Anantamaladhvaja, Anantāmaladhvaja, Anantamala-dhvaja: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Anantāmaladhvaja (अनन्तामलध्वज) is the name of a Tathāgata, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to venerable Ānanda “[...] Then, as long as he [Māra] has faith in the thought of awakening, he will be born [in the universe of] the Tathāgata Anantāmaladhvaja, will stop doing the works of the Māra by the teaching of [the Tathāgata there], will maturate this roots of good, and, by the thought which is no thought, in accordance with all the light of the dharma of the Buddha, will produce the thought of awakening. After that, he will serve, respect, worship, homage and give offerings to the uncountable and innumerable Tathāgatas, and will become a monk following their teachings. Having become a monk, he will uphold the true dharma in the three times, and bringing innumerable beings to maturity [...]’”.

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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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