Srotaapanna, Srotaāpanna, Shrotaapanna: 3 definitions
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Srotaapanna 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
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraSrotaāpanna (स्रोतआपन्न) refers to one of the eighteen śaikṣa types of the twenty-seven total classes of individuals (pudgala), as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36. In contrast to the Pṛthagjana ‘the worldly’, the Āryas who have entered onto the Path (mārga) and who make up the holy Community (saṃgha), are arranged into various groups.
According to chapter XLIX.—In the srotaāpanna, three fetters are eliminated and recognized: belief in the self, unjustified esteem for rituals and vows and doubt. By means of the destruction of these three fetters, he is srotaāpanna ‘entered into the stream’, incapable of falling back into a bad destiny, on the way to enlightenment: for him there is rebirth a maximum of seven times; having transmigrated, having passed seven times among gods and men, he will realize the end of suffering.
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismSrotaapanna:—A follower who has reached the level of ‘stream enterer.’ A ‘stream enterer’ is a person who will never regress back to the six lower worlds; he will continue to live in the upper worlds until he attains Buddhahood.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚrotaāpanna (श्रोतआपन्न) or Śrotaāpatti.—see srota°.
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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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Full-text (+4): Shrotaapatti, Pratipannaka, Darshana, Saptakrid, Ashtamaka, Anagamin, Ashtapurusha, Paramrishati, Bimbasara, Shrotapanna, Mendaka, Tanu, Apanna, Srotas, Bimbisara, Sadharanabhumi, Kutadanta, Sudatta, Carya, Darshanamarga.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. The power of the possible and the impossible (sthānāsthāna-jñānabala) < [Part 2 - The ten powers in particular]
The Dhvajāgrasūtra < [Part 1 - Position and results of the recollections]
Part 8 - Establishing beings in the five pure elements < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 6 - Lineage of the pratimokṣa vow < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Chapter 3 - Acts of the Buddha < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Chapter XXVIII - The Division of the Relics < [Fascicle Five]
Chapter XVIII - The Conversion of Anāthapiṇḍada < [Fascicle Four]