Navadharma, Nava-dharma: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (mahayana)Navadharma (नवधर्म) refers to a “collection of nine texts”.—As for recent practices in the Kathmandu Valley, there is evidence for the performance of a royal ritual for protection involving Pañcarakṣā recitation in the era of Mahindra Vira Vikram Shah (r. 1955–1972). [...] In this part of South Asia, few early manuscripts of the Suvarṇaprabhāsottama survive, though this sūtra became part of the renowned navadharma collection of nine texts in medieval times.
The Navadharma collection consists of:
- Prajñāpāramitā,
- Pañcarakṣā,
- Nāmasaṃgīti,
- Gaṇḍavyūha,
- Daśabhūmi,
- Samādhirāja,
- Saddharmapuṇḍarīka,
- Lalitavistara and
- Laṅkāvatāra.
Note: On the Navadharma or Navagrantha collection in an earlier set, with the Suvarṇaprabhāsa and Tathāgataguhyaka replacing the Pañcarakṣā and Nāmasaṃgīti in its present form, see 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dharma, Nava, Tarma.
Ends with: Gautamiyavaishnavadharma, Manavadharma.
Full-text: Navagrantha, Prajnaparamita, Namasamgiti, Gandavyuha, Saddharmapundarika, Lankavatara, Dashabhumi, Pancaraksha, Lalitavistara, Samadhiraja.
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