Kātyāyanīputra, Katyayaniputra, Katyayani-putra: 4 definitions

Introduction:

Kātyāyanīputra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

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Source: academia.edu: The Chronological History of Buddhism

Parshva Katyayaniputra (1365-1290 BCE).—According to Paramartha’s “Life of Vasubandhu” , Katyayaniputra, a brahmana Buddhist, lived 500 years after Buddha nirvana (1865 BC). Hiuen Tsang also records that Katyayaniputra flourished 500 years after nirvana. Paramartha tells us that Katyayaniputra went to Kashmir. He collected the information of the Abhidharma of Sarvastivada with the help of 500 Arhats and 500 Bodhisattvas. He arranged them into eight books amounted to 50,000 verses.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kātyāyanīputra (कात्यायनीपुत्र).—Name of Kārttikeya.

Derivable forms: kātyāyanīputraḥ (कात्यायनीपुत्रः).

Kātyāyanīputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kātyāyanī and putra (पुत्र). See also (synonyms): kātyāyanīsuta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kātyāyanīputra (कात्यायनीपुत्र):—[=kātyāyanī-putra] [from kātyāyanī > kātya] m. Name of a teacher, [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad vi, 5, 1.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kātyāyanīputra in German

context information

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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