Arapacana: 7 definitions
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Arapacana 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.
Arapacana has 5 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Arapachana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchArapacana (अरपचन):—(a + pa) m. ein Name Mañjuśrī's [Āryamañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti 4.]
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Arapacana (अरपचन):—Bez. der Dhāraṇī des Mañjuśrī [WASSILJEW 183.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungArapacana (अरपचन):—m. Name einer Dhāraṇī des Mañjuśrī.
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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Ends with: Aharapacana, Badarapacana, Karparapacana.
Full-text: Sadyonubhava, Suryaprabha, Upakeshini, Kesini, Sudhanakumara, Siddhaikavira, Manjushri, Yamari, Jaliniprabha, Candraprabha.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - The forty-two letters of the Arapacana alphabet < [Chapter XLIII - The Pursuit of the Six superknowledges]
I. Gates of remembrance (dhāraṇi-mukha) < [Part 4 - Obtaining the gates of recollection and concentration]
Introduction to fourth volume < [Introductions]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)