Dharmagaveshin, Dharmagaveṣin: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Dharmagaveṣin can be transliterated into English as Dharmagavesin or Dharmagaveshin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDharmagaveṣin (धर्मगवेषिन्) or Subhaṣitagavasin is the name of a king of Benares according to the Avadānaśataka mentioned in a note on the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XIX).—“The son of Brahmadatta, king of Benares, Dharmagaveṣin or Subhaṣitagavasin, threw himself into blazing coals to hear from the mouth of Śakra, disguised as Guhyaka, the stanza (...)”.
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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Full-text: Subhashitagavasin.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
IV. Outstanding qualities of the Bodhisattva < [Part 3 - Outshining the knowledge of all the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas]
Part 8 - Jātaka of the king who set fire to his body so as to hear a Buddhist stanza < [Chapter XIX - The Characteristics of Generosity]