As one of the twelve aspects of the Dharma, it means an extensive teaching on a subject.

See also “twelve wheels of the Dharma.”

Meaning “extremely extensive,” this is one of the twelve branches of Buddhist scriptures and also a common term for the Great Vehicle discourses.

Literally “extensive”/“elaborate,” it is a denomination applied to a limited number of important sūtras, including the Lalitavistara, the Suvarṇaprabhāsa, and a few others.

One of the twelve branches of scripture. Literally meaning “vast” or “extensive,” it refers to a particular set of lengthy sūtras or collections of sūtras that each provide a comprehensive overview of Buddhist thought and practice. This category includes individual works such as the Lalitavistara and Saddharma­puṇḍarīka and collections such as the Mahā­sannipāta, Buddhāvataṃsaka, Ratnakūta, and Prajñāpāramitā.

One of the twelve branches of Buddhist scriptures.

One among the twelve sections of scripture.

A genre of Buddhist literature, which may refer obliquely to the class of Mahāyāna sūtras. Some sūtras include it in the list of twelve types of Buddhist literature. In this sūtra, the Sanskrit manuscript refers to itself as a vaipulya in one of its chapter colophons.

As an adjective for a sūtra it refers to one of the twelve classes of sūtra teaching, and refers to sūtras of great length.

One of the “twelve branches of excellent speech.”

One of the twelve branches of Buddhist scriptures.

Twelfth of the twelve branches of the scriptures.