Buddhavairin, Buddha-vairi, Buddhavairī, Buddhavairi, Buddha-vairin: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraBuddhavairin (बुद्धवैरिन्) refers to an “enemy of the Buddha”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 10).—Accordingly, “[Question: What are the works of Māra?]—[Answer].—[...] Furthermore, if people have had to undergo happiness and misfortune in the course of successive lifetimes, the causes are the fetters as well as king Māra, who is called the enemy of the Buddha (buddhavairin), the thief of the holy ones. Because he destroys [100a] the actions of all who are ascending the current, because he has a horror of nirvāṇa, he is called Māra”.
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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Partial matches: Vairin, Buddha.
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