Nitarthasutra, Nītārthasūtra, Nitartha-sutra: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāNītārthasūtra (नीतार्थसूत्र) refers to the “scripture of explicit meaning”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (9) knowledge of the entrance into understanding the scripture of explicit meaning (nītārthasūtra); (10) knowledge of the entrance into understanding the scripture of implicit meaning; (11) knowledge of the teaching on the imperishable concealed truth; [...]
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.
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Partial matches: Sutra, Nitartha.
Full-text: Nitartha, Pratisharana.
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