Suvarnabhasottama, Suvarṇabhāsottama: 1 definition

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

Suvarṇabhāsottama (सुवर्णभासोत्तम).—(1) also -sūtra, name of a work (our Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra); this form preferred by Nobel, p. xii, tho most Nepalese mss. read usually Suvarṇaprabhās°; in verses also Svarṇa° occurs for Suvarṇa°; and sometimes, when modifying deśanā, the name becomes °ttamā, f.: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 2.1 (verse; Svarṇa°); 13.8; 14.2; 28.12 and 29.1 (verses; Svarṇa- °ttamā, with deśanā); etc. Note also Svarṇaprabhāsa Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 53.18 (verse); (2) m., name of a Bodhisattva: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 120.3 (most mss. Suvarṇaprabhās°).

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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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