Sutranta, Sūtrānta, Sutra-anta: 4 definitions
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Sutranta 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 GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSūtrānta (सूत्रान्त) refers to “Sūtras”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Bodhisattva Puṇyālaṃkāra addressed himself to the Lord: “O Lord, what the Lord had said in this Sūtra is deep and profound in illumination; free from mental activity; [...] illuminating the light of insight; revealing liberation; peaceful; unsullied; known by the wise and accomplished ones; praised and extolled by all Buddhas; sealed with the seal of the king of memory and Sūtras (dhāraṇī-sūtrānta-rāja); grasping the unhindered eloquence; [...]”.
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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySūtrānta (सूत्रान्त).—m. (= Pali suttanta), a Buddhist sūtra (1) text: °ta-vaiyākaraṇābhigīto Mahāvastu iii.122.21 (verse), so virtually as mss., and as meter requires; °to Lalitavistara 4.18, of the Lalitavistara itself; Mahāvyutpatti 805; 1435 (°taḥ); Divyāvadāna 274.14; Bodhisattvabhūmi 46.8 (°tān); etc., common; forms in -āṃ, before vowels even -ām, are (with Weller 23) to be understood as acc. pl. m., not acc. sg. f.; so, ya imām (!) evaṃ bhadrikāṃ sūtrāntāṃ pratikṣepsyanti Lalitavistara 88.14 (prose); similarly 88.16.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySūtrānta (सूत्रान्त):—[from sūtra > sūtr] m. (formed like vedānta, siddhānta etc.) a Buddhist Sūtra or the doctrines contained in it, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka; Divyāvadāna]
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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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Starts with: Sutrantaka.
Full-text: Sautrantika, Sutrantaka, Upanirbaddha, Sutrantika, Vaiyakarana, Sutra, Itivrittaka.
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