Samadhivashita, Samādhivaśitā, Samadhi-vashita: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Samādhivaśitā can be transliterated into English as Samadhivasita or Samadhivashita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Samadhivashita in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Samādhivaśitā (समाधिवशिता) refers to “mastery of Samādhi”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 3).—Accordingly, “All who had come to the assembly accepted this command and remained. Then Kāśyapa the Great chose a thousand individuals. With the exception of Ānanda, all were Arhats, having acquired the six super-knowledges (abhijñā), liberation (vimokṣa) complete and without any doubt. All had acquired the three knowledges, mastery of Samādhi (samādhivaśitā). They could practice the Samādhis in a forward or reverse direction. All were without obstacles. They recited the three baskets and understood the inner and outer sacred scriptures. They recited and knew fully the eighteen kinds of great sūtras of the heretical sects (tīrthika) and all of them were able to conquer the heterodox (pāṣaṇḍa) in debate”.

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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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