Catvarimshaddanta, Catvarimshat-danta, Catvāriṃśaddanta: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Catvāriṃśaddanta can be transliterated into English as Catvarimsaddanta or Catvarimshaddanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chatvarimshaddanta.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Catvāriṃśaddanta (चत्वारिंशद्दन्त) refers to the “forty teeth” (in Buddha’s mouth), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, [while explaining how the physical qualities of the Buddha should be recollected]: “[...] (8) His mouth has forty teeth (catvāriṃśaddanta), white, pure, sharp and wondrous. (9) His four canine teeth are very white and very shiny. (10) His upper and lower lips are equal, neither too big nor too small, neither too long nor too short. (11) His tongue is thin and long; it is soft, red, like a heavenly lotus. [...]”.
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
Catvāriṃśaddanta (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 四十齒 [sì shí chǐ]: “forty teeth”.
Note: catvāriṃśaddanta can be alternatively written as: catvāriṃśad-danta.
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: Catvarimshat, Danta.
Starts with: Catvarimshaddantata.
Full-text: Samacatvarimshaddanta, Si shi chi, Catvarimshat, Lakshana.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Recollection of the Buddha (3): Physical marks and superhuman power < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]
6. Birth and the thirty-two marks (lakṣaṇa) < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]
IV. The perfections are causes and conditions of the thirty-two marks < [Part 3 - Possessing a body endowed with the marks]