Upapattivashita, Upapattivaśitā, Upapatti-vashita: 2 definitions

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Upapattivashita 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.

The Sanskrit term Upapattivaśitā can be transliterated into English as Upapattivasita or Upapattivashita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Upapattivashita in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Upapattivaśitā (उपपत्तिवशिता) refers to one of twelve Vaśitā Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is mixed; her Symbol is creepers; she has two arms.

Upapattivaśitā is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—

“Upapattivaśitā is of variegated colour and holds in her left hand various kinds of creepers of variegated colour”.

[These Vaśitās are collectively taken to be the spiritual daughters of the Dhyāni Buddha Amitābha. The twelve Vaśitā Goddesses [viz., Upapattivaśitā] are described collectively as two-armed, holding in their right hands the lotus and in the left proudly bearing their special symbols.]

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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.

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

Upapattivaśitā (उपपत्तिवशिता).—supernatural power of choosing rebirth (Senart i, note 586 conjectures, of choosing the family he is to be born in; perhaps too limited), one of the vaśitā, q.v.: Mahāvyutpatti 775; Daśabhūmikasūtra 70.13, defined sarvaloka- dhātūpapattisaṃdarśana(-tayā); compare Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 260.11—12, s.v. aupapāduka; in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 228.12 (verse) read upapatti-vaśītāsya [Page139-a+ 71] = °vaśitā (ī m.c.) asya, which mss. clearly intend; ed. has false em. See also under upapatti, Mahāvastu i.282.18.

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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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