Bhavabhatta, Bhāvabhaṭṭa, Bhavabhaṭṭa, Bhava-bhatta: 3 definitions
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Bhavabhatta 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
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesBhavabhaṭṭa (भवभट्ट) is the author of the commentaries of the Catuṣpīṭha and Cakrasaṃvara.—Whether Bhavabhadra and Bhavabhadra might be the same person or not, it is certain that Bhavabhadra is not after Gayādhara (the first half of the 11th century) because Bhavabhadra’s Vivṛti commentary on the Vajraḍāka was translated into Tibetan by Gayādhara Isaacson and Sferra analyzed Bhavabhaṭṭa (identical to Bhavabhadra) to have flourished “around 1000 CE” (Isaacson and Sferra 2015 b, p. 477), and Szántó , in the “first half of the 10 th cent” (Sz á nt ó 2015, p. 320).
Source: Google books: Genesis and Development of Tantra (Vajrayana)Bhavabhaṭṭa (भवभट्ट) (or Bhavabhadra) is the name of a commentator on the Laghuśaṃvara.—In chapter 38 of his Rgya gar chos ’byung (“History of Buddhism in India”), Tāranātha includes several commentators on the Laghuśaṃvara [e.g., Bhavabhaṭṭa], among ten persons whom he holds to have occupied the office of chief Vajrācārya at Vikramaśīla in rapid unbroken succession.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāvabhaṭṭa (भावभट्ट):—[=bhāva-bhaṭṭa] [from bhāva] m. (with saṃgīta-rāya) Name of an author, [Catalogue(s)]
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: Bhatta, Bhava.
Starts with: Bhavabhatta samgitaraya.
Full-text: Bhavabhadra, Bhavabhatta samgitaraya, Nashtoddishtaprabodhakadhrauvapadatika, Muraliprakasha, Samgitanupankusha, Janardana bhatta.
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