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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Svāmikā (स्वामिका) refers to one of the female Śrāvakas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Svāmikā).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Svāmika (स्वामिक) refers to an “owner”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] There is no self, being, life-principle, life-sustaining principle, spirit, personality, human being, or man; in the dharmas which are dependently originated there is no true origination and there is no owner (svāmika). Therefore, all dharmas are like grass, trees, walls, paths, and reflections. [...]”.

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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

Svāmika (स्वामिक).—(= Pali sāmika; in Sanskrit only ifc. [bahuvrīhi] for svāmin), husband (seemingly with no emotional tinge as a rule and mostly in prose; -ka svārthe): tvaṃ ca mama (244.9 me) °ko bhavesi (or bhaviṣyasi) Mahāvastu i.233.8; 244.9 (prose); others, ii.105.4; 246.16, 18; 247.3 (in this vicinity varies indifferently with svāmin; prose); 446.1; 485.20; iii.393.11; svāmika-svāmin, app. intensive repetition, used by a woman of her husband, °mi Mahāvastu ii.105.3 (verse), my very lord and master.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svāmika (स्वामिक).—[-svāmika], i. e. svāmin + ka, a substitute for svāmin, when latter part of a comp. adj.; e. g. pranaṣṭa- (so to be read instead of praṇaṣṭa, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 30), adj. That of which it is not known whether its owner is alive or dead.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svāmika (स्वामिक).—(adj. —°) = svāmin.

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

Svāmika (स्वामिक):—[from svāmin] (in [compound]) = svāmin (cf. niḥ-, praṇaṣṭa-sv etc.)

[Sanskrit to German]

Svamika 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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Starts with: Svamikaraja, Svamikarttika, Svamikarttikanupreksha, Svamikarttikeya, Svamikarttikeyakatha, Svamikarya, Svamikaryarthin, Svamikaryya.

Ends with: Asvamika, Bahisvamika, Bahusvamika, Ekasvamika, Grama-svamika, Mahasvamika, Nihsvamika, Pranashtasvamika.

Full-text: Asvamika, Bahusvamika, Pranashtasvamika, Svamikaraja, Nihsvamika, Grama-svamika, Bahisvamika, Asvamin, Asvamivikraya, Gramapati.

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