Dharmashravanika, Dharmaśravaṇika: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Dharmaśravaṇika can be transliterated into English as Dharmasravanika or Dharmashravanika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDharmaśravaṇika (धर्मश्रवणिक).—also dhārma-śrav° and °śrāv°, adj. or subst. (from prec. form plus -ika; not recorded in Pali), listening (one who listens) to religious discourses: dharmaśrav° Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 283.2, all Nepalese mss., ed. with Kashgar recension dhārmaśrāv°; Śikṣāsamuccaya 49.16; 355.10; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 104.2; 107.5; 128.16; dhārmaśrav° Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 20.13; Śikṣāsamuccaya 49.17 and 18 (thrice); 56.2; 197.16; 201.5; Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 243.9; 244.20; dhārmaśrāv° Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 286.8 (and see above under 283.2).
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Dhārmaśravaṇika (धार्मश्रवणिक).—and °śrāv° = dharmaśrava- ṇika, q.v.
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