Sutrantaka, Sūtrāntaka: 2 definitions

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

Sūtrāntaka (सूत्रान्तक) or Sūtrāntika.—adj. -subst. m. (to prec. plus -ka, ika; = Pali suttantika), one versed in the sūtrānta: °tako 'yaṃ sthaviro Divyāvadāna 397.8; ifc., evam adhīta-catuḥ-°tikaṃ (acc. m.) (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 38.13, (one) who has studied these four sūtrānta (viz. the Prajñāpāramitā, Candrapradīpasamādhi, Gaṇḍavyūha, and Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra).

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

Sūtrāntaka (सूत्रान्तक):—[from sūtra > sūtr] mfn. versed in the Buddhist Sūtras, [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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