Hamsavikrantagamita, Haṃsavikrāntagāmitā, Hamsa-vikranta-gamita: 3 definitions
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General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaHaṃsavikrāntagāmitā (हंसविक्रान्तगामिता) or Haṃsavikrāntagāmi refers to “a gait like that of a goose” and represents the twenty-eighth of the “thirty-two marks of a great man” (lakṣaṇa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., haṃsa-vikrānta-gāmitā). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaHaṃsavikrāntagāmitā (हंसविक्रान्तगामिता) or Haṃsavikrāntagāmi refers to “a gait like that of a goose” and represents the thirteenth of the “eighty secondary characteristics” (anuvyañjana) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., haṃsa-vikrānta-gāmitā). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHaṃsavikrāntagāmitā (हंसविक्रान्तगामिता):—[=haṃsa-vikrānta-gāmitā] [from haṃsa] f. having a walk like the gait of a swan (one of the 80 minor marks of a Buddha), [Dharmasaṃgraha 84.]
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: Gamita, Hamsa, Vikranta.
Full-text: Hamsavikrantagami.
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