Dvadashasahasra, Dvādaśasāhasra, Dvadashan-sahasra: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dvādaśasāhasra can be transliterated into English as Dvadasasahasra or Dvadashasahasra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesDvādaśasahasra (द्वादशसहस्र) refers to “twelve-thousand” (stanzas), according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the speech circle (vākcakra)]: “[...] [Every] goddess on this circle inherently has the nature of wisdom and means They are taught in the Catuṣpīṭhatantra, consisting of 12,000 [stanzas] (dvādaśasahasraka): [they are equivalent to] Jñānaḍākinī and others. [This is] the doctrine of the goddesses starting with Pūjā. [This circle is declared] to be the pīlava (“village border”) site: In this way, [the goddesses are of] the Universal Splendor Level. [...]”
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvādaśasāhasra (द्वादशसाहस्र).—adj. consisting of twelve thousand, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 71.
Dvādaśasāhasra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvādaśan and sāhasra (साहस्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvādaśasāhasra (द्वादशसाहस्र).—[feminine] ī consisting of twelve thousand (years).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvādaśasāhasra (द्वादशसाहस्र):—[=dvā-daśa-sāhasra] [from dvā-daśa > dvā] mf(ī)n. consisting of 1200 [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
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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: Dvadasha, Sahasra.
Starts with: Dvadashasahasraka.
Full-text: Dashasahasra, Daivayuga.
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