In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Anusmaraṇa (अनुस्मरण) refers to “memory”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 2).—Equipped with the vikalpas of examination (nirūpaṇā) and memory (anusmaraṇa), the mental consciousness, by itself, has a clear notion (saṃjñā) of the object. The other consciousnesses have only a very vague notion. The visual consciousness cognizes blue (nīlaṃ jānāti), but does not know “It is blue” (no tu nīlam iti). In the same way, the auditory consciousness is insufficient to identify a sound; it must be complemented by a mental consciousness.—(See Kośa, I, p. 28, n. 1, on this subject).

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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: Dharma-samgraha

Anusmaraṇa (अनुस्मरण) or Anusmaraṇavikalpa refers to “discrimination through recollection” and represents one of the “three kinds of discrimination” (vikalpa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 135). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., anusmaraṇa). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anusmaraṇa (अनुस्मरण).—

1) Recollection, remembering.

2) Repeated recollection.

Derivable forms: anusmaraṇam (अनुस्मरणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anusmaraṇa (अनुस्मरण).—i. e. anu -smṛ + ana, n. Recollection, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 82, 34.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anusmaraṇa (अनुस्मरण):—[=anu-smaraṇa] [from anu-smṛ] n. remembering, repeated recollection.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anusmaraṇa (अनुस्मरण):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṇam) Remembering, recollection. E. smṛ with anu, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Anusmaraṇa (अनुस्मरण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṇusaraṇa, Aṇussaraṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anusmarana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anusmaraṇa (ಅನುಸ್ಮರಣ):—[noun] = ಅನುಸ್ಮರಣೆ [anusmarane].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Smarana, Anu.

Starts with: Anusmaranavikalpa.

Ends with: Mrititattvanusmarana.

Full-text: Anusarana, Anusari, Anusmriti, Anussarana, Anusmaranavikalpa, Vikalpa, Three Discriminations, Three Kinds of Discrimination, Nirupana.

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