The Sanskrit terms Sāṃdṛṣṭika and Saṃdṛṣṭika can be transliterated into English as Samdrstika or Samdrishtika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Sāṃdṛṣṭika (सांदृष्टिक, “immediately”) or Saṃdṛṣṭika refers to a quality of the Dharma associated with the “recollection of the Dharma” (dharmānusmṛti), representing one of the Anusmṛti (eight recollections), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “the Dharma obtains its retribution in the present existence (sāṃdṛṣṭika): as it eliminates the various problems of the world caused by lust (rāga) as well as the various teachings (upadeśa) and arguments caused by wrong views (mithyādṛṣṭi), body (kāya) and mind (citta) find happiness in it”.

Moreover, if those who have not attained Bodhi do not arrive at Nirvāṇa in the present lifetime, in the future lifetime they will, nonetheless, have wealth and happiness and, little by little (kramaśas), they will attain Nirvāṇa. Finally, their efforts will not be in vain. Thus the Buddha said: “those who have gone forth from home (pravrajita) in view of Nirvāṇa will all reach Nirvāṇa, some slowly (manda) and other quickly (śīghra). Thus the Dharma ‘obtains its fruit in the present existence’ (sāṃdṛṣṭika).

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sāṃdṛṣṭika (सांदृष्टिक).—a. (-kī f.)

1) Relating to present perception, visible at the same time.

2) Evident, undeniable.

-kam Immediate consequence.

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

Saṃdṛṣṭika (संदृष्टिक).—adj., = sāṃ°, q.v.: visible, actual, of the present (life): Divyāvadāna 426.10 °kam idaṃ phalam.

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Sāṃdṛṣṭika (सांदृष्टिक).—adj. (= Sanskrit Lex. id., Pali saṃdiṭṭhika; also saṃ°, q.v.), visible, actual, perceptible; of the present (life); opp. to āgāmika; syn. akālika, āk°: Mahāvastu ii.405.16 (see āgāmika); iii.195.11 °kaṃ…idaṃ vipākaṃ; 200.10 dharmavinayaḥ sāṃdṛṣṭika akāliko; Mahāvyutpatti 1292 (of dhar- maḥ) °kaḥ, followed in 1294 by ākālikaḥ; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 58.1, 6 °kaḥ (phalavipākaḥ).

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

1) Saṃdṛṣṭika (संदृष्टिक):—[=saṃ-dṛṣṭika] [from saṃ-dṛṣṭi > saṃ-dṛś] [wrong reading] for sāṃd, [Divyāvadāna]

2) Sāṃdṛṣṭika (सांदृष्टिक):—mfn. ([from] saṃdṛṣṭi) visible or perceptible at the same time, relating to present perception, appearing at once or immediately, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) evident, undeniable, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

4) n. ([scilicet] phala) present perception of a result, immediate consequence, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Samdrishtika 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.

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Partial matches: Drishtika, Sam.

Full-text: Samsrishtika, Ehipashyika, Agamika, Dharmanusmriti.

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