Tushita, Tusita, Tuṣita, Tuṣitā, Tusitā: 22 definitions
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Tushita has 20 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Tuṣita and Tuṣitā can be transliterated into English as Tusita or Tushita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTuṣita (तुषित):—(Nebenform von tuṣṭa; s. u. tuṣ)
1) m. pl. eine best. Klasse von Göttern [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 5.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1371. 36] an der Zahl [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 4. 12] an der Zahl und mit den 12 Āditya identif. [Harivaṃśa 171. fgg. 418.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 122. 260. 12] Söhne Bhagavant's, welche mit Namen aufgeführt werden [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 1, 8.] Bei den Buddhisten [Burnouf 606. 109. 202.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 279.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 10] u. s. w. (der sg. nirgends zu rechtfertigen). kāyika zur Gruppe der T. gehörig ebend. [37. 51. 120. 178.] — sg. als Beiw. von Viṣṇu (einem der Āditya), ebenso mahātuṣita [Mahābhārata 12, 12864.] —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium der Gemahlin Vedaśiras' und Mutter des Gottes Vibhu (nach [BURNOUF] und [Viṣṇupurāṇa 260,] [Nalopākhyāna 5] auch Mutter der Tuṣita) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 1, 21.]
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Tuṣita (तुषित):—
1) die 12 Tuṣita = 12 Jaya in einer späteren Geburt [Oxforder Handschriften 56,b,33.] pura [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTuṣita (तुषित):——
1) m. — a) Pl. eine best. Gruppe von Göttern (12 und *6 an der Zahl). pura n. ihre Stadt. — b) Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Viṣṇusūtra 98,47.] —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium der Gattin des Vadaśiras.
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Starts with: Tushita Heaven, Tushitabhavana, Tushitacakravartin, Tushitachakravartin, Tushitakayika, Tushitas.
Ends with: Mahatushita, Nistushita, Samtushita, Tushtushita.
Full-text (+202): Tushitakayika, Samtushita, Uccadhvaja, Pratosha, Dharmoccaya, Tosha, Nistushita, Samtosha, Tushita Heaven, Svarocisha, Hrideva, Santussati, Tusiya, Cikitvan, Gopada, Divasparsha, Bhasura, Jamitra, Ghrana, Lokantika.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
4. Sojourn in the Tuṣita heaven. < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]
Act 10.10: Śākyamuni gazes upon the immense assembly gathered before him < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Act 7.1: The Buddha shows his ordinary body (prakṛtyātmabhāva) < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 3 - The race of Dharma: three attributes of the self-born God < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Chapter 4 - Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Chapter 36 - The Lineage of Manu: Manvantaras < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.25 - The divisions of the Laukāntika deva < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 82 - Kāyāvarohaṇeśvara (kāyāvarohaṇa-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 21 - Advice to Propitiate Śiva < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 43 - King Divodāsa’s Valour < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 3 - Lokāntika devas < [Chapter 5]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 2 - Country of ’O-yu-t’o (Ayodhya) < [Book V - Six Countries]
Chapter 15 - Country of Chu-li-ye (Chulya or Chola) < [Book X - Seventeen Countries]
Chapter 1 - Country of U-chang-na (Udyana) < [Book III - Eight Countries]