Ashokashri, Aśokaśrī: 3 definitions
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Ashokashri 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.
The Sanskrit term Aśokaśrī can be transliterated into English as Asokasri or Ashokashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAśokaśrī (अशोकश्री) is the name of the Buddha of the Sarvaśokāpagata universe according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XV). Accordingly, “In the south (dakṣiṇa), beyond universes as numerous as the sands of the Ganges and at the extreme limit of these universes, there is the universe called Li yi ts’ie yeou (Sarvaśokāpagata); its Buddha is named Wou yeou tö (Aśokaśrī) and its Bodhisattva Li yeou (Vigataśoka)”.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAśokaśrī (अशोकश्री).—(1) m., name of a Buddha: Śikṣāsamuccaya 169.12; (in the south) Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 32.1 (misprinted Aśīka°); (2) f., name of a deity of the bodhisattva-saṃgīti-prāsāda in Kapilavastu: Gaṇḍavyūha 385.19.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśokaśrī (अशोकश्री):—[=a-śoka-śrī] [from a-śoka] m. Name of a son of Bindu-sāra, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]
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.
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Partial matches: Shri, Ashoka.
Full-text: Sarvashokapagata, Vigatashoka.
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Act 10.7: The universes and Buddhas of the ten directions < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
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