Gayakashyapa, Gayākāśyapa, Gaya-kashyapa: 6 definitions
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Gayakashyapa has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Gayākāśyapa can be transliterated into English as Gayakasyapa or Gayakashyapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGayākāśyapa (गयाकाश्यप):—(gayā + kā) m. Nomen proprium eines Schülers von Śākyasiṃha [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 32.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 1, 12.] [Burnouf 158.] [Nalopākhyāna 3.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 126.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 457.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 250 (20). 304 (74).]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGayākāśyapa (गयाकाश्यप):—m. Nomen proprium eines Schülers des Śākyamuni.
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: Gaya, Kashyapa.
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XLIII - The Jātaka of Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa, Nadī-Kāśyapa and Gayā-Kāśyapa < [Volume III]
Chapter X - The Buddha’s Visit to Kapilavastu < [Volume III]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 4 - The conversion of Urubilvā Kāśyapa and the thousand Jaṭilas < [Chapter XXXVI - The eight recollections (anusmṛti or anussati)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 3 - Acts of the Buddha < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Chapter XVI - King Bimbisāra and Disciples < [Fascicle Four]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XXXVI - On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (d) < [Section Seven]
Chapter XXXI - On Bodhisattva Highly-virtuous King (e) < [Section Six]