Lankavatara, Laṅkāvatāra, Lanka-avatara, Laṃkāvatāra, Lamka-avatara, Lamkavatara: 7 definitions
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Lankavatara means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (mahayana)Laṅkāvatāra (लङ्कावतार) refers to one of the Navadharma (“collection of nine texts”) employed for ritualistic practices in Kathmandu Valley, in the era of Mahindra Vira Vikram Shah (r. 1955–1972).—Cf. Tuladhar–Douglas 2006, 144–147 and von Rospatt 2015, 819–821. The latter remarks that “these canonical works are not so much studied for their content as liturgically recited or put to other ritual uses”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiLaṃkāvatāra (लंकावतार) is the name of a deity [i.e., oṃ laṃkāvatārāya svāhā], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—
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 DictionaryLaṅkāvatāra (लङ्कावतार).—(with or sc. sūtram), nt., name of a work (our Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra): Mahāvyutpatti 1338; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 1.5; °ra-sūtra, nt., id.: Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 5.6; 258.5 (cited Śikṣāsamuccaya 133.5); Śikṣāsamuccaya 131.13; 135.5 (here a passage from Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 255.1 is quoted).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumLaṅkāvatāra (लङ्कावतार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Samantabhadra (buddhistic). Quoted in Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLaṅkāvatāra (लङ्कावतार):—[from laṅkā > laṅka] (laṅkāv) m. Name of a Sūtra [work] of the Northern Buddhists (one of their 9 canonical scriptures, also called sad-dharma-l See dharma, [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 69]).
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Lanka, Lamka, Avatara.
Starts with: Lankavatarasutra.
Ends with: Saddharmalankavatara.
Full-text (+494): Karmapa, Prativishodhayati, Mauna, Gandhasugandha, Saptakutiraka, Simhasaudasa, Kheja, Anupraveshaka, Dhigama, Vaipakika, Prativikalpa, Vedali, Nagahvaya, Shrimala, Suryavidyutprabha, Rashmivimalaprabha, Svabhavaka, Anucalin, Prasuyata, Krishnapakshika.
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Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
Introduction to the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra < [Introduction]
2.2. Chan and the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
Introduction (various types of Buddha-nature) < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra]
Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
3.2 (a): The Dhyāna in the Laṅkāvatāra sūtra < [Chapter 3 - The Dhyāna in Mahāyāna Literature]
3.4 (a): Bodhidharma and Hui K’o (3rd–4th century CE) < [Chapter 3 - The Dhyāna in Mahāyāna Literature]
1.4: Organisation of the Present Work < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Lankavatara Sutra (by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
The Concept of Sharira as Prameya (by Elizabeth T. Jones)
Works on Nyāya < [Chapter 1]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 2c.2 - The sign of the path of liberation being accomplished < [B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low]
A. Entering into the nature of all dharmas, the unborn < [Chapter X - The view of prajña that realizes the ground without dwelling in dualistic extremes]
C. What is to be abandoned < [Chapter X - The view of prajña that realizes the ground without dwelling in dualistic extremes]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 4 - Hierarchy of the teaching < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]