Vikurvita: 4 definitions

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Vikurvita 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 Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Vikurvita in Mahayana glossary
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Vikurvita (विकुर्वित) refers to “miracles”, 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, [after hostile Nāgas released winds, thunderbolts, etc.] “[...] Beings experience great and severe suffering. Listen, O Nāgas, there is the evident empowerment of the Tathāgata’s miracles (vikurvita-adhiṣṭhāna). Behold the deep knowledge of the Buddha, the power of the Tathāgata, the empowerment of special merit”.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vikurvita in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vikurvita (विकुर्वित).—nt. (seems commonest of this group in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]; orig. ppp. of vikurvati, but noted only as noun; not so used in Pali), miracle: dṛṣṭvā vikurvita mamā Lalitavistara 119.8 (verse); buddha-vi° Mahāvastu i.266.17; ii.33.4 (both prose); nirīkṣituṃ Śākyamuner °tam Divyāvadāna 269.7 (verse); others, Avadāna-śataka i.258.9; Samādhirājasūtra 22.19; Bhadracarī 45 (°vitu, acc. pl.; no v.l.); Kāraṇḍavvūha 13.17; 24.10; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 6.1 (read °taṃ for °tuṃ); Gaṇḍavyūha (common) 6.5; tathāgata-vi° 18.26, et passim.

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

Vikurvita (विकुर्वित):—[=vi-kurvita] [from vi-kurvaṇa > vi-kṛ] n. the assuming of various shapes, [ib.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vikurvita (विकुर्वित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viuvvia.

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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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