Mahasamnipata, Maha-samnipata, Mahāsaṃnipāta, Mahāsannipāta, Maha-sannipata, Mahasannipata: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāMahāsaṃnipāta (महासंनिपात) refers to the “Great Collection”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly as The Lord said: “O Śāriputra, the Bodhisattva, the great being, Gaganagañja is coming here to see, praise, serve me, and attain this exposition of the dharma (dharma-paryāya), A Chapter of the Great Collection (mahāsaṃnipāta-parivarta). Also he is coming with the assembly of all Bodhisattvas who have gathered from the worlds of the ten directions for the sake of the joy of the dharma (dharma-prītā), happiness (sukha), the source of great joy (prāmodya), the upholding of the great vehicle, and the wings of awakening (bodhi-pakṣika) of all Bodhisattvas”.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMahāsaṃnipāta (महासंनिपात) [or mahāsaṃnipātasūtra].—name of a work, identified by Thomas after Watanabe as source of fragment Hoernle [Manuscript Remains of Buddhist literature found in Eastern Turkestan] 104 ff.
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: Samnipata, Maha.
Starts with: Mahasamnipatasutra.
Full-text (+3140): Makajanni, Parivarta, Samnipata, Abhaya, Kuta, Gamana, Utpalavaktra, Nava, Bhutapurva, Itihasa, Itihasaka, Vyuhasamadhi, Avartasamadhi, Ghosha, Krittikanakshatra, Purvabhadrapadanakshatra, Abhijinnakshatra, Ashvininakshatra, Ashleshanakshatra, Maghanakshatra.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Preliminary note (2): The dvādaśāṅga < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]
Preliminary note on the ‘five eyes’ < [Part 6 - Obtaining the five ‘eyes’]
Jātaka of the lion, the monkey and the vulture < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)