The Sanskrit term Āścaryaprāpta can be transliterated into English as Ascaryaprapta or Ashcaryaprapta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Ashcharyaprapta.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Āścaryaprāpta (आश्चर्यप्राप्त) refers to “(one having attained) astonishment”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then, when the bodhisatva Samantāloka examined the world-spheres of ten directions by the divine sight, in immeasurable and incalculable Buddha-fields of the ten directions, just as the rain of all kinds of jewels poured down and all voices of the dharma resounded in this Sahā universe, just so in those Buddha-fields he saw that such phenomena occurred without increasing or decreasing, and without entering into any difference. Then the Bodhisattva Samantāloka, having been astonished (āścaryaprāpta), uttered a joyous utterance: ‘[...]’ ”

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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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Partial matches: Ashcarya, Prapta.

Full-text: Ashcarya.

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