Uccasharas, Uccaśaras, Ucca-sharas: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Uccaśaras can be transliterated into English as Uccasaras or Uccasharas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Uchchasharas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureUccaśaras (उच्चशरस्) refers to the “top of the (Nāga) lake” (suitable for an offering ceremony), 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, “From here onwards there is the Offering Manual of the Root-Heart. Merely upon recitation, all Nāgas tremble. It wards off winds and clouds by a pomegranate branch or oleander creeper and it should be held at the top of the [Nāga] lake (uccaśaras). [...]”.
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.
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