Kancanasara, Kāñcanasāra: 1 definition
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Kancanasara means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kanchanasara.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKāñcanasāra (काञ्चनसार):—The king Kin-kien (Kāñcanasāra) perforated his body in five hundred places, [put wicks in the holes] and threw himself into the flames in order to light them.—Cf Jātaka of Kāñcanasāra [...], p. 688F, b. 4.—References to the Khotanese, Uigur and Sogdian sources in M. J. Dresden, The Jātakastava, 43rd story, p. 440 and 451. Friezes from Qyzil in E. Waldschmidt, Über die Darstellungen…,p. 16 and 17, fig. 25 to 31.
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.
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