Samkhyatadharma, Saṃkhyātadharma, Samkhyata-dharma: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraSaṃkhyātadharma (संख्यातधर्म) refers to a “person who has experienced the truth”according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter VI). Accordingly, “what is an aspirant (śaikṣa) and what is a person who has experienced the truth (saṃkhyāta-dharma)? That which arises… that which arises must also perish. He who practices the teaching of the arising and the destruction of the conditioned (saṃskṛta) is called Śaikṣa. But the one who has found the teaching of the non-production of things (anutpāda-dharma) by means of wisdom is called Saṃkhyātadharma”.
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: Dharma, Samkhyata, Sankhyata, Tarma.
Full-text: Shaiksha.
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