Anupapadaka, Anupapādakā: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Anupapadaka 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnupapādakā (अनुपपादका).—'Having no material parent'. Name of a class of Buddhas, called Dhyānibuddhas.
Derivable forms: anupapādakāḥ (अनुपपादकाः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupapādaka (अनुपपादक):—[=an-upapādaka] [from an-upapatti] m. [plural] ‘having no material parent’, Name of a class of Buddhas, called Dhyānibuddhas.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupapādaka (अनुपपादक):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. pl.
(-kāḥ) (In the Buddhistic doctrine of Nepal) a class of Buddhas which is of non-material origin, also called dhyānibuddhāḥ ‘the Buddhas of contemplation’; in contradistinction from the mānuṣibuddhāḥ or the seven Buddhas of human origine, the last of which is Śākyamuni. E. a priv. and upapādaka lit. ‘without a parent’.
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Upapadaka, An.
Full-text: Upapadaka.
Relevant text
Search found 2 books and stories containing Anupapadaka, An-upapadaka, An-upapādaka, Anupapādakā, Anupapādaka; (plurals include: Anupapadakas, upapadakas, upapādakas, Anupapādakās, Anupapādakas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Introduction < [Book I - Thirty-Four Countries]