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Ashokashri, śǰ첹śī: 4 definitions

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Ashokashri 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.

The Sanskrit term śǰ첹śī can be transliterated into English as Asokasri or Ashokashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ashokashri in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

śǰ첹śī (अशोकश्री) is the name of the Buddha of the Sarvaśokāpagata universe according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XV). Accordingly, “In the south (岹ṣiṇa), beyond universes as numerous as the sands of the Ganges and at the extreme limit of these universes, there is the universe called Li yi ts’ie yeou (Sarvaśokāpagata); its Buddha is named Wou yeou tö (śǰ첹śī) and its Bodhisattva Li yeou (վٲśǰ첹)�.

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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 ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beings

śǰ첹śī (अशोकश्री) refers to one of the �Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas� (Tibetan: ltung bshags kyi sangs rgyas so lnga) according to various sources in Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism such as the Triskandhadharma-Sutra and the Ratnakuta-Sutra.—These texts describe the practice of purification by confession and making prostrations to these Buddhas [e.g., śǰ첹śī] while incorporating visualization techniques using a variety of iconographic depictions. The purpose of such practice is to purify negative karma.

śǰ첹śī is also known in Tibetan as: Nya ngen mepé pal [Wylie: mya ngan med pa'i dpal]

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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 (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ashokashri in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

śǰ첹śī (अशोकश्री).�(1) m., name of a Buddha: Śṣāsܳⲹ 169.12; (in the south) Śٲ󲹲-ñ 32.1 (misprinted Aśīka°); (2) f., name of a deity of the bodhisattva-saṃgīti-prāsāda in Kapilavastu: Ҳṇḍū 385.19.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

śǰ첹śī (अशोकश्री):—[=-śǰ첹-śī] [from -śǰ첹] m. Name of a son of Bindu-sāra, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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