Ugratagrihapati, Ugratagṛhapati, Ugrata-grihapati: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Ugratagṛhapati can be transliterated into English as Ugratagrhapati or Ugratagrihapati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraUgratagṛhapati (उग्रतगृहपति) is mentioned in the Ugratagṛhapatijātaka, according to chapter L: “thus Yu-k’ie’t’o kiu-che (Ugratagṛhapati), for offering to five hundred arhats, Chö-li-fou (Śāriputra), etc., on the same day obtained a fruit of retribution: five hundred merchants (vaṇij) who received the remains of his food each gave him a necklace (muktahāra) and he became rich immediately. As a result he was called ‘suddenly rich’ (Ugrata)”.
Notes: This is probably Ugrata-of-Vaiśalī (in Pāli, Ugga Avesālika) who made six delightful gifts to the Buddha (cf. Manāpadāyisutta of Anguttara) and who was proclaimed the foremost of the upāsakas who make pleasing gifts. [...] As homonym, Ugrata had Ugra-of-Hastigrāma (in Pāli, Ugga hatthigāmaka), proclaimed the foremost of the upāsaka benefactors of the Community (cf. Anguttara). Although the lives of the two gṛhapatis are strangely similar, the commentary of the Anguttara, dedicates distinct notes to them.
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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