Shakyaprabha, Śākyaprabha: 3 definitions
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Shakyaprabha 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 term Śākyaprabha can be transliterated into English as Sakyaprabha or Shakyaprabha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: The Chronological History of BuddhismShakyaprabha (100-20 BCE).—Acharya Shakyaprabha was born in Kashmir during the time of Gopala. He was the disciple of Shantiprabha and Punyakirti. Danasila, Visheshamitra, Prajnavarman and Sura were the contemporaries of Shantiprabha in Kashmir. Acharya Jnanagarbha lived in the east (Nalanda).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚākyaprabha (शाक्यप्रभ):—[=śākya-prabha] [from śākya] m. Name of a scholar, [Buddhist literature]
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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: Shakya, Prabha.
Full-text: Shilabhadra, Mahasahasrapramardanasutra.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
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Appendix 9 - The Praśānta-sūtra < [Chapter XXXIX - The Ten Powers of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 40 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
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