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Anathapindada, ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹, Anatha-pindada: 7 definitions

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹 (अनाथपिण्डद) is the name of a Vaiśya whose story is mentioned in the Dakṣiṇīyaūٰ, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “in the Dakṣiṇīyaūٰ, the Buddha said to the Vaiśya Ki-kou-tou (ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹): ‘In the world there are two fields of merit (ṇyṣeٰ), the śṣa and the aśṣa�. According to this same ūٰ, ‘the śṣa are eighteen in number and the aśṣa are nine in number’�.

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Anathapindada in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹 (अनाथपिण्डद).�'giver of food to the poor', Name of a merchant in whose garden Buddha Gautama used to instruct his pupils.

Derivable forms: ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹� (अनाथपिण्डद�).

ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ٳ and 辱ṇḍ岹 (पिण्डद). See also (synonyms): ٳpiṇḍika.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹 (अनाथपिण्डद).�(once °piṇḍika, q.v., as in Pali), name of a rich layman (gṛhapati), owner of the grove (ārāma) in Jetavana at Śrāvastī where Buddha often stayed: Lalitavistara 1.5; Ѳ屹ٳ i.4.13 (5 of 6 mss. read here °piṇḍasya); iii.224.11 (here Senart °piṇḍasya with 1 ms., v.l. °piṇḍādasya); Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 4111; پ屹Բ 1.2; 35.11; 77.27; 80.12; 168.5; 172.27; 429.8; 466.23, etc.; Բ-śٲ첹 i.13.5 etc., common; title af Բ-śٲ첹 chapter 39 (i.223.1), see also Բ-śٲ첹 i.313.6 ff.; ṇḍū 1.5; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 21.13 etc.; 71.19; ū-پ岹-վԲⲹ iii.135.22 (his life, as Sudatta, more fully than in Pali).

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

ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹 (अनाथपिण्डद):—[=-ٳ-辱ṇḍ-岹] [from ] m. ‘giver of cakes or food to the poor�, Name of a merchant (in whose garden Śākyamuni used to instruct his disciples).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳ󲹱辱ṇḍ岹 (अनाथपिण्डद):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-岹�) The name of a celebrated merchant, the owner of the garden Jetavana near Śrāvasti, where the Buddha Sākyamuni used to explain his doctrine to his disciples. He was also called ٳpiṇḍika. E. ٳ and 辱ṇḍ-岹 ‘giving food to the poor�.

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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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