Mahāsthāmaprāpta
Sign in to saveMahāsthāmaprāpta is a Bodhisattva Mahāsattva who represents the power of wisdom. His name literally means "arrival of the great strength".
Key facts
- Buddha.name
- Mahāsthāmaprāpta
- Buddha.image
- Mahasthamaprapta cropped.jpg
- Buddha.caption
- Silk painting of Dashizhi from Khara-Khoto. Western Xia dynasty, 13th century.
- Buddha.sanskrit_name
- महास्थामप्राप्त Mahāsthāmaprāpta
- Buddha.chinese_name
- (Traditional)大勢至菩薩 or 得大勢菩薩 (Simplified)大势至菩萨 or 得大势菩萨(Pinyin: Dàshìzhì Púsa or Dédàshì Púsà)
- Buddha.japanese_name
- (romaji: Daiseishi Bosatsu)
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- མཐུ་ཆེན་ཐོབWylie: mthu chen thobTHL: Tuchen tob
- Buddha.khmer_name
- មហាស្ថាមប្រាប្ត(mo-haa-sthaam-praap)
- Buddha.korean_name
- 대세지 보살 (RR: Daeseji Bosal)
- Buddha.tagalog_name
- Mahasthamaplapta
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Đại Thế Chí Bồ tát
- Buddha.sinhalese_name
- මහාස්ථාමප්රාප්ත
- Buddha.thai_name
- พระมหาสถามปราปต์โพธิสัตว์
- Buddha.veneration
- Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna (Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra) (Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra) (Lotus Sutra) (Śūraṅgama Sūtra)
- Buddha.attributes
- Wisdom, Power
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- Instance of
- Bodhisattva
- Gender
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- Religion
- Buddhism
- Student of
- Amitābha Buddha
- Image
- Mahasthamaprapta cropped.jpg
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Mahāsthāmaprāpta is a Bodhisattva Mahāsattva who represents the power of wisdom. His name literally means "arrival of the great strength".
Mahāsthāmaprāpta is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism, along with Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteśvara, Ākāśagarbha, Kṣitigarbha, Maitreya and Sarvanivarana-Vishkambhin.
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