Mahavibhashashastra, Mahāvibhāṣāśāstra, Mahavibhasha-shastra: 3 definitions
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Mahavibhashashastra means something in 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 Mahāvibhāṣāśāstra can be transliterated into English as Mahavibhasasastra or Mahavibhashashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Mahāvibhāṣāśāstra (महाविभाषाशास्त्र):—[=mahā-vibhāṣā-śāstra] [from mahā-vibhāṣā > mahā > mah] n. Name of [work]
Mahāvibhāṣāśāstra (महाविभाषाशास्त्र):—[(ma vi -śā)] n. Titel eines Buches [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 276.]
Mahāvibhāṣāśāstra (महाविभाषाशास्त्र):—n. Titel eines Werkes.
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: Mahavibhasha, Shastra.
Full-text (+42): Da pi po sha lun, Po sha lun, A pi da mo pi po sha lun, Ashvaghosha, Wu bai luo han, Wu bai da luo han, A pi tan jing, Na xi, A pi tan xin lun, Si shen zu, Zui hou xin, Li zhang wei zong, Ba yun, Po sha si da lun shi, Fu zuo, Xiao cheng si men, Gen ben ding, San yi guan, Jia xing guo, Ti po wu fa.
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