Adiptashirashcailopama, Ādīptaśiraścailopama: 1 definition
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Adiptashirashcailopama means something in 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.
The Sanskrit term Ādīptaśiraścailopama can be transliterated into English as Adiptasirascailopama or Adiptashirashcailopama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Adiptashirashchailopama.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀdīptaśiraścailopama (आदीप्तशिरश्चैलोपम).—(in Mahāvyutpatti °celop°), adj., and °ma-tā, subst., (state of being) like one whose head or clothes are on fire (i.e. who is in extreme danger and needs nirvāpaṇa, the putting out of the flames; applied to one leading a worldly life; in Pali ādittasīsa and ādittacela occur as separate cpds., Aṅguttaranikāya (Pali) iv.320.26, compare also SN v.440.7): °maḥ Mahāvyutpatti 1802; Śikṣāsamuccaya 54.3—4 kusīdo 'haṃ bodhiś cādīpta- śiraścailopamena bahūn kalpān…samudānetavyā; 191.8—9 parākramasaṃpannatā ādīptaśiraścailopamatā jñānaparyeṣṭyā (here state of realizing, being aware, that one's head and clothes are on fire, and so in next); Gaṇḍavyūha 493.2 īdṛśyādīpta° °pamatayā (text separates īdṛśyā dīpta°) kalyāṇamitrājñānaṃ na vilomayanti.Bendall and Rouse in Śikṣāsamuccaya Transl. misunderstand the word.
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