Dhutaguna, Dhūtaguṇa, Dhuta-guna: 5 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāDhūtaguṇa (धूतगुण) refers to the “qualities of purity”, 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 who has attained memory never forget? Son of good family, the Bodhisattva attains memory (dhāraṇī) by purifying his memory. What then is the purification of memory? Son of good family, there are thirty-two purifications of memory. What are the thirty-two? [...] (25) entering into what is to be done; (26) no fear reflecting on thoughts concerning the three gates of liberation; (27) never cutting off the [fourfold] sources of holiness by possessing the qualities of purity (dhūtaguṇa); (28) no despondency to uphold the true religion; [...]”.
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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaDhūtaguṇa (धूतगुण) refers to the “twelve ascetic virtues” as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 63).
- paiṇḍapātika: (eating only) almsfood,
- traicīvarika: (wearing only) three robes,
- khalupaścādbhaktika: not (accepting more) after starting eating,
- naiṣadyika: not lying down,
- yathāsaṃstarika: bed in accordance (with whatever is offered),
- vṛkṣamūlika: (living at) the root of a tree,
- ekāsanika: (eating during) one sitting,
- ābhyavakāśika: (living in an) empty place,
- āraṇyaka: (living in a) wilderness,
- śmāśānika: (living in a) charnel ground,
- pāṃśūkūlika: (wearing only) robes made from discarded materials,
- nāmatika: (wearing only) felt garments.
Other translations include “twelve strict observances” and “twelve pure practices”. The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., dhūta-guṇa). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDhūtaguṇa (धूतगुण).—an ascetic practice, precept.
Derivable forms: dhūtaguṇaḥ (धूतगुणः).
Dhūtaguṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhūta and guṇa (गुण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDhutaguṇa (धुतगुण).—m. (= dhūta-guṇa, q.v.; tho not recognized in [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary], this occurs in Pali, Dhammapada (Pali) commentary iv.30.13, besides dhūta°, q.v., for more regular dhutaṅga; compare dhuta, which is also used alone in this sense, and dhuta-dharma), (one of the 12) qualities of the purified man: Daśabhūmikasūtra 98.2; dhutaṃguṇa (nasalization m.c.) Śikṣāsamuccaya 328.2 (verse, from Ratnolkādhāraṇī); dhutaguṇāgrapārago (of Kā- śyapa, see s.vv. dhutadharma, dhūtaguṇa) Mahāvastu i.64.14 (verse).
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Dhūtaguṇa (धूतगुण).—m., usually pl. (also dhuta°, q.v.: corresp. to Pali dhūtaṅga, dhu°; Pali also has dhūtaguṇa, Dhammapada (Pali) commentary iii.399.18; and dhu°, q.v.; compare also dhuta- dharma), the qualities or virtues of the purified man (Tibetan sbyaṅs pa, pure), viz. of an ascetic who lives an unworldly life (see dhuta, which is also used alone in the sense of °guṇa); also as [bahuvrīhi], one who possesses these qualities: °ṇa-samanvāgato Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 135.9; °ṇa-sākṣātkṛtā(ḥ) Divyāvadāna 62.3; °ṇa-vādinām agro Divyāvadāna 61.28; 395.23; said of Kāśyapa, see s.v. dhuta°; there are 12 °ṇāḥ ([bahuvrīhi], m., persons so characterized) in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], Mahāvyutpatti 7011 and 1127, listed 1128-1139 as pāṃśukūlika, traicīvarika, nāma(n)tika, paiṇḍapātika, aikāsanika, khalu-paścād-bhaktika, āraṇyaka, vṛkṣamūlika, ābhyavakāśika, śmāśānika, naiṣadika, yāthāsaṃstarika, qq.v.; same in diff. order and with minor variants (recorded s.vv.) Dharmasaṃgraha 63, and (without the name dh°) Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 387.3—8; in Pali there are 13 dhutaṅga, see Childers, and especially Vism. i.59.15 ff. where they are listed and defined; they include Pali equivalents of all the above except the third, and in addition two others, sāpadānacārika, and pattapiṇḍika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dhutaguṇa (धुतगुण):—[=dhuta-guṇa] [from dhuta > dhu] = dhūtag (q.v.), [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]
2) Dhūtaguṇa (धूतगुण):—[=dhūta-guṇa] [from dhūta > dhū] m. ascetic practice or precept, [Divyāvadāna] (there are 12 according to, [Dharmasaṃgraha lxiii]).
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.
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