The Sanskrit term Gopakṣma can be transliterated into English as Gopaksma or Gopakshma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Gopakṣma (गोपक्ष्म) refers to “(the marks consisting of having) (blue eyes with) eyelashes like those of the king of the oxen”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 19).—Accordingly, “Furthermore, some say that generosity is the cause and condition (hetupratyaya) for obtaining the thirty-two marks. Why is that? [...] While giving, if one is not irritated, is detached, has an even mind (samacitta) while thinking about one’s neighbor, one obtains the marks consisting of having blue eyes (abhinīlanetra) with eyelashes like those of the king of the oxen (gopakṣma-netra). [...]”.

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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 Dictionary

Gopakṣma (गोपक्ष्म).—(n) , or °ma-netra, adj. (= Pali gopakhuma), having (eyes with) eyelashes like a cow's, the 30th of the 32 lakṣaṇa; in Mahāvyutpatti 240 fused with abhinīla-netra into one term, abhinīla-netra-gopakṣmā; gopakṣmā Bodhisattvabhūmi 376.7; gopakṣmo (read °mā or °maḥ) sa…Gaṇḍavyūha 401.22 (prose); gopakṣma (perhaps sc. -netra; -a m.c.) Mahāvastu i.227.2; ii.30.5 (both verses.; in the latter mss. °kṣma, Senart em. °kṣa!); gopakṣma-netra Lalitavistara 105.15; 432.7 (here text gopekṣa°, v.l. gopakṣa°, read °kṣma°); Dharmasaṃgraha 83 (text gopakṣa- netra-tā, v.l. gopakṣma-bhrū-tā).

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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: Pakshma, Go.

Ends with: Abhinilanetragopakshma.

Full-text: Gopekshanetra, Lakshana.

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