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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Dharmāloka (धर्मालोक) refers to the “illumination of (all) teachings”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, there are eight purities of the insight (prajñā) of the Bodhisattvas. What are the eight? To with, [...] (5) although they teach four summaries of the dharma, they never see anything in impermanence, suffering, selfless, or quiescence; (6) although they teach to enter into action and duties, they are free from karmic result and also not disturbed by performing deeds; (7) although they are established in the knowledge of teachings which is beyond discursive thinking, they elucidate the division of words of all teachings; (8) they attain the illumination of all teachings (sarva-dharmāloka) and teach living beings about impurity and purification”.

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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

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dharmāloka (धर्मालोक).—m., light of (? on) the doctrine; according to Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) xiv. 26 commentary, āloka iti dharmanidhyānakṣānter etad adhivacanam, āloka is a synonym for ‘readiness to meditate on the doctrine’ (but generally the word seems to be an appositional karmadh.): (avidyāmohāndhakārasya) mahāntaṃ °kaṃ kuryāṃ Lalitavistara 205.3, may I make the great light of the doctrine against the darkness of ignorance and delusion; dharmālokasyādarotpādanārthaṃ Lalitavistara 395.16, to produce respect for the light of the doctrine; (?) bodhisat- tvānāṃ…mahanto dharmāloko (but mss. dharma-loko) kṛto bhaviṣyati āśvāso ca datto bhavati Mahāvastu ii.294.5 (as a result of a requested statement by the Buddha on how he attained enlightenment); (-Kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ nāma) dharmālokaṃ nāma deśayitvā Kāraṇḍavvūha 38.3; °ka-praveśa, (means of) ingress into the light of the doctrine (= °ka- mukha, see next) Daśabhūmikasūtra 38.1, where ten such are listed, viz. sattva-dhātuvicāraṇālokapraveśair, and (substituting for sattva in the same [compound]) loka-, dharma-, ākāśa-, vijñāna-, kāma-, rūpa-, ārūpya-, udārāśayādhimukti-, and māhāt- myāśayādhimukti-. See under next.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dharmāloka (धर्मालोक):—[from dharma > dhara] m. ‘light of the law’, Name of [work] [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]

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Dharmaloka in German

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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: Loka, Dharma, Aloka, Tarma.

Starts with: Dharmalokamukha.

Full-text: Dharmalokamukha, Aloka, Sambhara, Indriya.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 96 - Deeds Leading to Hell and Heaven < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

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