Nairmitanairmanika, Nairmitanairmāṇika, Nairmita-nairmanika: 1 definition

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

Nairmitanairmāṇika (नैर्मितनैर्माणिक).—(-vyapetaṃ, sc. Tathāgatam), (compare prec., and s.v. nirmita), (who transcends) the (forms) connected with the magically transformed and with magic transformation: Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 11.17 (prose). Such seems to be the lit. meaning, but I do not understand what distinction may have been felt between the two, and Suzuki gives no real help.

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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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