Lalitavistara, Lalita-vistara: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchLalitavistara (ललितविस्तर):—m. oder vollständiger purāṇa n. Titel eines ausführlichen Sūtra, das die ungekünstelten, naiven Handlungen Śākyamuni’s erzählt, [Burnouf 56. 68. fg.] sulalitavistara [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 8, 5.] — Vgl. laghu .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungLalitavistara (ललितविस्तर):—m. und purāṇa n. Titel eines buddh. Sūtra.
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: Lalita, Vistara.
Starts with: Lalitavistarapurana.
Ends with: Laghulalitavistara, Sulalitavistara.
Full-text (+3181): Alamarya, Ratnayashti, Maineya, Ratnarcis, Krishigrama, Vasantagandhi, Gunaketu, Harshaniya, Keyurabala, Asecaniya, Amogharaja, Gunagradharin, Samcodaka, Prakshepalipi, Prashantacaritramati, Sarvasarasamgrahani, Purvanimitta, Dharmarati, Gunarashi, Samangini.
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The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
The second Bhanavara (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - Subject Matter of the Second Bhanavara]
(1) Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta < [Chapter 4 - Subject Matter of the Third Bhanavara]
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Lives of Buddha (14): Shin-t’ung-yaou-hi-king < [Introduction]
Lives of Buddha (10): Fang-kwang-tai-cwang-yan-king < [Introduction]
Lives of Buddha (1): Fo-pen-hing-king < [Introduction]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 173 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Bibliography Of Sūtras, Tantras And śāstras
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 3 - Measures of Length used in India < [Book II - Three Countries]
Chapter 2 - Country of Kie-pi-lo-fa-su-tu (Kapilavastu) < [Book VI - Four Countries]
Introduction (i): Preface to the “Ta-t’ang-si-yu-ki” by Chang Yueh
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
Clans and Gana-Sanghas < [Chapter 1 - Political Formation at the time of Buddha]
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