Mahaparinirvanasutra, 惭补丑腻辫补谤颈苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺蝉奴迟谤补, Mahaparinirvana-sutra: 3 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: Shodhganga: Thought of buddha natureas depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra惭补丑腻辫补谤颈苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺蝉奴迟谤补 (啶す啶距お啶班た啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぞ啶｀じ啷傕い啷嵿ぐ) ] (or simply 狈颈谤惫腻峁嘺-蝉奴迟谤补) or 鈥淭he s奴tra of the Great Decease of the Buddha鈥� is the most important s奴tra that had a very great and wide influence on the thought of many schools of Chinese Buddhism. The s奴tra expounds some of the famous narrative episodes in the final months of the life of the Buddha. The s奴tra uses these narratives as a foundation for the expression of Mahayana ideals. The Sanskrit original of the Mah膩y膩na version of the Mah膩parinirv膩峁嘺-s奴tra must have been compiled between 200 and 400 CE and has survived only in a number of fragments, which were discovered in Central Asia, Afghanistan and Japan.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary惭补丑腻辫补谤颈苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺蝉奴迟谤补 (啶す啶距お啶班た啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぞ啶｀じ啷傕い啷嵿ぐ) or Parinirv膩峁嘺 or Parinirv膩峁嘺-s奴tra or Mah膩parinirv膩峁嘺.鈥�: Karmavibha峁単a (and Karmavibha峁単opade艣a) 156.15.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻辫补谤颈苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺蝉奴迟谤补 (啶す啶距お啶班た啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぞ啶｀じ啷傕い啷嵿ぐ):鈥擺=尘补丑腻-辫补谤颈苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺-蝉奴迟谤补] [from mah膩 > mah] n. Name of a Buddhist S奴tra.
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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Partial matches: Mahaparinirvana, Sutra.
Full-text: Parinirvana, Parinirvanasutra, Atuma, Nanakarana, Mahaparinirvana, Nirvanasutra, Seven Title Classification, Kushinagari, Putkasa, Arada Kalama, Alara Kalama, Papa, Anuttarashrayasutra, Kashyapa, Four noble truths.
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Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
1. Early period (c): The Mah膩parinirv膩na-s奴tra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tath膩gatagarbha Literature]
1. The Daosheng鈥檚 Thought of Buddha-nature < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
1.1. The Buddha-nature and the Buddha鈥檚 Enlightenment < [Chapter 1 - Evolution of the Buddha-nature Concept]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XII - On the Nature of the Tathagata (Tathagatagarbha) < [Section One]
Chapter VIII - On the Four Dependables < [Section One]
Mahayana Buddhism and Early Advaita Vedanta (Study) (by Asokan N.)
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
History of Bodhisattva A艣vagho峁 < [Introduction]
Appendix III - Mah膩parinirv膩峁嘺-s奴tra (translated by Dharmarak峁)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
Appendix 14 - The appearance of the Buddha and the flower of an Udumbara < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
The Miracle of 膧dum膩 < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]
Appendix 7 - Eight causes for the trembling of the earth < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)