Bodhisattvabhumi, Bodhisattva-bhumi, Bodhisattvabhūmi: 4 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraBodhisattvabhūmi (बोधिसत्त्वभूमि) refers to ten “Bodhisattva grounds”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 52:—
- the joyous ground (pramuditā-bhūmi),
- the stainless ground (vimalā-bhūmi),
- the shining ground (prabhākarī-bhūmi),
- the ground of fiery wisdom (arciṣmati-bhūmi),
- the ground difficult to conquer (sudurjayā-bhūmi),
- the ground of presence (abhimukhī-bhūmi),
- the far-gone ground (dūraṃgamā-bhūmi or dūraṅgamā-bhūmi),
- the unshakeable ground (acalā-bhūmi),
- the ground of good wisdom (sādhumatī-bhūmi)
- the ground of the cloud of the Dharma (dharmameghā-bhūmi).
The ten bodhisattvabhūmis according to the Mahāvastu:
- durārohā, bhūmi difficult of access.
- baddhamānā, hindered bhūmi.
- puṣpamaṇḍitā, bhūmi adorned with flowers.
- rucrā, delightful bhūmi.
- cittavistarā, stretching the mind bhūmi.
- rūpavatī, bhūmi full of beauty.
- durjayā, invincible bhūmi.
- janmanideśa, confirmation of birth (?).
- yauvarājya, quality of the crown prince.
- abhiṣeka, crucial anointment.
The Mahāvastu is alone in proposing this classification of which scholastic Buddhism has no account.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBodhisattvabhūmi (बोधिसत्त्वभूमि).—. name of a work: Bodhisattvabhūmi, colophons; regularly, 11.20 etc.; in text (not colophon) 409.14 f. alternative forms of the title are given as Bodhisattva- piṭaka-mātṛkā and Mahāyāna-saṃgraha, qq.v. See s.v. bhūmi for the meaning of the term.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBodhisattvabhūmi (बोधिसत्त्वभूमि):—[=bodhi-sattva-bhūmi] [from bodhi-sattva > bodhi > budh] f. Name of [work]
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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)
Partial matches: Bhumi, Bodhisattva.
Starts with: Bodhisattvabhumisutra.
Full-text (+944): Prabhakari, Arcishmati, Sudurjaya, Abhimukhi, Ten stages, Sadhumati, Dharmamegha, Pramudita, Caryapratipattibhumi, Acala, Nishthagamanabhumi, Nirupama, Niyatabhumi, Duramgama, Samantaprabha, Gotrabhumi, Bhumi, Adhimukticarya, Vimala, Bodhisattvabhumisutra.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Note (2). The ten Bodhisattva grounds or abodes < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Note (3). The ten grounds shared by adepts of the three vehicles < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Appendix 1 - Acalā (the eighth bodhisattva bhūmi) < [Chapter XXXVIII - The Eleven Knowledges, the Three Meditative Stabilizations and the Three Faculties]
Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)
Introduction to the Ten Stages (Dasabhumi) < [Chapter 2 - Study: Summary of the Ten Stages]
Part 3.2 - Manuscripts and Translations of the Dasabhumika Sutra < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 2 - Bhumi Doctrine and the Theravada Scheme Leading to Nibbana < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Socially Engaged Buddhism (with reference to Australian society) (by Phuong Thi Thu Ngo)
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 4 - The purpose of doing three recitations of that ritual < [B. the extensive explanation of arousing bodhicitta]
Part 7 - The explanation of the twenty downfalls, together with the associated qualities < [B. the extensive explanation of arousing bodhicitta]
2f) How, by the power of mind, accumulations are gathered < [Part 2 - The essence]
Theravada Buddhist studies in Japan (by Keiko Soda)
8. Conclusion of chpater 3 < [Chapter 3 - Theravada and Mahayana (comparison and contrast)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - The Chapter on Potowa (po to ba) < [Book 5 - The Sovereign Lord (Atiśa)]
Chapter 1 - Shri System (v): Zhan ston < [Book 14 - Great Compassion Cycle]
Chapter 6 - First incarnation series (iii): spom brag pa < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]