The Sanskrit term Koṭīviṃśa can be transliterated into English as Kotivimsa or Kotivimsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Koṭīviṃśa (कोटीविंश) is the (Sanskrit) name of a Śramaṇa during the time of Buddha Vipaśyin, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “at the time of the Buddha Vipaśyin, the Śramaṇa Eul-che-yi (Koṭīviṃśa) built a house (layana), covered the floor with rugs (dūṣya) and offered it to the Community. For ninety-one kalpas he enjoyed happiness among the gods and among men. His feet did not tread on the ground. When he was born, on the soles of his feet (pādatala) he had hair two inches long, soft and fine. Seeing this, his father rejoiced and gave him twenty koṭi ounces of gold. Koṭīviṃśa saw the Buddha, heard the Dharma and became Arhat. Of the disciples, he was foremost in exertion”.

Note: The Buddha proclaimed Koṭīviṃśa the foremost of those who practice exertion (Anguttara). According to the Si yu ki, this Śramaṇa made a statue of Maitreya in sandalwood, worked miracles and conversions in Koṅkan where Aśoka dedicated a stupa to him.

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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

Koṭīviṃśa (कोटीविंश).—(= Śroṇa-ko°, q.v.), name of a Buddhist elder, called ārabdhavīryāṇām agryo: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.181.12 ff., 15.

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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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Ends with: Shronakotivimsha.

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