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Anushamsa, Anuśaṃsā, Գśṃs: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Anuśaṃsā and Գśṃs can be transliterated into English as Anusamsa or Anushamsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Գśṃs (अनुशंस) refers to “immense benefits�, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 46.—Accordingly, “The Bodhisattva invites beings to practice generosity:—Poverty () is a great suffering but it is not out of poverty that one commits evil actions (ṣkṛt) and falls into the bad destinies. [...] These are the immense benefits (Գśṃs) of generosity, and for this reason the Bodhisattva ‘wants beings to become established in the perfection of generosity�.�.

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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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[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Anushamsa in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Գśṃs (अनुशंस).�m.; °sā, f.; also ānuśaṃsa °sā; and ānṛśaṃsa, Buddhacarita 6.12, mss. (Johnston em. anu- śaṃsa; Tibetan supports anu° or ānu°, rjes-su); according to Kern [Sacred Books of the East] 21.336 note 1, ānṛśaṃsa in title of 󲹰ṇḍī첹 chapter 18, but KN ed. has °nu° (quantity of preceding a- obscured by saṃdhi); La Vallée-Poussin, Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā 22 n. 3, assumes ānṛ� as orig. form; Pali only ānisaṃsa; [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] mss. often °saṃś� for °śaṃs°; benefit, blessing, advantage, profit, as derived from virtuous actions of various kinds; Pali lists five ([Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]; other lists occur), and five are often mentioned in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], but they are different for different works of merit, and other numbers (as 10, 18) also occur; I have not found the [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] list in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]. Forms: Գśṃs, m., Ѳ屹ٳ ii.81.2 eṣo 'nuśaṃso dharme sucīrṇe; Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) i.3, commentary; پ屹Բ 437.25; Śṣāsܳⲹ 16.8; 124.2; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 196.6; 304.12 ye…anuśaṃsā(�); Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 40.22 (note katame following; here the five are those of Pali Aṅguttaranikāya (Pali) iii.244.8 ff., only the first two being named in Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa)); anuśaṃsā, f., Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 2626 (Tibetan phan yan, read phan yon); ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 42.12 imā(�)� anuśaṃsā(�); Գśṃs or °sā, m. or f., (Āⲹ-)Ѳñśīū첹貹 658.27 (n. pl.); ٲśū첹ūٰ 32.6 °sānugata-; ānuśaṃsa, m., 󲹰ṇḍī첹 296.1 ānu- śaṃsāś ca…ye; 391.1 bahūn ānuśaṃsān; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.324.9 (verse), mss. Գśṃs, but meter requires ānu°; form app. acc. sg.; Senart em. ānisaṃsa�; ii.372.16 (mss. ānuśaṃso, Senart em. °�); Բ-śٲ첹 i.213.12 ime…ānuśaṃsā�; Śṣāsܳⲹ 121.2 ānuśaṃsa(�); ānuśaṃsa or °sā, m. or f., 󲹰ṇḍī첹 373.8, 12 (°sā�, n. pl.); on ānṛśaṃsa see above; Գśṃs or ānu°, m. (initial vowel obscured by saṃdhi), 󲹰ṇḍī첹 420.11 (prose) °sā(�), with ime; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 296.21 °sā�, n. pl., with m. [Page035-a+ 71] pronouns; پ屹Բ 92.25 °sā(�), n. pl. (note following katame); 302.22 pañcānuśaṃsān; 436.17 °so; 󾱰Ჹūٰ 19.1 °sa-, in composition; anuśaṃsā or ānu°, f., Ѳ屹ٳ iii.357.13 (prose) naiṣkra- myānuśaṃsā-vyavadāna�; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.373.18 -sā(�), mss., acc. pl. (Senart em. °sā�); title of 󲹰ṇḍī첹 chapter 18 °sā-parivarta�; anu° or ānu°, m. or f., 󲹰ṇḍī첹 421.10; پ屹Բ 567.7; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 31.15 ff. (all n. pl.); [ܱī] adjective, -anu° or -ānu°, mahānu° Ѳ屹ٳ iii.221.5; Lalitavistara 439.6; پ屹Բ 228.17; Բ-śٲ첹 ii.108.1; alpānu° Ѳ屹ٳ iii.221.3.

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Ānuśaṃsa (आनुशंस).�m., and °sā, f., = anu°, q.v.; ānuśa�- saka, see -anu°.

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Գśṃs (अनुशंस) or Ānṛśaṃsa.—see s.v. Գśṃs.

Գśṃs can also be spelled as Ānuśaṃsa (आनुशंस).

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

1) Գśṃs (अनुशंस):—[=Գ-śṃs] [from Գ-śṃs] m. speaking ill, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka]

2) [v.s. ...] comfort, privilege, [پ屹Բ]

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