Dharmamukha, Dharma-mukha: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāDharmamukha (धर्ममु�) refers to �(a hundred thousand) ways into the dharma�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] As long as the Buddhas and Bodhisatvas in ten directions taught a hundred thousand ways into the dharma (dharmamukha) by means of syllables, explanations, and agreed terms, all those voices of the dharma, which never increase or decrease and do not enter into any difference, resonated in the open space endlessly. By the sound of the dharma, all living beings in this world system of three thousandfold worlds obtained this understanding, and thus immeasurable and incalculable living beings became matured in the three vehicles (ٰԲ). [...]�

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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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDharmamukha (धर्ममु�).�nt., entrance or introduction to the [Page280-b+ 71] doctrine or to religion, way of entering it; so correctly Bur- nouf on ṇḍī첹 53.5, introductions à la loi, confirmed by Tibetan on Lalitavistara 161.14 chos kyi sgo rnam, doors or entrances to the doctrine or to religion. They are usually said to be very numerous: dharmāmukhā (°mā° m.c.) koṭisahasr� aneke prakāśayiṣyanti anāgate 'dhve ṇḍī첹 53.5 (verse); asaṃkhye- yāni dharmamukha-śatasahasrāṇi niścaranti sma Lalitavistara 128.8 (as the alphabet is recited, religious dicta come forth); a formulaic list, beginning (akṣayavimokṣa)-saṃbheda� nāma dharmamukha(�) Ҳṇḍū 195.24; sarvadharmaśubha- vyūha� nāma dharmam° 196.3, and others in 196.5�6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, etc. (the names are pompous but unilluminat- ing); (sarvaromamukhebhyo) vividhāni dharmamukhāni niścaramāṇāny aśrauṣīt Ҳṇḍū 515.5, followed by: yad uta, bo- dhisattvaguṇavarṇa-mukhāni dānapāramitā-mukhāni etc. (the cpds. become longer and more embracing as they proceed); precisely four are listed in Lalitavistara 182.5 ff., (bodhi- sattvaḥ�) catvāri dharmamukhāny āmukhīkaroti sma� (6) yad idaṃ…catuḥsaṃgrahavastu-prayoga-nirhāra- viśuddhi� ca nāma dharmamukhaṃ�(and three other even more complicated ones, showing no clear relation to the Ҳṇḍū lists; it seems clear that there was no standard or accepted list); (bodhisattvāḥ�) dharmamukhai� saṃcoditavyā bhavanti Lalitavistara 161.14, are to be instigated (to withdraw from the world) by (the utterance of) intro- ductions to religion (such as those which then follow in verses).
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mukha, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma, Dhamma.
Full-text: Nirihara, Triyana, Yana, Dharmalokamukha.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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