Utpattikrama, Utpatti-krama: 2 definitions

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Utpattikrama 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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems

Utpattikrama (उत्पत्तिक्रम) (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: bskyed rim) — (lit. “Generation stage”) — In advanced tantric systems (e.g., mahāyoga or highest yoga tantra ), the phase of practice, preceding the climactic completion stage, in which one “overcomes ordinary appearances” by visualizing oneself as a buddha -deity at the center of a complex mandala, identifying one's body, speech, and mind with that of a buddha

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utpattikrama (उत्पत्तिक्रम).—order of birth.

Derivable forms: utpattikramaḥ (उत्पत्तिक्रमः).

Utpattikrama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms utpatti and krama (क्रम).

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

Utpattikrama (उत्पत्तिक्रम):—[=ut-patti-krama] [from ut-patti > ut-pad] m. the successive stages of creation (e.g. in [Taittirīya-upaniṣad], ‘from Brahman arose ether, from ether wind, from wind fire, from fire water, from water earth, from earth plants, from plants food, from food seed, from seed man’).

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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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