Alternative spellings of this word include Chitantaramsa.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Citāntarāṃsa (चितान्तरांस) or Citāntarāṃsatā refers to “between the shoulders it is firm” and represents the twentieth of the “thirty-two marks of a great man” (lakṣaṇa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., citāntarāṃsa). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Source: academia.edu: A Prayer for Rebirth in the Sukhāvatī

Citāntarāṃsa (चितान्तरांस) refers to “no indentation between the shoulders” and represents the sixteenth of the thirty-two major marks of distinction (lakṣaṇa) mentioned in the Sukhāvatī and following the order, but not always the exact wording, of the Mahāvyutpatti (236-67). In Tibetan, the characteristic called Citāntarāṃsa is known as ‘thal gong rgyas pa’. The Sukhāvatī represents a prayer for rebirth which was composed by Karma chags med, a Karma bka’ brgyud master, who lived in the seventeenth century.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Citāntarāṃsa (चितान्तरांस) or Citāṅguli.—see s.v. cita.

context information

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.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Citantaraṃsa refers to: “one whose shoulder-hole is heaped up, ” one who has the shoulders well filled out (Ep. of a Mahāpurisa) D.II, 18; III, 144, 164. (Page 265)

Note: citantaraṃsa is a Pali compound consisting of the words cita and antaraṃsa.

context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Antaramsa, Cita.

Starts with: Citantaramsata.

Full-text: Citanguli, Citantaramsata, Lakshana, Cita.

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