Samgrahavastu, Saṃgrahavastu, Saṅgrahavastu, Samgraha-vastu, Sangraha-vastu, Sangrahavastu: 4 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Saṃgrahavastu (संग्रहवस्तु) refers to “winning over (all beings)”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 40.—Accordingly: [Question.—] What resemblance is there between the Buddha and the noble cakravartin king? [Answer.—] This king is pure and takes birth in an unmixed lineage. [...] His treasury of jewels is abundant and the morale of his troops is raised by the presence of the seven jewels (of the Cakravartin). He wins over (saṃgrahavastu) all beings by the four methods of captivating. He exercises the royal law well and delegates the noble families. He governs the kingdom by means of his prefects, his soldiers and his ministers. He loves to distribute his most precious wealth. From beginning to end, his knowledge and his mindfulness are unchanging.
Saṃgrahavastu (संग्रहवस्तु) refers to the “ways of attraction”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Thus he becomes one who subjugates the works of Māra (mārakarman). What then is the subjugation of the works of Māra? That by means of which none of Māra can find a weak point in the Bodhisattva. [...] (15) concealing teacher’s secrecy concerning the dharma is the work of Māra; (16) teaching the dharma which is connected with material things is the work of Māra; (17) bringing living beings to maturity without expedient means is the work of Māra; (18) giving up the ways of attraction (saṃgrahavastu) is the work of Māra; [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Saṃgrahavastu (संग्रहवस्तु).—nt. (= Pali saṃgahavatthu), article of attraction, means by which a Buddha or (more often in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]) a Bodhisattva attracts, draws to himself and to religious life, creatures. The literal meaning has been much disputed; it seems to me clarified by Lalitavistara 429.13 where reference is made to the Buddha's cleverness in drawing-in creatures (sattvasaṃgrahakauśalyaṃ) by the net (-jālena) of the 4 saṃgrahavastu; with this compare Gaṇḍavyūha 495.20, cited s.v. saṃgraha. As in Pali, there are four of these: dāna, priya-vacana (or the like), artha-caryā (or -kriyā), and samānārthatā (or samānasukhaduḥkhatā), qq.v.; they are listed Lalitavistara 38.16—17; 160.6—7; 182.6; 429.12—13; Mahāvastu i.3.11—12; ii.395.8—9 (without use of the term saṃgraha-vastu); Mahāvyutpatti 924—928; Dharmasaṃgraha 19; Bodhisattvabhūmi 217.2—230.19, the inclusive term 227.5; 230.19; without lists of the 4 items, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 259.5; Lalitavistara 35.9; 437.15; Mahāvyutpatti 793; Divyāvadāna 95.15; 264.29; Śikṣāsamuccaya 50.11; Avadāna-śataka i.16.12; Gaṇḍavyūha 495.17 (in most of these the number four is specified). Sometimes replaced by saṃgraha, q.v., alone.
Saṃgrahavastu (संग्रहवस्तु):—[=saṃ-graha-vastu] [from saṃ-graha > saṃ-grabh] n. an element of popularity, [Divyāvadāna]
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: Samgraha, Vastu.
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