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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdomlib Libary: Vajrayana

Mahipa is the name of a mahāsiddha, of which eighty-four in total are recognized in Vajrayāna (tantric buddhism). His title is “the greatest”. He lived somewhere between the 8th and the 12th century AD.

These mahāsiddhas (e.g., Mahipa) are defined according to the Abhayadatta Sri (possibly Abhayākaragupta) tradition. Its textual origin traces to the 11th century caturāsiti-siddha-pravṛtti, or “the lives of the eighty-four siddhas”, of which only Tibetan translations remains. Mahipa (and other Mahāsiddhas) are the ancient propounders of the textual tradition of tantric or Vajrayana Buddhism.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahīpa (महीप).—m.,

Derivable forms: mahīpaḥ (महीपः).

Mahīpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahī and pa (प). See also (synonyms): mahīnātha, mahīpati, mahīpāla, mahīpurandara, mahībhuj.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahīpa (महीप).—m.

(-paḥ) A king. E. mahī and pa who protects.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahīpa (महीप).—[mahī-pa] (vb. 2. pā), m. A king, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 127.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahīpa (महीप).—[masculine] earth-protector or ruler, king.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Mahīpa (महीप) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Somapa: Anekārthatilaka or Nānārtharatnatilaka. Quoted by Śivarāma on Vāsavadattā p. 48. Śabdaratnākara.

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

1) Mahipa (महिप):—[=mahi-pa] [from mahi > mah] m. Name of a man, [Catalogue(s)] (cf. next).

2) Mahīpa (महीप):—[=mahī-pa] [from mahī > mah] m. ‘earth-protector’, a king, [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a lexicographer, [Catalogue(s)]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahīpa (महीप):—[mahī-pa] (paḥ) 1. m. A king.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahipa in German

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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.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mahīpa refers to: king (of the earth) Mhvs 14, 22.

Note: mahīpa is a Pali compound consisting of the words mahī and pa.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mahi, Pa.

Starts with: Mahipala, Mahipalakshetra, Mahipalane, Mahipalaputra, Mahipalarattha, Mahipatana, Mahipati, Mahipati pandita, Mahipati upadhyaya, Mahipatimandalika, Mahipatitva.

Full-text: Anekarthatilaka, Somabhava, Ahindra, Mahipala, Mahibhuj, Mahipurandara, Mahipati, Mahinatha, Nanartharatnatilaka, Namamalika, Shabdaratnakara, Bhaguri, Bhojadeva, Bhojaraja.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Mahipa, Mahi-pa, Mahī-pa, Mahīpa; (plurals include: Mahipas, pas, Mahīpas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)

(i) General Introduction < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]

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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)

Part 1 - Sanskrit koṣa texts < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]

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