Kamalashila, Kamalaśīla: 5 definitions
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Kamalashila has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kamalaśīla can be transliterated into English as Kamalasila or Kamalashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKamalaśīla (कमलशील):—(1. ka + śīla) m. Nomen proprium eines Gelehrten [WASSILJEW 295. 319. 324.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKamalaśīla (कमलशील):—m. Nomen proprium eines Gelehrten (buddh.).
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: Shila, Kamala, Cila.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 13 - Non-existence of the donor < [Chapter XX - The Virtue of Generosity and Generosity of the Dharma]
Part 5 - Pañcamātra Bhikṣusahasra (section of five thousand arhats) < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
Bhūmi 7: the far-gone ground (dūraṃgamā / dūraṅgamā) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
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Part 8.9 - Carvaka Philosophy < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)
In Light of the Apoha Theory of Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla
Śāntarakṣita on Two Kinds of Arguments for Self-Awareness
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3646 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
6. Nature of Illusion < [Chapter 1 - The Nature and Criterion of Knowledge]
4. Criticism of the Theories of Truth < [Chapter 1 - The Nature and Criterion of Knowledge]
6.2. The Meaning of Kalpanā < [Chapter 3 - The Buddhist Theory of Perception]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 20 - Dialectical criticisms of Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla (a.d. 760) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Part 2 - Thought and its Object in Buddhism and in Vedānta < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Part 13 - Logical Speculations and Terms relating to Academic Dispute < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
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