Bahushrutiya, Bāhuśrutīya: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bāhuśrutīya can be transliterated into English as Bahusrutiya or Bahushrutiya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Bahuśrutīya (बहुश्रुतीय) refers to one of the Eighteen Sects (of the Vaibhāṣika) [classified as Sarvāstivāda] known in Tibetan as bye brag smra ba'i gyes pa bco brgyad.—Cf. the writings of Vinītadeva (8th century): an Indian scholar and author who was active at the ancient Nalanda university where he produced commentaries on both the Triṃśikā and the Viṃśatikā which survive in Tibetan translation and some Sanskrit fragments.
Bahuśrutīya (बहुश्रुतीय) refers to one of the “Seven Sarvāstivādin Sects” which are known in Tibetan as gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba las gyes pabdun. They are mentioned in the Vaibhāṣika section of the “history of the Śrāvaka philosophical systems”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Bāhuśrutīya (बाहुश्रुतीय).—pl., name of a (Buddhist) school: Mahāvyutpatti 9082.
Bahuśrutīya (बहुश्रुतीय):—[=bahu-śrutīya] [from bahu > bah] m. [plural] ‘having deep erudition’, Name of a Buddhist school.
Bahuśrutīya (बहुश्रुतीय):—(von bahu + śruta) m. pl. Nomen proprium einer buddhistischen Schule (die Anhänger grosser Gelehrsamkeit) [Burnouf 446.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 357.] [WASSILJEW 226. fgg. 243.]
Bahuśrutīya (बहुश्रुतीय):—m. Pl. eine best. buddhistische Schule.
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: Bahu.
Full-text: Duo wen bu, Duo wen, Po shou lou duo ke, Bahusrutiyah, Duo wen jia, Eighteen sects, Seven sects, Bahushrutyapratilabha, De duo wen bu, Duo wen fen bie bu, Bo shou lou duo ke, Po hou shu di ke, Eighteen Hinayana Sects, Four basic schools, Shuo jia bu bi zu jia zhan yan, Xiao cheng shi ba bu.
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