Samadhimukha, Samādhimukha, Samadhi-mukha: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSamādhimukha (समाधिमुख) refers to the “eighty gates to concentration”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Bodhisattva Gaganagañja explains to Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī what kind of concentration should be purified: “Son of good family, there are eighty gates to concentration (samādhimukha), each of which has five hundred gates to concentration. Then there are forty thousand concentrations. Again, counting impurity and purification, there are eighty thousand concentrations. In total, therefore, there are eighty-four thousand concentrations of knowing the imperishability in the past, future, and present. As many as are concentrations, so many are gates to the dharma, and so many are masses of religious teachings. [...] When this knowledge of the Buddha was taught and those gates into concentrations were explained, sixteen thousand Bodhisattvas attained the tolerance that all things are unborn, which is brought about through the knowledge and concentrations (samādhi-jñāna-abhinirhṛta) ”.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mukha, Samadhi, Camati.
Full-text: Samadhi, Samapadyanata, Samapadyana.
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