Rashmipataka, Raśmipatākā, Rashmi-pataka: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Raśmipatākā can be transliterated into English as Rasmipataka or Rashmipataka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraRaśmipatākā (रश्मिपताका) is the name of a universe where Maudgalyāyana stopped (while finding out the range of the Buddha’s voice), according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 15).—Accordingly, “One day Maudgalyāyana had this thought: ‘I would like to know the range of the Buddha’s voice’. Then, by virtue of his base of miraculous powers (ṛddhipāda), he passed through innumerable thousands of millions of Buddha-universes (lokadhātu) and then he stopped; he still heard the voice of the Buddha as if he were quite close. In the universe where he had stopped, a Buddha was in the process of dining with his great assembly. In that land, the people were large, and Maudgalyāyana [coming from the Sahā universe where people are small] was standing in a begging bowl (pātra). [...]”.
Note: According to T 310 and T 312 (l.c.), the universe where Maudgalyāyana stopped was called Kouang ming fan (Raśmipatākā, ‘Banner of Rays’); it was led by the Buddha Kouang ming wang (Raśmirāja).
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: Rashmi, Pataka.
Full-text: Rashmiraja.
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