Dharmayashas, Dharmayaśas: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dharmayaśas can be transliterated into English as Dharmayasas or Dharmayashas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDharmayaśas (धर्मयशस्) is the name of an ancient king Kaśmir king and the father of Bhikṣu Bakkula, whose story occurs during the time of Buddha Vipaśyin, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—In the Mahākarmavibhaṅga, Bakkula is given as the son of Dharmayaśas, king of Kaśmir.
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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDharmayaśas (धर्मयशस्).—name of the father of Bakula: Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 76.10.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmayaśas (धर्मयशस्):—[=dharma-yaśas] [from dharma > dhara] m. ‘glory of the l°’, Name of a man, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 4 - The traditions regarding Śāriputra-abhidharma < [Chapter III - General Explanation of Evam Maya Śruta]
Avadāna of Bakkula < [III. Recollection of the community (saṃgānusmṛti)]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)