Lokottaravadin, Lokottara-vadin, Lokottaravādin: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryLokottaravādin (लोकोत्तरवादिन्).—pl., name of a school: Mahāvyutpatti 9093; part of Mahāsāṃghika, Mahāvastu i.2.13.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLokottaravādin (लोकोत्तरवादिन्):—[=lokottara-vādin] [from lokottara > loka > lok] m. [plural] Name of a Buddhist school ([probably] so called from their pretending to be superior to or above the rest of the world), [Buddhist literature]
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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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Partial matches: Lokuttara.
Starts with: Lokottaravadinah.
Full-text: Mahasamghika, Nishanna, Lokottaravihara, Carya, Anuvartana, Lokuttara.
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