Pashcacchramana, Paścācchramaṇa: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Paścācchramaṇa can be transliterated into English as Pascacchramana or Pashcacchramana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Pashchachchhramana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Paścācchramaṇa (पश्चाच्छ्रमण).—m. (= Pali pacchāsamaṇa) a (junior) monk who walks behind another monk: Mahāvyutpatti 8740; Divyāvadāna 154.17, 28; 330.12 ff.; 351.6 ff.; 494.3; Avadāna-śataka ii.67.11; 68.1; 150.4 f.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paścācchramaṇa (पश्चाच्छ्रमण):—[=paścāc-chramaṇa] [from paścāc > paśca] (for śr) m. a Buddhist priest who walks behind another B° p° in visiting the laity, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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