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Drishtadharma, ṛṣṭa󲹰: 5 definitions

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Drishtadharma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term ṛṣṭa󲹰 can be transliterated into English as Drstadharma or Drishtadharma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Drishtadharma in Purana glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

ṛṣṭa󲹰 (दृष्टधर्�).—A son of Upamadga.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 14. 9.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Drishtadharma in Mahayana glossary
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

ṛṣṭa󲹰 (दृष्टधर्�) refers to “this life�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] (25) love is included in faultlessness and not concealing one’s own mistakes; (26) having faith in the maturation of action is included in being careful in this life (ṛṣṭa󲹰) and seeing imperfections as a danger for the next world; (27) little desire is included in properly grasping and not being satisfied with insight; (28) knowing satisfaction is included in being easily satisfied with food; [...]’�.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

ṛṣṭa󲹰 (दृष्टधर्�).�m., also as two words (= Pali diṭṭha-dhamma, also as two words), the visible world, the. present life, often contrasted with saṃparāya (sāṃ�): dṛṣṭa- dharma� Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 2974; °ma-sukha- ٲ첹 3.3; °ma-saṃparāya- sukhāya ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 198.9; °ma-hitāya پ屹Բ 207.25; °ma-duḥkhaś Lalitavistara 416.20; yoginā� nilayo hy eṣa ṛṣṭa󲹰vihāriṇām ṅk屹-ūٰ 6.13 (verse), for this (mountain, giri, from prec. line) is the abode of disciplined men that are dwelling in the visible (present) world (badly misunderstood by Suzuki); dṛṣṭe dharme, in the present life, 󲹰ṇḍī첹 279.7; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 25.16; Ѳ屹ٳ iii. 211.15 = 212.2 (dṛṣṭa-); dṛṣṭa eva dharme پ屹Բ 302.20; Բ-śٲ첹 ii.195.1; in Lalitavistara 409.12 (prose) read dṛṣṭa (with mss.) eva dharma (as loc., or possibly em. to °me with Weller 38); dṛṣṭe ca dharme…sāṃparāye ca Բ v.25.

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

1) ṛṣṭa󲹰 (दृष्टधर्�):—[=ṛṣṭa-󲹰] [from dṛṣṭa > dṛ�] mfn. who has seen Dharma

2) [v.s. ...] m. this world, mundane existence, the present, [پ屹Բ]

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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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