Dharmacakrapravartana, Dharmacakra-pravartana: 3 definitions
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Dharmacakrapravartana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Dharmachakrapravartana.
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Dharmacakrapravartana (धर्मचक्रप्रवर्तन) refers to “one who turns the wheel of the dharma”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “The Bodhisattva established on the pure path produces the great light of the dharma for the sake of living beings who are on the wrong path. Then those living beings, having attained the light, are also established in the true supramundane path. [...] (24) this path is in accordance with cultivating all qualities of the buddha since all good qualities are fully accomplished; (25) this path is in accordance with one who turns the wheel of the dharma (dharmacakrapravartana-anugamana) since it keeps what has been taught before. [...]
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Dharmacakrapravartana (धर्मचक्रप्रवर्तन):—[=dharma-cakra-pravartana] [from dharma-cakra > dharma > dhara] n. setting in motion the wheel of the law, ibidem; [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 42]
Dharmacakrapravartana (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 轉正法輪 [zhuǎn zhèng fǎ lún]: “roll the wheel of the true Dharma”..
2) 轉法輪 [zhuǎn fǎ lún]: “turn the wheel of the dharma”.
3) 初轉法輪 [chū zhuǎn fǎ lún]: “first turning of the wheel of the dharma”.
Note: dharmacakrapravartana can be alternatively written as: dharma-cakra-pravartana; dharmacakra-pravartana.
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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Partial matches (+0): Pravartana, Dharmacakra, Cakra, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma.
Full-text (+0): Zhuan fa lun, Zhuan fa lun jing, San zhuan shi er xing xiang, Chu zhuan fa lun, Chuyen phap luan kinh, Zhuan zheng fa lun, Dhamma Day, Fu shuo zhuan fa lun jing, Zhuan fa lun jing you po ti she, Abhidhyayati, San zhuan fa lun jing, Pravartana, Vikurvana, Zhuan fa lun pu sa cui mo yuan di fa, San zhuan fa lun, An shi gao, Rulai.
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Glossary of Japanese Buddhist terms
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Part 8 - Layout of the Archeological site (of Sārnāth) < [Chapter VII - Sārnāth: The Satellite Religious Centre]
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
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