Vatsiputriya, Vātsīputrīya: 5 definitions
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Vatsiputriya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraVātsīputrīya (वात्सीपुत्रीय).—The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra adds that “later, the Vātsiputrīya monks recited the Śāriputrābhidharma” and Paramārtha, probably on the basis of this assertion, will explain that their founder, the Arhat Vatsyaputra, had had Rāhula as his Upādhyāya, who himself had had as Upādhyāya Śāriputra who had expounded the Abhidharma in nine parts of the Buddha, called the Abhidharma of the “characteristics of the doctrine” or Dharmalakṣaṇābhidharma
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: SgForums: BuddhismVatsiputriyah (most influential) - Vatsiputriyas in Sanskrit, Vajjiputtakas in Pali. Hinayanist sect often linked with Sammatiyah, which broke from the orothodox Sarvastivada. The founder was Vatsa. They may be classified as Pudgalavadins, accepting the pudgala transmigrated, and rejecting the theory of the Five Skandhas (the Five Aggregates comprising personality). They were considered schismatics through their insistence on the reality of the self. That individual self is neither the same nor different from the Five Skandhas. The doctrine challenged the Dharma exposition by the Sarvastivadah. The school was later dividied into four:
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVātsīputrīya (वात्सीपुत्रीय).—(compare under prec.), name of a Buddhist school: Mahāvyutpatti 9088. See refs. in [Boehtlingk and Roth].
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vatsīputrīya (वत्सीपुत्रीय):—[=vatsī-putrīya] [from vatsa] [wrong reading] for vātsī-p.
2) Vātsīputrīya (वात्सीपुत्रीय):—[=vātsī-putrīya] [from vātsī > vātsa] m. [plural] the sect or school of Vātsī-putra, [Buddhist literature]
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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: Vatsi, Putriya.
Starts with: Vatsiputriyas.
Full-text: Tridharmakashastra, Sammitiyanikayashastra, Vatsiputra, Sammitiya, Vatsiputriyas, Pudgalavada.
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Search found 12 books and stories containing Vatsiputriya, Vātsīputrīya, Vatsīputrīya, Vatsi-putriya, Vatsī-putrīya, Vātsī-putrīya; (plurals include: Vatsiputriyas, Vātsīputrīyas, Vatsīputrīyas, putriyas, putrīyas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 336 (the doctrine of ‘Soul’ according to Vātsīputrīyas) < [Chapter 7 - Doctrine of the Self (ātman, ‘soul’)]
Verse 352 < [Chapter 8 - Examination of the Doctrine of the Permanence of Things]
Verse 340-342 < [Chapter 7 - Doctrine of the Self (ātman, ‘soul’)]
The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux (by Satkari Mookerjee)
Chapter XII - The Soul-theory of the Vātsīputrīyas < [Part I - Metaphysics]
Chapter I - The Nature of Existence < [Part I - Metaphysics]
Chapter XVI - Nirvāṇa < [Part I - Metaphysics]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
1. Traces of the Buddha-nature in Early Buddhism (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Evolution of the Buddha-nature Concept]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 5 - The division into eighteen schools (of the Doctrine of the Buddha) < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XLVI - On On Kaundinya (b) < [Section Ten]
Chapter XL - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a) < [Section Eight]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 13 - Non-existence of the donor < [Chapter XX - The Virtue of Generosity and Generosity of the Dharma]
II. Emptiness in the Hinayānist sects < [Note on emptiness (śūnyatā)]
1. The ātman is not an object of consciousness. < [Part 13 - Non-existence of the donor]