Abidhutadharma
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adbhutadharma (P. abbhutadhamma; T. rmad du byung ba’i chos; C. xifa 希法).[1] Translated as "marvelous events," "marvelous teachings," etc.[1][2]
Abidhutadharma is a traditional genre of Buddhist literature, where it is categorized as:[1][2]
- one of the nine categories of teachings within the Pali tradition, and
- one of the twelve categories of teachings in the Sanskrit tradition.
This genre of literature refers to narratives that contain descriptions of miraculous events.[1][2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. adbhutadharma.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
རྨད་དུ་བྱུང་བའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་སྡེ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
External links
- རྨད་དུ་བྱུང་བའི་ཆོས་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary