Anyatirthika, Anyatīrthika, Anya-tirthika: 3 definitions
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Anyatirthika means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAnyatīrthika (अन्यतीर्थिक) refers to “(all) other heretics”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How, then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva grasp the treasury of the dharma jewel of the Awakened Lords? [...] The bodhisatvas, having grasped it, do not forget any letter or lose any meaning (artha), and they please all living beings, gratify (ārāgayati) all Buddhas, vanquish all Māras, subjugate all other heretics (anyatīrthika), and appease all vices (kleśa). Thus they understand the dharma jewel words. In this way, son of good family, the Bodhisattva grasps the Awakened Lords’ treasury of the dharma jewel. [...]”.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAnyatīrthika (अन्यतीर्थिक).—(compare Pali añña-titthiya), see tīrthika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnyatīrthika (अन्यतीर्थिक):—[=anya-tīrthika] [from anya] mfn. belonging to another sect, heterodox, [Jātakamālā]
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: Anya, Tirthika.
Full-text: Paratirthika, Opanayika, Caraka, Aupanayika.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II.5. Dharma leading to the good place (aupanayika) < [II. Recollection of the Dharma (dharmānusmṛti)]
Appendix 5 - Arhathood of Ānanda < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)