The Sanskrit terms Śroṇāparāntaka and Śroṇaparāntaka can be transliterated into English as Sronaparantaka or Shronaparantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Śroṇaparāntaka (श्रोणपरान्तक) is the name of a Śrāvaka mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Śroṇaparāntaka).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śroṇāparāntaka (श्रोणापरान्तक).—(= Pali Sunāparantaka, Majjhimanikāya (Pali) iii.268.10), m. pl., = prec., q.v.: Divyāvadāna 38.7 ff. (associated with Pūrṇa 1); they are described as fierce and violent, 38.9 (as in Pali, l.c.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śroṇāparāntaka (श्रोणापरान्तक):—[=śroṇāparānta-ka] [from śroṇāparānta > śroṇa] m., [plural] inhabitants of śroṇāparānta

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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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Partial matches: Shronaparanta, Ka.

Full-text: Aparantaka.

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