Sadaprarudita, Sadāprarudita: 2 definitions
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Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra1) Sadāprarudita (सदाप्ररुदित) is the name of a Bodhisattva, as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—This Bodhisattva [Sadāprarudita] found a manuscript of the Prajñāpāramitā at Gandhāra in the city of Gandhavatī in the middle of a tower where the Bodhisattva Dharmodgata had hidden it. It had been written on gold-leaf with molten beryl; sealed with seven seals, it was enclosed in a precious casket resting on a bed set with the seven jewels. To pay homage to Bodhisattva Dharmodgata, Sadāprarudita ‘Eternally Weeping’ sacrificed his body several times and, not finding any water to wash the place where he was to meet the Bodhisattva, “he took a sharp blade, pierced his body everywhere and sprinkled the place with his own blood”.
The adventures of Sadāprarudita are told at length in various recensions of the Prajñāpāramitā [Aṣṭasāhasrikā chapters 30 and 31, Pañcaviṃśati and Śatasāhasrikā].
2) According to the chapter XLVI, “the Bodhisattva Sa-t’o-po-louen (Sadāprarudita) sold his body, his blood and his flesh to honor the Teacher”. Such Bodhisattvas who would meet a Buddha and would wish to honor him were very upset if they did not have any offerings.
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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySadāprarudita (सदाप्ररुदित).—name of a Bodhisattva, the same called in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sadāparibhūta, q.v.: Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 481.1 ff.; a section of this passage cited Śikṣāsamuccaya 37.14 ff.; named also Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 120.4; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 425.19.
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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Full-text: Sadaparibhuta, Gandhavati, Bhishmagarjitanirghoshasvara.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 13.21 (Commentary) < [Chapter 13 (Text and Commentary)]
Text 12.14 (Commentary) < [Chapter 12 (Text and Commentary)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - Legend of the bodhisattva Sadāprarudita < [Chapter XXXVI - The eight recollections (anusmṛti or anussati)]
I. The desire to offer < [Part 1 - Honoring all the Buddhas]
Bhūmi 2: the stainless ground (vimalā) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 5 - The benefits < [E. Knowing what is to be abandoned and accepted, and how the siddhis are received]