Karmadana, Karmadāna, Karmādāna, Karman-adana, Karman-dana: 3 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKarmadāna (कर्मदान) refers to the “director of business” (i.e., the “monk who ‘assigns the jobs’”), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 19.—The Pāli sources do not mention the karmadāna, but the Sanskrit sources do so (cf. Mahāvyutapatti, no. 9362) and also the Chinese sources, where this word is transcribed by Kie mo t’o na, or translated by Tche che (111 and 3; 6 and 7) as “director of business”. Here the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra designates him by the characters Wei na (120 and 8; 163 and 4), a hybrid expression consisting of wei which means ‘law, rule’, and the Sanskrit ending na. Cf. Yi tsing in Chavannes, Religieux éminents, p. 89, and Takakusu, Record of Buddhist Religion, p. 148; S. Lévi, Quelques titres énigmatiques dans la hiérarchie ecclésiastique, JA, 1915, p. 202, 204, 210.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsKarmādāna (कर्मादान) refers to the “acquisition of karmic (material)” (of an ascetic), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “That, which is the cessation of the acquisition of karmic material (karmādāna—yaḥ karmapudgalādānavicchedaḥ) of an ascetic, is declared by those whose sins are removed by meditation to be the physical stopping of the influx of karma. That which is evidently cessation of action causing the cycle of rebirth is to be considered as the mental stopping of the influx of karma by those who know about that from the most excellent scripture”.
Synonyms: Karmagrahaṇa.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKarmadāna (ಕರ್ಮದಾನ):—[noun] a superintendent of a Budhist monastery.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Karma, Dana, Adana, Atana, Tana.
Full-text: Karmagrahana.
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