Adibuddha, Ādibuddha, Adi-buddha: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀdibuddha (आदिबुद्ध):—(ā + bu)
1) adj. im Anfange erkannt [Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad Kārikā. 4, 92]; vgl. 98: ādau buddhāḥ . —
2) m. der Ur-Buddha, die höchste Gottheit der nördlichen Buddhisten, [Burnouf 117. 120. 222. 230. 442. 525. 581. 617.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 1084.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀdibuddha (आदिबुद्ध):——
1) Adj. im Anfange erkannt. —
2) m. Bez. der obersten Gottheit bei den nördl. Buddhisten.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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: Buddha, Adi, Aadi.
Ends with: Appadibuddha.
Full-text (+97): Guhyeshvari, Adinatha, Svayambhucaitanya, Svabhava, Svayambhu, Parinishpanna, Caturbuddhasana, Asanayoga, Candramandala, Caturbuddha, Sarvadharmasamata, Niranvaya, Varnatmaka, Pancashikha, Pancaciraka, Ekalambanatva, Alambanatva, Pancanana, Pancamukha, Alambana.
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