Dharmapradipa, Dharmapradīpa, Dharma-pradipa: 6 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDharmapradīpa (धर्मप्रदीप) refers to the “lamp of the Dharma”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 3).—Accordingly, “[...] Having praised him thus, they said to Mahākāśyapa: ‘O venerable Kāśyapa! Do you know, O Śākya, the ship of the Dharma (dharmanāva) is broken. The citadel of the Dharma (dharmanagara) is crumbling. The ocean of the Dharma (dharmadhārā) is drying up. The standard of the Dharma (darmapatākā) is being turned upside down. The lamp of the Dharma (dharmapradīpa) is about to be extinguished. Those who proclaim the Dharma are about to leave. Those who practice the Path are becoming more and more rare. The power of the wicked is ever growing. In your great loving-kindness, it is necessary to found solidly the Buddhadharma’. [...]”.
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāDharmapradīpa (धर्मप्रदीप) refers to the “lamp of the dharma”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Lord spoke the following verses to the Bodhisattva Puṇyālaṃkāra: ‘[...] (235) Even though the Bodhisattva places a lamp on shrines dedicated to the Victorious One, which is filled with perfumed oil like the ocean in ten directions and made of a wick like the Mount Sumeru, if there is someone who, having known that the whole world is covered by darkness, upholds this dharma taught by the Victorious One when the lamp of the dharma (dharmapradīpa) is extinguished, then his merit would be better. [...]’”
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: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Dharmapradīpa (धर्मप्रदीप) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—B. 3, 96. Bik. 381. Oudh. Viii, 18.
—by Gaṅgābhaṭṭa. Khn. 74.
—by Dhanaṃjaya. Rādhākāntadeva under pravara.
—by a son of Panicambala Puruṣottama Burnell. 130^a.
—by Bhojadeva of Kacha. Ba. 18. B. 3, 94 (Bhojarāja). Dharmapradīpe Prāyaścittādhyāya. Bik. 382.
2) Dharmapradīpa (धर्मप्रदीप):—by Vardhamāna. Sb. 145 (Ācāraviveka first part). A Dharmapradīpa is quoted by Śūlapāṇi Oxf. 283^a, by Raghunandana, in Nirṇayasindhu, Saṃskārakaustubha, Śrāddhakāśikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmapradīpa (धर्मप्रदीप):—[=dharma-pradīpa] [from dharma > dhara] m. ‘light of the law’, Name of several works.
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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: Pradipa, Dharma, Tarma.
Starts with: Dharmapradipashirimeru, Dharmapradipavikramajnanasimha, Dharmapradipavyakhyana.
Ends with: Navyadharmapradipa.
Full-text: Dharmapradipavyakhyana, Panicambalapurushottamasunu, Gangabhatta, Gotrapravaraviveka, Vardhamana upadhyaya, Krishnamishra, Pradipa, Dharmanava, Darmapataka, Dharmanagara, Dharmadhara, Dhananjaya, Nagara, Nava, Bhojadeva, Pataka, Shraddha.
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Search found 3 books and stories containing Dharmapradipa, Dharmapradīpa, Dharma-pradipa, Dharma-pradīpa; (plurals include: Dharmapradipas, Dharmapradīpas, pradipas, pradīpas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)
16. Chronology of Dharmapradipa and Bhojavyakarana < [Volume 3 (1956)]
Subject-Index (of third volume) < [Volume 3 (1956)]
Index (of third volume) < [Volume 3 (1956)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 184 < [Volume 13 (1898)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 1 - The Buddha is omniscient, independent, without a teacher < [Chapter III - General Explanation of Evam Maya Śruta]