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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Susaṃprasthita (सुसंप्रस्थित) is one of the Bodhisattvas accompanying the Buddha at Rājagṛha on the Gṛdhrakūṭaparvata, mentioned in a list of twenty-two in to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 13.—They were at the head of countless thousands of koṭinayuta of Bodhisattva-mahāsattvas who were all still awaiting succession and will still accede to Buddhahood. He is also known as Chan tsin.

Susaṃprasthita is one of the sixteen classified as a lay (gṛhastha) Bodhisattva.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Susaṃprasthita (सुसंप्रस्थित).—(1) one of sixteen satpuruṣa, q.v.: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 3.12 (Kern's Transl. Susaṃsthita with v.l., but Tibetan śin tu yaṅ dag zhugs, supporting ed.); (2) name of a Bodhi- sattva (possibly to be identified with 1?): Mahāvyutpatti 718; Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 6.16.

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

Susamprasthita (सुसम्प्रस्थित):—[=su-samprasthita] [from su > su-saṃyata] m. Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]

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Susamprasthita in German

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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: Samprasthita, Cu, Shu.

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