invoked by praise, Sarasvatī herself will appear and remove all diseases and difficulties. The ritual instructions prescribe that one should pound herbs and consecrate the powder with mantras at the time of the Puṣya constellation. A maṇḍala should be drawn with cow-dung, flowers should be scattered and gold and silver vessels filled. Four armed men and four well-adorned maidens should be placed there holding pots in their hands, thus accomplishing the protective sealing of the boundaries (sīmābandha). One should use incense, music, umbrellas, flags, banners, mirrors, arrows, spears and dhāraṇī-spells, and in due course bathe behind an image of the Buddha.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Sīmābandha (सीमाबन्ध) refers to a “sealing of the boundaries” (for all Nāgas), 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, [As the Bhagavān gives instructions for protection of crops]: “[...] They will be well protected. There will be a sealing of the boundaries (sīmābandha) for all Nāgas: the slopes of the great fire-mountain will completely cover the four directions and the great fire blaze mass cloud that is the expanded [wings] of the Garuḍa speed bird, called a great mass, will cover the sky. It is there for the protection of all flowers and fruits. All Nāgas and so on will be burnt by that. All harmful Nāgas will be destroyed”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sīmābandha (सीमाबन्ध).—a depository of rules of morality.

Derivable forms: sīmābandhaḥ (सीमाबन्धः).

Sīmābandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sīmā and bandha (बन्ध).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Sīmābandha (सीमाबन्ध).—m., (1) drawing a strict line of (moral) demarcation (between good and evil): °dhaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 6825; so Japanese; Tibetan mtshams bcad pa; °dhaḥ kṛto bhavati (by Buddha, before he will enter nirvāṇa) Divyāvadāna 150.21; (2) drawing a (magic) boundary (‘magic circle’, Bendall and Rouse, Śikṣāsamuccaya p. 136) as protection against evil: dṛṣṭyā manasā vā °dhaṃ karoti Śikṣāsamuccaya 139.10; °dhaṃ tataḥ kuryāt Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 106.6, °dhaṃ samārabhet 7 (verses); similarly Mahā-Māyūrī 261.4; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.286.17.

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

Sīmābandha (सीमाबन्ध):—[=sīmā-bandha] [from sīmā > sīman] m. a depository of rules of morality, [Divyāvadāna]

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sīmābandha (सीमाबन्ध):—n. meeting of two boundaries;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Sima, Bandha.

Full-text: Sima, Bandha, Cow-dung, Incense, Bathing ritual, Music, Umbrella, Spear, Flag, Banner, Arrow.

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