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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMahadgata (啶す啶︵啶椸い) refers to the 鈥渢hat which is extended鈥�, according to Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter XXXII-XXXIV).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭his mind is single, but as its magnitude differs, there are three attributive adjectives used. This mind is vast when it includes one single region, extended (mahadgata) when it goes far and high, immense when it includes the nadir and the other nine regions. Furthermore, if it is low, 尘补颈迟谤墨 is called vast; middling (madhya), it is called extended (mahadgata); higher, it is called immense. Furthermore, if it bears upon the beings of the four main directions, 尘补颈迟谤墨 is called vast; if it bears upon the beings of the four intermediate directions (惫颈诲颈艣), it is said to be extended (mahadgata); if it bears upon the beings of the zenith and the nadir, It is said to be immense. Furthermore, if it destroys the minds of enmity, 尘补颈迟谤墨 is called vast; if it destroys the minds of rivalry (sapatnacitta), it is called extended (mahadgata); if it destroys the minds of malice it is called immense. [...]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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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMahadgata (啶す啶︵啶椸い).鈥�adj. (also maha峁僩ata; = Pali mahag-gata), great, extensive, lofty: contrasted with par墨tta, 艢颈办峁Ｄ乻补尘耻肠肠补测补 248.15; 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 370.2; 522.9; d膩nena 掳gatena 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 227.4; 228.1; 245.26; associated with vipula, 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 522.9; 顿补艣补产丑奴尘颈办补蝉奴迟谤补 15.1; (cittena) vipulena 掳gatena 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 1508; 顿补艣补产丑奴尘颈办补蝉奴迟谤补 34.18; (cetas膩鈥�) vipulena mahadgatena 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 iii.213.13, so read, mss. madgatena, Senart em. m-udgatena; essentially the same passage in Pali, D墨ghanik膩ya (Pali) ii.242.10, (cetas膩鈥�) mahag- gatena, besides in 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈, 顿补艣补产丑奴尘颈办补蝉奴迟谤补 above.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahadgata (啶す啶︵啶椸い):鈥擺=mahad-gata] [from mahad > mah] mfn. great, [顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补] (cf. 笔腻濒颈 mahaggato).
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
II. Aspects of the immeasurables (apram膩峁嘺) < [Class 3: The four immeasurables]
Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)