Svayambhupurana, Svayambhu-purana, Svayambhūpurāṇa, Swayambhu-purana: 3 definitions
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Svayambhupurana means something in 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.
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Source: academia.edu: History of Nepalese Buddhism: From Mythological Tradition to the Lichhavi PeriodSvayambhu Purana is one of the most important religious texts in Nepal, and is very sacred for Nepalese Buddhists. It is the oldest Nepalese Buddhist text. Its main purpose is to glorify the sacred Buddhist shrines of Kathmandu Valley and to highlight the shrine of Svayambhu Mahachaitya. [...] The Swayambhu Purana as such brought about perceptible changes in the religious life of Nepalese Buddhists. The primordial Buddha or the Svayambhu (the self sprouted) is highly venerated in the Buddhist society of Nepal. [...] The story of origin of Svayambhu Chaitya is the starting point in the history of the origin of Buddhism in Nepal. According to the story depicted in the Svayambhu Purana—the Svayambhu is self-originated from an eternal light in a lotus flower grown in the lake in Kathmandu Valley called the Naghrada.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySvayambhūpurāṇa (स्वयम्भूपुराण):—[=svayam-bhū-purāṇa] [from svayam-bhū > svayam > sva] n. Name of [work]
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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.
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Partial matches: Svayambhu, Purana, Puraana.
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