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Saddharmapundarika, 󲹰ṇḍī첹: 5 definitions

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Saddharmapundarika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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»] � Saddharmapundarika in Mahayana glossary
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (mahayana)

󲹰ṇḍī첹 (सद्धर्मपुण्डरी�) refers to one of the Navadharma (“collection of nine texts�) employed for ritualistic practices in Kathmandu Valley, in the era of Mahindra Vira Vikram Shah (r. 1955�1972).—Cf. Tuladhar–Douglas 2006, 144�147 and von Rospatt 2015, 819�821. The latter remarks that “these canonical works are not so much studied for their content as liturgically recited or put to other ritual uses�.

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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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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Saddharmapundarika in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

󲹰ṇḍī첹 (सद्धर्मपुण्डरी�) is the name of a deity [i.e., o� saddharmapuṇḍarīkāya svāhā], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (ṇḍԲ) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary ū and 󲹲 practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.�

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Saddharmapundarika in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

󲹰ṇḍī첹 (सद्धर्मपुण्डरी�).�(1) name of a work (our 󲹰ṇḍī첹), expounded by Candrasūryapradīpa: 󲹰ṇḍī첹 21.1, 6, 16, etc.; 181.5 etc.; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1335; Śṣāsܳⲹ 47.13; 92.8 (°ka-sūtra); 352.7; (2) name of a samādhi: 󲹰ṇḍī첹 424.2.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

󲹰ṇḍī첹 (सद्धर्मपुण्डरी�).—[neuter] the lotus of the good law, T. of a work.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

󲹰ṇḍī첹 (सद्धर्मपुण्डरी�):—[=-󲹰-ṇḍī첹] [from sad-dharma > sad > sat] n. Name of [work] ([Monier-Williams� Buddhism 69])

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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