Koshopagatavastiguhya, Kośopagatavastiguhya, Koshopagata-vasti-guhya: 2 definitions

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Koshopagatavastiguhya 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.

The Sanskrit term Kośopagatavastiguhya can be transliterated into English as Kosopagatavastiguhya or Koshopagatavastiguhya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

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Source: academia.edu: A Prayer for Rebirth in the Sukhāvatī

Kośopagatavastiguhya (कोशोपगतवस्तिगुह्य) refers to “male organs concealed in a sheath” and represents the twenty-third of the thirty-two major marks of distinction (lakṣaṇa) mentioned in the Sukhāvatī and following the order, but not always the exact wording, of the Mahāvyutpatti (236-67). In Tibetan, the characteristic called Kośopagatavastiguhya is known as ‘’doms kyi sba ba sbubs su nub pa’. The Sukhāvatī represents a prayer for rebirth which was composed by Karma chags med, a Karma bka’ brgyud master, who lived in the seventeenth century.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Koshopagatavastiguhya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kośopagatavastiguhya (कोशोपगतवस्तिगुह्य).—(-tā) , or kośagata° (= Pali kosohitavatthaguyha), No. 10 of the 32 lakṣaṇa: kośopa° Mahāvyutpatti 258 = Tibetan ḥdoms kyi sba ba sbubs su nub pa, having the privities of the pubic region sunk in a hole (better, in a sheath); Lalitavistara 105.21; 429.20; kośagata° Bodhisattvabhūmi 375.16; kośagata° °tā Dharmasaṃgraha 83 (koṣa°); Gaṇḍavyūha 400.11 (with gloss, making meaning clear, with privities concealed); Bodhisattvabhūmi 379.4 (koṣa°); compare Mahāvastu ii.305.10 kośavastiguhya-.

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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.

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