Sukhopadhana, Sukhopadhāna, Sukha-upadhāna: 2 definitions
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Sukhopadhana 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: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSukhopadhāna (सुखोपधान) refers to “all sorts of offerings” of the Lord, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “In that way, son of good family, the king Puṇyālaṃkāra, by all sorts of offerings (sukhopadhāna) and enjoyments which were appropriate, beautiful and faultless, paid respect to the Lord and his disciples for eighty-four thousand years. Those two boys, Siṃha and Siṃhavikrāntagāmin, according to the teaching of the Lord, left ordinary household life behind and became monks. After those became monks, twenty thousand princes also left ordinary household life and became monks. [...]’”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySukhopadhāna (सुखोपधान):—[from sukha > sukh] n. = upakaraṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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: Upadhana.
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