Nishthapada, Niṣṭhapada: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Niṣṭhapada can be transliterated into English as Nisthapada or Nishthapada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNiṣṭhapada (निष्ठपद).—[ in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 214.3, error or misprint for niṣṭhāpada, q.v.; Chin. and Tibetan as for niṣṭhā°.]
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Niṣṭhāpada (निष्ठापद).—Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 123.7, and (doubtless by error written) niṣṭhāpāda 160.16, or niṣṭhapada 214.3, funda- mental term (Suzuki inexhaustible vow), compare aniṣṭhāpada, which seems used as a synonym. They are ten, and furnish the basis for the ten mahāpraṇidhānas: see Daśabhūmikasūtra 17.1 ff. where they are listed; compare Suzuki, Studies, 231 note 1 and Glossary, which gives the list s.v. daśa-ni°. Daśabhūmikasūtra 17.1 tāni ca mahāpraṇidhānāni daśabhir niṣṭhāpadair abhinir- harati, he effects the 10 vows by ten fundamental terms; the list here is sattva-(dhātu-niṣṭhā), loka-, ākāśa-, dharma-, nirvāṇa-, buddhotpāda-, tathāgatajñāna-, cittālambana-, buddhaviṣayajñānapraveśa-, and lokavartanīdharmavar- tanījñānavartanī-(dhātuniṣṭhā). Suzuki's list is identical except for omission of praveśa in 9.
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Partial matches: Nishtha, Pada.
Ends with: Anishthapada, Kanishthapada.
Full-text: Anishthapada.
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