Vidyadharapitaka, Vidyadhara-pitaka, Vidyādharapiṭaka: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Vidyadharapitaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: academia.edu: Yakṣiṇī-sādhana in the Kakṣapuṭa tantraVidyādharapiṭaka (विद्याधरपिटक).—According to Yijing—a Chinese monk who travelled to India in the seventh century—there was a corpus of magical sciences called ʻvidyādharapiṭakaʼ which included methods meant to achieve such powers as flying to the sky, riding a dragon, and attaining a long life.In addition, Yijing states that Nāgārjuna had extensive knowledge of the piṭaka.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Origins of Om Manipadme HumIn seventh-century India, the Chinese pilgrim I-Tsing remarks upon a large collection of texts devoted to tantric ritual, one hundred thousand stanzas long, known as the vidyādharapiṭaka, or the “basket (-piṭaka) of the vidyādharas,” in contrast to the sūtra collection of the bodhisattvapiṭaka, or “basket of bodhisattvas.”
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVidyādharapiṭaka (विद्याधरपिटक).—name of a work (collection of spells): Śikṣāsamuccaya 142.12.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVidyādharapiṭaka (विद्याधरपिटक):—[=vidyā-dhara-piṭaka] [from vidyā-dhara > vidyā > vid] (?) m. 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pitaka, Vidyadhara.
Full-text: Nagarjuna.
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