Krakucchanda: 9 definitions
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Krakucchanda has 7 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Krakuchchhanda.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKrakucchanda (क्रकुच्छन्द):—m. Nomen proprium eines Ruddha, eines Vorgängers von Śākyamuni [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 236.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 5, 22.] [Burnouf 225. 414.] [ Kunde des Morgenlandes IV, 503, Nalopākhyāna 2.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKrakucchanda (क्रकुच्छन्द):—m. Nomen proprium eines Buddha [Kāraṇḍavyūha 93,14.]
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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Starts with: Krakucchandaka.
Full-text (+9): Kratucchada, Kanakamuni, Vishvabhu, Shobhavati, Kakudvati, Shakamangala, Krakasunda, Kashyapa, Bhadrakalpika, Seven Buddhas, Saptatathagata, Bhadrika, Ashoka, Svastika, Sarvamitra, Kshemakara, Vishvabhuj, Krakuchanda, Bhadrakalpa, Kshemamkara.
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 4 - The legend of Māra and the Buddha at the brahmin village Śālā < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Appendix 7 - The Buddha’s assistants (upasthāyaka) < [Chapter XLI - The Eighteen Special Attributes of the Buddha]
5. The four ‘vilokanas’ and the entry into the womb < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXVI - Visits to Nāga kings < [Volume III]
Chapter XXI - Former Buddhas < [Volume III]
Chapter XXXI - The final defeat of Māra < [Volume II]
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Fundamental Vows Sutra)
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 5 - Teaching impermanence through teaching how the victorious ones and their sons attain nirvana < [B. The extended explanation]
Karandavyuha Sutra (by Mithun Howladar)
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