Suvikrantavikramin, Suvikrāntavikramin: 4 definitions

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Suvikrantavikramin in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Suvikrāntavikramin (सुविक्रान्तविक्रमिन्) 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 Che cheng.

Suvikrāntavikramin 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

[«previous next»] — Suvikrantavikramin in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Suvikrāntavikrāmin (सुविक्रान्तविक्रामिन्).—(1) (v.l. °kramin, °krama) name of a satpurusa, q.v.: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 4.1; (2) name of a work: Mahāvyutpatti 1347 (°mī, n. sg. m.); (3) name of a Bodhisattva: Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 6.17.

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

1) Suvikrāntavikramin (सुविक्रान्तविक्रमिन्):—[=su-vikrānta-vikramin] [from su-vikrānta > su > su-yaj] m. Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]

2) Suvikrāntavikrāmin (सुविक्रान्तविक्रामिन्):—[=su-vikrānta-vikrāmin] [from su-vikrānta > su > su-yaj] m. Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]

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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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