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Sarvapada, Sarva-pada: 3 definitions

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Sarvapada 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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Sarvapada (सर्वपद) refers to �(the syntax of) all words�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (ṇ�)? [...] (33) knowledge of comforting all living beings; (34) knowledge of teaching the dharma appropriately to each and every one; (35) knowledge of keeping the words of all Buddhas by recollection; (36) knowledge of entering into analyzing the syntax of all words and letters (貹岹-ⲹñᲹԲ); [...]�.

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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»] � Sarvapada in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sarvapada (सर्वपद):—[=sarva-pada] [from sarva] n. [plural] (or [in the beginning of a compound]) words of every kind, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska; Nirukta, by Yāska]

2) 岹 (सर्वपा�):—[=-岹] [from sarva] m. Name of a man, [Horace H. Wilson]

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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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