Nirvanasutra, Nirvana-sutra, Nirvāṇasūtra: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Nirvanasutra 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
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Nirvāṇasūtra (निर्वाणसूत्र) is another name for the Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra or “The sūtra of the Great Decease of the Buddha” is the most important sūtra that had a very great and wide influence on the thought of many schools of Chinese Buddhism. The sūtra expounds some of the famous narrative episodes in the final months of the life of the Buddha. [...]
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Nirvana Sutra:—The final teaching of the Buddha given on the day he died.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Nirvāṇasūtra (निर्वाणसूत्र):—[=nir-vāṇa-sūtra] [from nir-vāṇa > nir-vā] n. Name of [particular] Buddh. Sūtras
Nirvāṇasūtra (निर्वाणसूत्र):—(2. nirvāṇa + sūtra) n. Bez. bestimmter buddhistischer Sūtra [WASSILJEW 149.] [Vie de Hiouen-Thsang 5.]
Nirvāṇasūtra (निर्वाणसूत्र):—n. Bez. bestimmter buddhistischer Sūtra.
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: Nirvana, Sutra.
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