Bhavagra, Bhavāgra, Bhava-agra: 6 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraBhavāgra (भवाग्र) refers to the “summit of existence”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 4).—Accordingly, “[Question: Why is the Buddha called Bhagavat?]—[Answer]: [...] Furthermore, bhāga means glory (yaśas-) and vat indicates its possession. [...] The noble Cakravartin kings often reign over the four continents (caturdvīpaka); the Buddha reigns over countless universes (apramāṇalokadhātu).—The Cakravartin kings have mastery over wealth (pariṣkāravaśitā); the Buddha has mastery over mind (cetovāśita).—The noble Cakravartin kings covet heavenly bliss (devasukha); the Buddha covets nothing, having reached the well-being of the summit of existence (bhavāgra-sukha). [...]”.
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureBhavāgra (भवाग्र) refers to the “highest point of the universe”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [after the Bhagavān reached the lotus-lake near Aḍakavatī], “Then Vairambhaka, a Yakṣa leader belonging to the retinue of Māra, uttered a voice and sounded a cry in the Triple Thousand Great Thousand Universe, ‘Great dangers have arisen in the world, there is the conflagration of the aeon in seven days. There is nothing here that will not burn completely from the highest point of the universe (bhavāgra) to Avīci’”.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhavāgra (भवाग्र).—the farthest end of the world; Buddh.
Derivable forms: bhavāgram (भवाग्रम्).
Bhavāgra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhava and agra (अग्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBhavāgra (भवाग्र).—m. (nt.? = Pali bhavagga), the highest point of the universe, of existence; the limit of existence; often locally, but also figuratively: (read) °nimagna (with prec. [compound]) sthitā (voc. sg.) bhavāgre Lalitavistara 116.22 (verse), O thou stationed at the peak of existence! (misunderstood by Lefm. and Foucaux); divyā bhavāgraparyantāḥ Lalitavistara 374.7; bhūmitalam upādāya yāvad bhavāgram Mahāvastu ii.302.3, from the earth's surface to the peak of the universe; yāvad bhavāgraṃ, also, Mahāvastu ii.312.6; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 370.4; (manuṣyopapattim ādiṃ kṛtvā) yā° bhav° Daśabhūmikasūtra 25.20, to the limit (here tem- poral) of existence; bhavāgrā lokadhātūyo Mahāvastu ii.350.3, the extreme summits of the universe; bhavāgra-pūraṃ Mahāvastu ii.378.21 etc., see s.v. pūra (2); bhavāgrāc ca gāminī pratipat Bodhisattvabhūmi 277.14.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhavāgra (भवाग्र):—[from bhava] n. the farthest end of the world, [Buddhist literature]
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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)
Starts with: Bhavagrahin, Bhavagrahya, Bhavagraminavadyoka, Bhavagraminavadyokta, Bhavagrantha.
Full-text: Heshtena, Deva, Ahsrava, Urdhvasrotas, Upadaya, Pura.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
1. Pure path (anāsrava-mārga) and Impure path (sāsrava-mārga) < [Part 4 - Questions relating to the dhyānas]
II. The Ten Knowledges (daśa-jñāna) according to the Abhidharma < [Part 1 - The eleven knowledges (jñāna, ñāṇa)]
1. Prajñā of the śrāvakas < [Part 2 - Prajñā and the prajñās]
Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Chapter XVIII - The Conversion of Anāthapiṇḍada < [Fascicle Four]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXX - The second Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]