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Mahaprahasa, Ѳ: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Ѳ (महाप्रहा�) is the name of a king according to appendix 6 at Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter IV.—King Candraprabha of Bhadraśilā (according to other sources, King Ѳ of Vāraṇasī) is renowned for his generosity. The brahmin Raudrākṣa comes to ask him for his head. The ministers Mahācandra and Mahīdhara offer him a head made of precious substances; the brahmin does not accept; the king attaches his hair to a tree and cuts his head off himself to give it to the brahmin.

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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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