The Sanskrit terms Siddhāntalakṣaṇa and Siddhāntalakṣaṇā can be transliterated into English as Siddhantalaksana or Siddhantalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Siddhāntalakṣaṇa (सिद्धान्तलक्षण) refers to the “(absolute) point of view”, according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 1.—Accordingly: The Buddha preaches the Mahāprajñāpāramitāsūtra to explain the absolute point of view (pāramārthika siddhāntalakṣaṇa). There are four points of view: 1) the mundane point of view, 2) the individual point of view, 3) the therapeutic point of view, 4) the absolute point of view. In these four points of view are contained, in its entirety, the twelve-membered scriptures and the eighty-four thousand baskets of the doctrine.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Siddhāntalakṣaṇa (सिद्धान्तलक्षण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[nyāya] Pheh. 12. 13. Oppert. 7740 (pūrvapakṣa).
—by Gadādhara q. v.
—by Mathurānātha. Oudh. V, 20.

Siddhāntalakṣaṇa can also be spelled as Siddhāntalakṣaṇā (सिद्धान्तलक्षणा).

2) Siddhāntalakṣaṇā (सिद्धान्तलक्षणा):—[nyāya] Cs 3, 244 (Pattrikāḥ).
—by Gadādhara. Cs 3, 263 (inc.). 485. 488 (Pattrikāḥ). 490 (inc.). 492 (inc.). Hz. 986. 1250.
—by Jagadīśa. Cs 3, 230 ([fragmentary]). 250. 251 (inc.). 253. 254. 255 (inc.). 258. 261. 486. 489. 491 (inc.). 492 ([fragmentary]). C. by Candranārāyaṇa. Cs 3, 487.

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

Siddhāntalakṣaṇa (सिद्धान्तलक्षण):—[=siddhānta-lakṣaṇa] [from siddhānta > sidh] n. Name of various works. (also f(ā). )

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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: Lakshana, Siddhanta.

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