Vriddhavriddha, Vṛddhavṛddhā, Vriddha-vriddha: 1 definition
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Vriddhavriddha means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
The Sanskrit term Vṛddhavṛddhā can be transliterated into English as Vrddhavrddha or Vriddhavriddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Vṛddhavṛddhā (वृद्धवृद्धा) refers to “very old (women)”, (as opposed to Aparipālaka—‘one who does not guard’), 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 teaches the offering manual of the root-heart] “Having gone above the residence of that unrighteous Nāga king who does not guard the province and destroys crops, flowers and fruits, the well-bathed one who wears clean clothes should recite the spell twenty-one times. Then very old women (vṛddhavṛddhā) come out of the Nāga residence. [...]”.
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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