Anikshiptadhura, Anikṣiptadhura, Anikṣiptadhūra: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Anikṣiptadhura and Anikṣiptadhūra can be transliterated into English as Aniksiptadhura or Anikshiptadhura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAnikṣiptadhura (अनिक्षिप्तधुर) is one of the Bodhisattvas accompanying the Buddha at Rājagṛha on the Gṛdhrakūṭaparvata, mentioned in a list of twenty-two in to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 13.—They were at the head of countless thousands of koṭinayuta of Bodhisattva-mahāsattvas who were all still awaiting succession and will still accede to Buddhahood. He is also known as Pou chö tsing tsin.
Anikṣiptadhura is one of the sixteen classified as a lay (gṛhastha) Bodhisattva.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnikṣiptadhūra (अनिक्षिप्तधूर).—Name of a Bodhisattva or deified Buddhist saint.
Derivable forms: anikṣiptadhūraḥ (अनिक्षिप्तधूरः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAnikṣiptadhura (अनिक्षिप्तधुर).—(1) adj. (= Pali anikkhittadhura), not laying down the burden, persevering: Bodhisattvabhūmi 203.21; Gaṇḍavyūha 514.18; °ra-tā, state of being persevering, Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 287.15 etc.; (2) name of a Bodhisattva: Mahāvyutpatti 719; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 3.5; Kāraṇḍavvūha 1.11 (text °dhūra); Sukhāvatīvyūha 92.12.
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Anikṣiptadhura (अनिक्षिप्तधुर) or Anikṣipta-bhāra.—(1), adj., q.v.: Mahāvastu i.95.10.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnikṣiptadhūra (अनिक्षिप्तधूर):—[=a-nikṣipta-dhūra] m. Name of a Bodhisattva or deified Buddhist saint.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnikṣiptadhūra (अनिक्षिप्तधूर):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-raḥ) The proper name of a Bodhi-sattva or Bauddha deified saint. E. a neg. and nikṣiptadhūra(?).
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Partial matches: Anikshipta, Dhura, Tura.
Full-text: Anikshiptabhara.
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