Margata, Mārgata: 2 definitions

Introduction:

Margata 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.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Mārgata (मार्गत) refers to “relating to the path” and represents one of the four “aspects in the truth of the path” (mārgasatya) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 100). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., mārgata). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Mārgata (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 眞道 [zhēn dào]: “true way”.

Note: mārgata can be alternatively written as: mārgataḥ.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)
context information

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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