In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Sadbhūta (सद्भूत) refers to “real Dharmas”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 2).—Accordingly, “[Question: The past and the future do not function with the nature of the present; the past functions with the nature of the past and the future with the nature of the future. That is why there is a [different] time for each nature separately (ekaika dharmalakṣaṇa)]—[Answer:]—[...]  [The Buddhist texts] do not speak about kāla but about samaya in order to dispel wrong views of this kind. We speak metaphorically about time with regard to birth, the elements and bases of consciousness, but there is no distinct time [existing as a separate substance]. Expressions such as ‘region’ (deśa), ‘time’ (kāla), ‘separation’ (viyoga), ‘union’ (saṃyoga), ‘singleness’ (ekatva), ‘multiplicity’ (nānātva), ‘length’ (dīrghatva), ‘smallness’ (hrasvatva), etc., come from convention. Fools (bāla) cling to them and say that these are real Dharmas (sadbhūta). That is why mundane conventional Dharmas of purely nominal existence must be excluded.”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sadbhūta (सद्भूत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) True. E. sat true, and bhūta been.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sadbhūta (सद्भूत).—[adjective] (being) true.

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Sādbhuta (साद्भुत).—[adjective] surprised, wondering.

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

1) Sadbhūta (सद्भूत):—[=sad-bhūta] [from sad > sat] mfn. who or what is really good or true (totpādaka mfn. ‘producing what is t°’), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

2) Sāḍbhūta (साड्भूत):—[=sāḍ-bhūta] mfn. (in gram.) taking the form sāṭ, or sāḍ (said of 2. sah).

3) Sādbhuta (साद्भुत):—mfn. astonished, surprised, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sadbhūta (सद्भूत):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] True.

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Sadbhuta in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhuta, Shash.

Starts with: Sadbhutadakshiniya.

Ends with: Asadbhuta, Krishanusadbhuta, Madhusadbhuta.

Full-text: Sadbhutadakshiniya, Sadbhutotpadaka, Dakshiniya, Nana, Hrasvatva, Nanatva, Samyoga, Hrasva, Ekatva, Dirghatva, Eka, Viyoga, Dirgha.

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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Part 5 - Explanation of the word ‘samaye’ < [Chapter II - Evam Mayā Śrutam Ekasmin Samaye]

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