Ashvajit, Asvajit, Ashva-jit, 础艣惫补箩颈迟: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 础艣惫补箩颈迟 can be transliterated into English as Asvajit or Ashvajit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index础艣惫补箩颈迟 (啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む).鈥擲on of Jayadratha.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 49. 49.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra础艣惫补箩颈迟 (啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む) (P膩li: Assaji) is the name of a Bhik峁 according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter XVI). Accordingly, 鈥淭he two Brahmacarin masters (艢膩riputra and Maudgaly膩yana), hearing that a Buddha had appeared in the world, went to R膩jag峁沨a together to welcome the news. At this time, a Bhik峁 named A chouo che (础艣惫补箩颈迟), [one of the first five disciples], wearing his robes (肠墨惫补谤补) and carrying his begging bowl (辫腻迟谤补), entered the city to beg for his food鈥�.
Note: This Bhik峁 is named 础艣惫补箩颈迟 (in P膩li, Assaji) in most of the Chinese and P膩li sources, whereas the 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 (III) calls him Upasena. He was one of the five Pa帽cavarg墨yabhik峁, who were the first to embrace the Buddhadharma (Vinaya I).
: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)础艣惫补箩颈迟 (啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む) [?] is the name of a Goddess appointed as one of the Divine protector deities of 础艣惫补, according to chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mah膩sa峁僴ip膩ta-s奴tra, a large compilation of S奴tras (texts) in Mah膩y膩na Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.鈥擨n the Candragarbhas奴tra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective kingdoms of Jambudv墨pa [e.g., the Goddesses 础艣惫补箩颈迟 in 础艣惫补], resembling the time of the past Buddhas.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础艣惫补箩颈迟 (啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む).鈥�a. gaining horses by conquest. 峁欢惫别诲补 2.21.1; 啶さ啶膏啶� 啶椸啶溹た啶︵ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む (pavasva gojid补艣惫补jit) 峁欢惫别诲补 9.59.1.
础艣惫补箩颈迟 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 补艣惫补 and jit (啶溹た啶む).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary础艣惫补箩颈迟 (啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む) or 础艣惫补ki or 础艣惫补kin.鈥攓.v., in 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 only: 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 iii.328.20 (掳k墨, nom.); 掳k墨 also iii.139.5; 掳ki (m.c., nom.) 13; 掳kin膩 (instr.) 8; 掳kisya (gen.) iii.337.5; 339.1.
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础艣惫补箩颈迟 (啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む).鈥�(= Pali Assaji, one of the pa帽cavaggiy膩 bhikkh奴; compare 础艣惫补ki[n]), name of one of the five monks (see bhadravarg墨ya, with variants): 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 1.10; Lalitavistara 1.7; 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 1037; 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 268.6; 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补 2.3.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 础艣惫补箩颈迟 (啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶溹た啶む):鈥擺=补艣惫补-jit] [from 补艣惫补] mfn. gaining horses by conquest, [峁歡-veda ii, 21, 1; ix, 59, 1; Atharva-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. (t) Name of a Buddhist Bhik峁.
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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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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 9.59.1 < [Sukta 59]
Shurangama Sutra (with commentary) (English) (by Hsuan Hua)
Shariputra: the eye consciousness < [Chapter 2 - Twenty-five Means to Enlightenment]
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Mahamaudgalyayana: the mind consciousness < [Chapter 2 - Twenty-five Means to Enlightenment]
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The travels of Fa-Hian (400 A.D.) (by Samuel Beal)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
Part 3 - Conversion of 艢膩riputra and Maudgaly膩yana < [Chapter XVI - The Story of 艢膩riputra]
Appendix 1 - The legend of 艢膩riputra and his teacher Sa帽jaya < [Chapter XVI - The Story of 艢膩riputra]
Appendix 3 - Arhathood of 艢膩riputra (Upati峁a) and Maudgaly膩yana < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Chapter XVII - Conversion of the Great Disciples < [Fascicle Four]
Chapter XV - Turning the Wheel of the Law < [Fascicle Three]
Chapter XVI - King Bimbis膩ra and Disciples < [Fascicle Four]