Gayakashyapa, Gayākāśyapa, Gaya-kashyapa: 6 definitions

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Gayakashyapa 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.

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 Wörterbuch

Gayākāśyapa (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 Fassung

Gayākāśyapa (गयाकाश्यप):—m. Nomen proprium eines Schülers des Śākyamuni.

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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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