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The Lankavatara Sutra has a section where the Bodhisattva Mahamati asks Buddha 108 questions [8] and another section where Buddha lists 108 statements of negation in the form of "A statement concerning X is not a statement concerning X." [9] In a footnote, D.T. Suzuki explains that the Sanskrit word translated as "statement" is pada which can ...
Sanskrit Name Name Mantra Name Meaning Name Name Mantra गजानन ॐ गजाननाय नमः। Elephant-faced Lord Gajanana ... 108 Names of Ganesh.
Nakshatra (Sanskrit: ... The 27 nakshatras, each with 4 padas, give 108, which is the number of beads in a japa mala, representing all the elements (ansh) of Vishnu: ...
For example, in traditional Buddhist thought, people are said to have 108 afflictions or kleshas. [20] In another reckoning, 108 is the number of possible dharmas or phenomena. In East Asian Buddhism, 108 can also represent 108 meditations, or the Buddhist 108 deities in the Diamond Realm Mandala. [2]
The Muktikā Upanishad's list of 108 Upanishads groups the first 13 as mukhya, [80] [note 6] 21 as Sāmānya Vedānta, 18 as Sannyāsa, [84] 14 as Vaishnava, 14 as Shaiva, 8 as Shakta, and 20 as Yoga. [85] The 108 Upanishads as recorded in the Muktikā are shown in the table below. [78] The mukhya Upanishads are the most important and ...
Karanas are the 108 key transitions [1] in the classical Indian dance described in 4th Chapter named "Tandava Lakshana" of Natya Shastra. Karana is a Sanskrit verbal noun, meaning "doing". Description
Muktikā (Sanskrit: मुक्तिका) refers to the Sanskrit-language anthology of a canon of 108 Upaniṣhads. [1] The date of composition of each is unknown, with the oldest probably from about 800 BCE.
Pāṇini included numerous "optional rules" beyond the Vedic Sanskrit's bahulam framework, to respect liberty and creativity so that individual writers separated by geography or time would have the choice to express facts and their views in their own way, where tradition followed competitive forms of the Sanskrit language. [108]