Vaishramana, Vaiśramaṇa: 7 definitions
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Vaishramana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Vaishramana has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vaiśramaṇa can be transliterated into English as Vaisramana or Vaishramana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaiśramaṇa (वैश्रमण):—[Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 378, 5] fehlerhaft für vaiśravaṇa .
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: Vaishramanabhavana, Vaishramanadatta.
Full-text (+14): Vesamana, Vaishravanarajan, Vaishramanabhavana, Anushasya, Prakranta, Adhyanushasya, Pravesha, Bhavanapravesha, Amoha, Savvana, Kaushika, Puṇṇarakkha, Savvajasa, Savvakama, Asanga, Cakka, Rakkha, Sumanabhadda, Samiddha, Manibhadda.
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Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Chapter 8: Indras < [Book 3]
Chapter 7: Lokapāla Somadeva < [Book 3]
Chapter 1-4: Lokapālas of Īśānendra < [Book 4]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 10 - Sources for the story of the sick and abandoned monk < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Part 6 - Why the arhats surround the Buddha < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 2: Rāvaṇa’s lineage (vaṃśa) < [Chapter I - Origin of the Rākṣasavaṃśa and Vānaravaṃśa]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)