Nishyandabuddha, Niṣyandabuddha, Nishyanda-buddha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Niṣyandabuddha can be transliterated into English as Nisyandabuddha or Nishyandabuddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNiṣyandabuddha (निष्यन्दबुद्ध).—issuance- (or natural-result)-Buddha, a kind of Buddha in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 56.8, 14; 57.8; 283.6; contrasting with dharmatā- and nirmāṇa-b°, and according to Suzuki, Studies, 142 ff., 208 f., an early form of the later saṃbhoga-kāya, q.v.
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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Partial matches: Nisyanda, Buddha.
Full-text: Sambhogakaya.
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