Shabdapatha, Śabdapāṭha, Śabdapatha: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Shabdapatha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Śabdapāṭha and Śabdapatha can be transliterated into English as Sabdapatha or Shabdapatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāŚabdapatha (शब्दपथ) refers to the “path of sound”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (27) knowledge of entering the six perfections; (28) knowledge of the four means of attraction, appropriately to each; (29) knowledge of entering the path of sound (śabdapatha) and voice; (30) knowledge of teaching the dharmas as conventional expressions; (31) non-discriminating knowledge of the meaning; (32) imperishable knowledge of the letter; [...]”.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚabdapāṭha (शब्दपाठ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—paradigms of declension, by Gaṅgādhara. Oudh. Xix, 54.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚabdapāṭha (शब्दपाठ):—[=śabda-pāṭha] [from śabda > śabd] m. a collection of paradigms of declension, by Gaṅgā-dhara.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shabda, Patha, Pata, Patta.
Full-text: Gangadhara.
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