Bhishmagarjitanirghoshasvara, Bhīṣmagarjitanirghoṣasvara: 1 definition

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Bhishmagarjitanirghoshasvara means something in 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 Bhīṣmagarjitanirghoṣasvara can be transliterated into English as Bhismagarjitanirghosasvara or Bhishmagarjitanirghoshasvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Bhishmagarjitanirghoshasvara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bhīṣmagarjitanirghoṣasvara (भीष्मगर्जितनिर्घोषस्वर).—name of a former Buddha: Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 481.3; identical with Bhīṣmagarjitasvara- rāja (vv.ll. add nirghoṣa, or ghoṣa, before svara; Burnouf reads ghoṣa), name of a former Buddha who was succeeded by a long series of Buddhas of the same name: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 375.10 ff.; under this Buddha (or in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka the first of them) the Bo- dhisattva Sadāprarudita (in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sadāparibhūta), qq.v., started his career.

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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.

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