The Sanskrit terms Kusumāśayana and Kusumaśayana can be transliterated into English as Kusumasayana or Kusumashayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Lokottaravāda

Kusumāśayana (कुसुमाशयन) is the name of a Buddha under whom Śākyamuni (or Gautama, ‘the historical Buddha’) acquired merit along the first through nine bhūmis, according to the Mahāvastu. There are in total ten bhūmis representing the ten stages of the Bodhisattva’s path towards enlightenment.

Kusumāśayana is but one among the 500 Buddhas enumerated in the Mahāvastu during a conversation between Mahākātyāyana and Mahākāśyapa, both principle disciples of Gautama Buddha. The Mahāvastu is an important text of the Lokottaravāda school of buddhism, dating from the 2nd century BCE.

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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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kusumaśayana (कुसुमशयन).—a bed of flowers; V.3.1.

Derivable forms: kusumaśayanam (कुसुमशयनम्).

Kusumaśayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kusuma and śayana (शयन).

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

Kusumaśayana (कुसुमशयन).—name of a former Buddha: Mahāvastu i.140.8.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusumaśayana (कुसुमशयन).—[neuter] a couch of flowers.

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

Kusumaśayana (कुसुमशयन):—[=kusuma-śayana] [from kusuma] n. a couch of flowers, [Śakuntalā; Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kusumashayana in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sayana, Kusuma.

Ends with: Samdashtakusumashayana.

Full-text: Samdashtakusumashayana, Kusumastarana, Pratyagra, Kalpita, Kusuma.

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