Supratishthitadharmalokalabdha, Supratiṣṭhitadharmālokalabdha, Supratishthita-dharmalokalabdha: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Supratiṣṭhitadharmālokalabdha can be transliterated into English as Supratisthitadharmalokalabdha or Supratishthitadharmalokalabdha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Supratiṣṭhitadharmālokalabdha (सुप्रतिष्ठितधर्मालोकलब्ध) is the name of a Tathāgata, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to venerable Ānanda “[...] After immeasurable forty-four intermediate aeons, he will wake up to incomparable complete awakening, and then in the aeon called Viśuddhi he will be born in the Pariśuddhipratiṣṭhita universe as the Tathāgata Supratiṣṭhitadharmālokalabdha, worthy of offerings, the perfectly awakened one, perfect in wisdom and conduct … a blessed one. [...] Ānanda, the Tathāgata Supratiṣṭhitadharmālokalabdha will live to forty internal aeons together with the great assembly of sixty-four koṭis of disciples and the congregation of twelve thousands of Bodhisattvas. [...]’”.

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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.

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