Smarayitavya, Smārayitavya: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureSmārayitavya (स्मारयितव्य) or Anusmārayitavya refers to “call to mind” (e.g., ‘one should call to mind a particular mantra’), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Nāga kings said to the Bhagavān], “[...] Then, O Bhagavān, the spell-master should call to mind (anusmārayitavya) this previous mantra and the curse dhāraṇī-mantrapadas seven times. Then he should offer caṇḍa seeds 108 times in the Nāga lake. Then, O Bhagavān, all our residences will blaze up by fire-flames. [...]”.
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.
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Ends with: Anusmarayitavya.
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