Nalanda, Nalamda, Nālandā, Nālanda, Nāḷandā: 12 definitions
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Nalanda has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Nāḷandā can be transliterated into English as Nalanda or Nalianda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNālānda (नालान्द):—Nomen proprium eines Dorfes in der Nähe von Rājagṛha, welches ein berühmtes buddhistisches Kloster enthielt, [Burnouf 49] in der [Nalopākhyāna 456.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 255 (25).] [WASSILJEW 30 u.s.w.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 254. 452. II, 41. 45.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 143. 160. 163. 211.]
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Nālanda (नालन्द):—, nālāṇḍā [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 293.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNālanda (नालन्द):—m. Nomen proprium eines Dorfes in der Nähe von Rajaṃgṛha.
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Nālāṇḍā (नालाण्डा):—f. = nālanda.
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: Nalamdaijja, Nalamdale, Nalandara.
Full-text (+71): Odantapuri, Uddandapura, Nagarjuna, Lahulla, Nalandara, Shantarakshita, Rahulabhadra, Hattanna, Koddhangulikedara, Abhayankaragupta, Jayadeva, Kusumapura, Candrakirti, Phita, Bahuputraka, Kavala, Balaputradeva, Dingnaga, Nalada, Dussapavarika.
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Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
The Nālandā Vihāra university < [Chapter 3 - Centres of Learning in Vedic and Buddhist Period]
The 7th century Valabhī university < [Chapter 3 - Centres of Learning in Vedic and Buddhist Period]
Subjects studied in the Buddhist Period < [Chapter 5 - Subjects studied in the Vedic and Buddhist period]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Chapter IV - Reviewing the Rājagṛha-Nālānda Zone
Part 7 - Nalanda’s Rise of a Multi-functional Nodal Centre < [Chapter III - Nālandā: Evidence for rise and progress of the settlement]
Part 3 - Related works on our settlement zones < [Introduction]
The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Figure 189-190 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Aparājitā
Figure 17 - Buddha in different Mudrās (Nalanda)
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 3 - Nalanda Monastery < [Book 15 - Monastic Systems]
Chapter 4 - The first Kālacakra lineage < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 2a - Niguma: Siddha khyung po rnal 'byor’s biography < [Book 9 - Kodrakpa and Niguma]
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 10 - The Buddha’s Sojourn at Nāḷanda and the mango grove of Pāvārika < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
Part 27 - The Buddha looked back like a Noble Tusker < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
Part 11 - The Buddha’s Discourse on Morality (sīla) < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
Life History of Tīrthaṅkara Mahāvīra < [Chapter 3 - Historical Background of Jainism in Ancient Bengal]
Tīrthaṅkara Mahāvīra and Jainism in Ancient Bengal < [Chapter 3 - Historical Background of Jainism in Ancient Bengal]
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