Vashiprapta, Vaśiprāpta: 2 definitions

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Vashiprapta means something in 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 Vaśiprāpta can be transliterated into English as Vasiprapta or Vashiprapta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Vaśiprāpta (वशिप्राप्त).—adj. (= Pali vasippatta, according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] only in composition with ceto-, e.g. Aṅguttaranikāya (Pali) ii.6.17, glossed in commentary iii.5.5 cittavasībhāvaṃ patto, evarūpo khīṇāsavo hoti; idha pana anāgāmī kathito), arrived at (state of being) master, in control; elsewhere vaśitā-pr° (see vaśitā); see also s.v. vaśin: note Mahāvastu i.198.4 = ii.2.1 kulavaśiprāpta, attained to mastery over (other) families, said of the family in which the Bodhisattva is born in his last existence; the Lalitavistara 24.14 parallel to this has vaśitā for vaśi; cetovaśi- prāpta, of a Buddha, Mahāvastu i.34.12, compare Pali, above, and Lalitavistara 425.22 s.v. vaśin; sa (Maitreyaḥ) vaśiprāptaḥ sarvabodhi- sattvavaśitāsu Gaṇḍavyūha 489.24; anuttarajñānajñeya-vaśiprāp- tena (of Buddha) Divyāvadāna 210.4; anuttarajñānajño vaśiprāpto (of Buddha) Divyāvadāna 546.29; see also vaśībhāvaprāpta.

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

Vaśiprāpta (वशिप्राप्त):—[=vaśi-prāpta] [from vaśi > vaś] mfn. having power over (also ifc.), [Divyāvadāna]

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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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