- explanations.
These texts developed out of
early Buddhist lists or
matrices (
mātṛkās) of key teachings.
Later post-canonical
Abhidharma works were
written as...
-
Matrikas (Sanskrit: मातृका (singular), IAST:
mātṛkā, lit. "mothers") also
called Mataras or Matri, are a
group of
mother goddesses in Hinduism. The Matrikas...
- Nāradasmṛti is a part of the Dharmaśāstras, an
Indian literary tradition that
serves as a
collection of
legal maxims relating to the
topic of dharma. This...
- The Dāyabhāga is a
Hindu law
treatise written by Jīmūtavāhana
which primarily focuses on
inheritance procedure. The Dāyabhāga was the
strongest authority...
- (saṃgrahavastu). The path is
presented through prose exposition,
mnemonic lists (
matrka) and also
through Jataka narratives.
Using this
general framework, the Bodhisattvapiṭaka...
- fell on the ground, a copy of him
would spawn.
Vishnu created several Mātṛkās to
drink the
blood of the
demon every time he was hurt,
preventing the...
-
Upanishads Genealogy Parents Kashyapa (father)
Aditi (mother)
Consort Mātṛkā (according to
Bhagavata Purana)
Children Garṣaṇi (according to Bhagavata...
-
though earlier, as the
latter is
mentioned in the former. It is
basically a
matrka on the
early teachings,
arranged in
groups of
dharmas by number, similar...
-
systematized teachings called Abhidharma,
based on
previous lists or
tables (
Matrka) of main
doctrinal topics.
Unlike the Nikayas,
which were
prose sutras or...
- 14. indrāgni, 15.vāyu, 16.vāmadeva, 17.maitrāvaruṇi 18. viśvedevā, 19.
mātṛkā, 20.viṣṇu, 21.vasu, 22. rudra, 23.kubera and 24.aśvins The
Padmapurana (in...
