Mahishasaka, Mahisasaka, Mahīśāsaka: 6 definitions
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Mahishasaka has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mahīśāsaka can be transliterated into English as Mahisasaka or Mahishasaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahīśāsaka (महीशासक):—[(ma + śā)] m. pl. Name einer buddhistischen Schule [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 210.] [Burnouf 446. 633.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 357.] [WASSILJEW 89 u.s.w.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 85. 115. 295.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 132.] vinaya [431.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahīśāsaka (महीशासक):—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: Sasaka, Mahi.
Full-text: Second Buddhist Council, Dharmaguptaka, Asanga, Sukhavativyuha Sutra, Vinaya.
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