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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Mahadgata (महद्गत) refers to the “that which is extended”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXXII-XXXIV).—Accordingly, “This mind is single, but as its magnitude differs, there are three attributive adjectives used. This mind is vast when it includes one single region, extended (mahadgata) when it goes far and high, immense when it includes the nadir and the other nine regions. Furthermore, if it is low, maitrī is called vast; middling (madhya), it is called extended (mahadgata); higher, it is called immense. Furthermore, if it bears upon the beings of the four main directions, maitrī is called vast; if it bears upon the beings of the four intermediate directions (vidiś), it is said to be extended (mahadgata); if it bears upon the beings of the zenith and the nadir, It is said to be immense. Furthermore, if it destroys the minds of enmity, maitrī is called vast; if it destroys the minds of rivalry (sapatnacitta), it is called extended (mahadgata); if it destroys the minds of malice it is called immense. [...]”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Mahadgata (महद्गत).—adj. (also mahaṃgata; = Pali mahag-gata), great, extensive, lofty: contrasted with parītta, Śikṣāsamuccaya 248.15; Gaṇḍavyūha 370.2; 522.9; dānena °gatena Divyāvadāna 227.4; 228.1; 245.26; associated with vipula, Gaṇḍavyūha 522.9; Daśabhūmikasūtra 15.1; (cittena) vipulena °gatena Mahāvyutpatti 1508; Daśabhūmikasūtra 34.18; (cetasā…) vipulena mahadgatena Mahāvastu iii.213.13, so read, mss. madgatena, Senart em. m-udgatena; essentially the same passage in Pali, Dīghanikāya (Pali) ii.242.10, (cetasā…) mahag- gatena, besides in Mahāvyutpatti, Daśabhūmikasūtra above.

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

Mahadgata (महद्गत):—[=mahad-gata] [from mahad > mah] mfn. great, [Divyāvadāna] (cf. Pāli mahaggato).

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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: Mahad, Gata.

Full-text: Mahamgata, Klishta, Mahant.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

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