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Dharmadhipatya, ٳ󲹰󾱱貹ٲⲹ, Dharma-adhipatya: 1 definition

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Dharmadhipatya means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dharmadhipatya in Mahayana glossary
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

ٳ󲹰󾱱貹ٲⲹ (धर्माधिपत्�) refers to �(having attained the) mastery of (all) dharmas�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva never lose his supernormal knowledge after having attained the mastery of all dharmas (-󲹰󾱱貹ٲⲹ)? Son of good family, if a certain ascetic or a Brahmin produces the supernormal knowledge without having overcome the view that there is a permanent substance, he will loose his supernormal knowledge. However the Bodhisattva, having overcome sixty-two doctrinal viewpoints derived from the root view that there is a permanent substance, produces the supernormal knowledge in the absence of any attachment of view; [...]�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) 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 ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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