Kumarakrida, Kum膩rakr墨岣嵞�, Kumara-krida: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKum膩rakr墨岣嵞� (啶曕啶ぞ啶班啷嵿ぐ啷�啶∴ぞ) refers to 鈥渃hildish play鈥�, according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra chapter 1.鈥擜ccordingly: 鈥淰ictims of their own modesty, these people cannot become firm adepts of the holy Dharma. It is for them that the Buddha is born in the Lumbin墨vana. 鈥� Although he might have gone directly to the tree of enlightenment and become Buddha there, he pretended by skillful means to act as a child, as an adolescent, as a young man (d膩raka) and as a grown man. At every age, he successively fulfilled the appropriate role: childish play (办耻尘腻谤补办谤墨诲补), study of the arts, householder鈥檚 duty, enjoyment of the five objects of desire. [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) 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 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
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