Aparagodana, 础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补, Apara-godana: 4 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补 (啶呧お啶班啷嬥う啶距え) refers to one of the mythical regions which the Bhik峁s visited when a famine broke out, according to the notes at Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter XXIV).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淥ne day when the Buddha was at R膩jag峁沨a, a famine broke out. The Bhik峁s who had magical powers went to various mythical regions, Jambudv墨pa, P奴rvavideha, 础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补, Uttarakuru, the Tr膩yastri峁兣沘 heaven, to gather the marvelous foods and fruits which these regions produced and distributed them to the community鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补 (啶呧お啶班啷嬥う啶距え).鈥�(also 驳辞岣峚苍颈 or 驳辞岣嵞乶颈) Name of a country to the west of Mah膩meru (according to Buddhistic ideas).
Derivable forms: 补辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补尘 (啶呧お啶班啷嬥う啶距え啶).
础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apara and 驳辞诲腻苍补 (啶椸啶︵ぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补 (啶呧お啶班啷嬥う啶距え):鈥擺=apara-驳辞诲腻苍补] [from apara] n. (in Buddhist cosmogony) a country west of the Mah膩-meru.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English Dictionary础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补 (啶呧お啶班啷嬥う啶距え):鈥擺karmadharaya compound] n. (?)
(-nam) (In Buddhistic cosmo-gony.) One of the four dv墨pas or continents which are in each of the innumerable earths, and the inhabitants of which have faces of the same shape as the continent in which they are born; the 础辫补谤补驳辞诲腻苍补 is in shape like a round mirror and 7000 Yojanas in extent, on the west of the Mah膩meru which is in the centre of the earth and from its base to its summit 168,000 Yojanas in height; in this continent merit cannot be obtained. (Spence Hardy, Manual of Buddhism pp. 4. 449.) E. apara and 驳辞诲腻苍补.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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: Godana, Apara.
Full-text: Aparagodani, Godaniya, Purvavideha.
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