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Sarvamdada, ṃd岹: 4 definitions

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

ṃd岹 (सर्वंद�) is the name of an ancient king, according to the ṃd岹jātaka, as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter L.—Accordingly, “thus king -’o-ٲ-ٴ (ṃd岹) chained up his own body and gave it to a Brahmaṇa�.

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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»] � Sarvamdada in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ṃd岹 (सर्वंद�).�(compare -dada, which see for use of this word as adj.), name of a king, previous birth of Śākyamuni: m.c. Sarvadada ṣṭ貹ṛc 22.12 (compare Finot p. vii, No. 7) °dadena nṛpeṇa satā me. In Ѳ屹ٳ iii.250.14 (verse) Senart assumes that ṃd岹 is also the name of a man, but nothing in the context indicates that it is anything but an adj., (an unnamed man) who gave away everything; the episode which is told in Ѳ屹ٳ shows no relation to the story alluded to in ṣṭ貹ṛc.

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

ṃd岹 (सर्वंद�):—[=-�-岹岹] [from sarva] m. Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]

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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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