Mahishasaka, Mahisasaka, Mahīśāsaka, Mahisāsaka: 10 definitions

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Mahishasaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Mahīśāsaka can be transliterated into English as Mahisasaka or Mahishasaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Mahīśāsaka (महीशासक) refers to one of the Eighteen Sects (of the Vaibhāṣika) [classified as Sarvāstivāda] known in Tibetan as bye brag smra ba'i gyes pa bco brgyad.—Cf. the writings of Vinītadeva (8th century): an Indian scholar and author who was active at the ancient Nalanda university where he produced commentaries on both the Triṃśikā and the Viṃśatikā which survive in Tibetan translation and some Sanskrit fragments.

Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems

Mahīśāsaka (महीशासक) refers to one of the “Seven Sarvāstivādin Sects” which are known in Tibetan as gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba las gyes pabdun. They are mentioned in the Vaibhāṣika section of the “history of the Śrāvaka philosophical systems”.

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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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General definition (in Buddhism)

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Source: Buddhist Door: Glossary

Mahishasaka refers to one of the Hinayana school, a branch of Sarvastivadah founded 300 years after the Nirvana, but the doctrines of the school are said to be similar to those of the Mahasanghika. Literally means a ruler who converted or rectified his land or people. The school denied reality to past and future, but maintained the reality of the present. Similarly, the school rejected the doctrine of the void and the non ego, the production of taint by the Five consciousness, the theory of nine kinds of non activity, and so on. They held that enlightenment came suddenly rathern than gradually.

Source: SgForums: Buddhism

Mahisasakah refers to a branch of Sarvastivadah founded 300 years after the Nirvana, but the doctrines of the school are said to be similar to those of the Mahasanghika. Literally means a ruler who converted or rectified his land or people. The school denied reality to past and future, but maintained the reality of the present. Similarly, the school rejected the doctrine of the void and the non-ego, the production of taint by the Five consciousness, the theory of nine kinds of non-activity, and so on. They held that enlightenment came suddenly rathern than gradually.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mahishasaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Mahīśāsaka (महीशासक).—pl., name of a Buddhist school: Mahāvyutpatti 9080; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 60.8 (by plausible em., see Lévi's note).

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

Mahīśāsaka (महीशासक):—[=mahī-śāsaka] [from mahī > mah] m. [plural] Name of a school, [Buddhist literature]

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Mahishasaka 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

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Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

mahisāsaka—

(Burmese text):
မဟိသာသက အယူဝါဒ၊ မဟိသာသကဂိုဏ်းသား။

(Auto-Translation): Mahayana Buddhism, Mahayana sect member.

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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.

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