Kumarajiva, Kumārajīva, Kumara-jiva: 8 definitions
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Kumarajiva means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKumārajīva (कुमारजीव):—(ku + jīva) m. Name einer Pflanze (s. putraṃjīvaka) [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKumārajīva (कुमारजीव):—m. Putranjiva Roxburghii [Carakasaṃhitā 1,27.]
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: Jiva, Kumara.
Full-text: Dvadashamukha Shastra, Three Shastra, Shatika Shastra, Satyasiddhi Shastra, Kundaka, Paramartha, Turpan, Lohitamukti, Savara, Upaliparipriccha, Saptadharma, Ekottaradharma, Ratnavati, Bhikshunivinaya, Kushalaparivarta, Kshudrakaparivarta, Shakavarga, Hsuan-tsang, Niyama.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Preliminary note (3): Explanations on the aṅgas < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]
Understanding dharmatā: Preliminary note < [Part 2 - Understanding dharmatā and its synonyms]
Buddhas of the present: Preliminary note (6) < [Part 7 - Seeing, hearing and understanding all the Buddhas of the present]
Vietnamese Buddhist Art (by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh)
1. Physical appearance of Avalokitesvara < [Chapter 3 - Unifying factors of the Avalokitesvara Images in South Vietnam and South East Asia]
Vimalakīrti Sutra (by John R. McRae)
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
1.1. Āryadeva and His Works < [Chapter 3 - The Laṅkāvatārasūtra and Hindu Philosophy]
1. The Daosheng’s Thought of Buddha-nature < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
The Faithfulness Of Chinese Translations < [Introduction]
History of Bodhisattva Aśvaghoṣa < [Introduction]
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