Mahasamghika, Mahasanghika, Mahāsāṅghika, Mahāsāṃghika, Mahāsaṅghika: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāsāṃghika (महासांघिक):—[(ma + sāṃ)] m. pl. Name einer buddhistischen Schule [Burnouf 446. 452.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 357.] [WASSILJEW 38 u.s.w.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 132. 2, 37. 192.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 69. 86. 94. 158.] [KÖPPEN 1, 152. 156. 182.] Häufig fälschlich saṃdhika geschrieben.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāsaṃghika (महासंघिक):—fehlerhaft für sāṃghika.
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Mahāsāṃghika (महासांघिक):—m. Pl. eine best. buddhistische Schule [Tārānātha’s Geschichte]
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: Samghika, Maha, Sanghika.
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