Mahasthamaprapta, Mahāsthāmaprāpta: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāsthāmaprāpta (महास्थामप्राप्त):—s. u. mahāsthāna .
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: Mahasthama, Prapta.
Starts with: Mahasthamapraptalokeshvara.
Full-text: Avalokiteshvara, Western Paradise, Mahasthanaprapta, Mahasthana, Mahasthamapraptalokeshvara, Vimalakirti, Mahasattva, Samantabhadra, Maheshvara, Bodhisattva, Manjushri.
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Search found 6 books and stories containing Mahasthamaprapta, Mahasthama-prapta, Mahāsthāma-prāpta, Mahāsthāmaprāpta; (plurals include: Mahasthamapraptas, praptas, prāptas, Mahāsthāmaprāptas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
108 forms of Avalokiteśvara (106): Mahāsthāmaprāpta Lokeśvara
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 4 - Illuminating the darkness of the intermediary worlds < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
Appendix 1 - The legend of Mañjuśrī < [Chapter XLVII - Praises made by the Buddhas]
The 22 main Bodhisattvas < [Chapter XIII - The Buddha-fields]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Robert A. F. Thurman)
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)