Sthama, Sthāma: 3 definitions
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Sthama 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSthāma (स्थाम) refers to “power”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, having praised the Lord with these verses, addressed himself to the Lord: ‘[...] The Lord, having become the king of doctors (vaidyarāja), establishes the way into the state without disease (vyādhi) or death (maraṇa) for [living beings] who are involved with this world covered with desire, defilement, and obstruction (āvaraṇa) from beginningless until endless time (anavarāgra). The Lord, having had power and vitality (sthāma-parākrama), is skilled in the knowledge if what is proper and what is improper, and has obtained the three knowledges (trividya). [...]”.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySthāma (स्थाम).—(n) , nt., see also thāma (= Pali thāma; no s-stem forms like Pali thāmasā noted in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]; recorded rarely in late Sanskrit, see Renou, JA. 1939, 372 n. 1), strength, power; often associated with bala, vīrya: °ma Mahāvyutpatti 5152 = Tibetan mthu (seems the common rendering) or stobs; Lalitavistara 109.12 (verse, sthāmāsya = °ma-asya); 154.21 (acc.; so best mss., most mss. °maṃ); kāyasya °ma Divyāvadāna 327.3; °mnā Lalitavistara 155.15; Sukhāvatīvyūha 40.17; °mni Lalitavistara 156.11; °ma-, stem in composition, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 10.3; Lalitavistara 86.15; 101.14; Divyāvadāna 58.22; [bahuvrīhi], alpa-sthāma, of little strength, Divyāvadāna 177.16; Avadāna-śataka ii.135.4; acc. sg. °maṃ, used even in prose of such works as Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, Lalitavistara, Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 53.16 (verse); 124.1 (yathā-°maṃ, adv., prose); 380.2—3 (prose, udārarddhibala-°maṃ pratijñāpratibhāna- bala-°maṃ prajñābala-°maṃ ca dṛṣṭvā); Lalitavistara 153.3; 154.13; 264.2 (all prose); 234.7 (verse); Mahāvastu ii.91.6; 131.10; 205.1; 314.18; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 65.10; 70.7 (both these prose, but v.l. °ma); °mena, instr., Mahāvastu ii.74.12; 260.6 ff. and 261.8 ff. (here three sthāma, of body, speech, and thought, which pertain to Bodhisattvas only when they reach enlightenment, not before); -sthāma-tā Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 105.2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySthāma (स्थाम):—[from sthā] in [compound] for sthāman.
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)
Starts with: Sthaman, Sthamashumbhani, Sthamavant, Sthamavat.
Ends with: Aparajitajnanasthama, Mahabalavegasthama, Mahasthama, Mahavegalabdhasthama, Mahisthama, Shashthama, Tushnimsthama, Yathasthama.
Full-text: Sthasu, Sthamavat, Yathasthama, Thama, Mahavegalabdhasthama, Mahasthamaprapta, Sthamavant, Mahanarayana, Janayati, Parakrama, Thavika, Ashvatthaman.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.139.4 < [Sukta 139]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - The sūtra on the origin of heaven and earth < [Chapter XXII - The Nature of Morality]
Part 2.4 - The origin of the six fasting days < [Section II.1 - Morality of the lay person or avadātavasana]
Part 2 - The virtue of exertion (vīryapāramitā) < [Chapter XXVII - The Virtue of Exertion]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 1.1 - The Jain Yoga Tradition (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - The Jain Yoga Tradition—A Historical Review]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)