Sramanera, Śrāmaṇera: 7 definitions
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Sramanera has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śrāmaṇera can be transliterated into English as Sramanera or Shramanera, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚrāmaṇera (श्रामणेर):—(von śramaṇa) m. ein buddhistischer Noviz [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 25.] [BURNOUF,] [?Intr. 276. Hiouen-Thsang 1, 48. 183.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 280.]
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: Sramaneraka.
Full-text: Sramaneraka, Celuka, Xuanzang, Naikayika, Shramanoddesha, Satiyati, Ajnatakaundinya, Shramana.
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The travels of Fa-Hian (400 A.D.) (by Samuel Beal)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 2 - Morality of the śrāmaṇera < [Section II.2 - Morality of the monastic or pravrajita]
The Dānapati who excluded the Śrāmaṇeras from his invitation < [III. Recollection of the community (saṃgānusmṛti)]
Story of the śrāmaṇera who became a nāga < [Part 2 - Means of acquiring meditation]
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms (by Fa-Hien)
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 10b.2) The six perfections: Discipline < [B. the extensive explanation of arousing bodhicitta]
1c) The objects of refuge < [Part 1 - The causal refuge]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 3 - Country of Lan-mo (Ramagrama) < [Book VI - Four Countries]
Chapter 7 - Country of Mo-t’u-lo (Mathura) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Chapter 6 - Country of Kia-shi-mi-lo (Kashmir) < [Book III - Eight Countries]