Dhvajagrasutra, Dhvajagra-sutra, Dhvajāgrasūtra: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDhvajāgrasūtra (ध्वजाग्रसूत्र) refers to the sūtra on the “top of the standard” and is well known. At Śrāvastī in the Jetavana in the garden of Anāthapiṇḍada, the Buddha advised the monks who were afraid of solitude to recollect the Buddha, the Dharma or the Saṃgha, a recollection the nature of which could dispel their fear. For this purpose, he related to them how once the god Śakra advised his Devas who were in battle against the Asuras to think of his standard or that of Īśāna or Varuṇa in order to conquer their fears.
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 DictionaryDhvajāgrasūtra (ध्वजाग्रसूत्र).—name of a work, fragments publ. in Waldschmidt, Kl. Sanskrit Texte 4, pp. 7—8 (excerpted in this book). Cf. Pali Dhajagga(-sutta), SN i.218—220; and (?) Dhvajāgrakeyūra.
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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Partial matches: Dhvajagra, Sutra.
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Full-text: Chambin, Chambitatva, Dhvajagrakeyura, Chambati.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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