The Sanskrit term Anupūrvadaṃṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Anupurvadamstra or Anupurvadamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Anupūrvadaṃṣṭra (अनुपूर्वदंष्ट्र) or Anupūrvadaṃṣṭratā refers to “regular eye-teeth” and represents the fifty-ninth of the “eighty secondary characteristics” (anuvyañjana) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., anupūrva-daṃṣṭra). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Source: academia.edu: A Prayer for Rebirth in the Sukhāvatī

Anupūrvadaṃṣṭra (अनुपूर्वदंष्ट्र) refers to “regular canine teeth” and represents the fifty-seventh of the eighty minor marks of distinction (anuvyañjana) mentioned in the Sukhāvatī and following the order of the Mahāvyutpatti (269-348). In Tibetan, the characteristic called Anupūrvadaṃṣṭra is known as ‘mche ba byin gyis phra ba’. The Sukhāvatī represents a prayer for rebirth which was composed by Karma chags med, a Karma bka’ brgyud master, who lived in the seventeenth century.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anupūrvadaṃṣṭra (अनुपूर्वदंष्ट्र):—[=anu-pūrva-daṃṣṭra] [from anu-pūrva] mfn. having regular hair, regularly shaped limbs, regular teeth, a regularly shaped navel, regular lines in the hands (all these are epithets given to Buddha, some of them also to Mahāvīra), [Buddhist literature] and, [Jaina literature]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anupūrvadaṃṣṭra (अनुपूर्वदंष्ट्र):—[bahuvrihi compound] m.

(-ṣṭraḥ) Whose (large?) teeth are grown in a regular manner or symmetrically; one of the eighty anuvyañjana q. v. (compare anupūrvakeśa); accord. to the Buddhists. E. anupūrva and daṃṣṭrā.

context information

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: Damshtra, Anupurva.

Starts with: Anupurvadamshtrata.

Full-text: Anupurvadamshtrata, Anuvyanjana, Anupurva.

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