Ekavyavaharika, Ekavyāvahārikā, Eka-vyavaharika: 5 definitions
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Ekavyavaharika 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
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Buddhist Door: GlossaryEkavyavaharika in Sanskrit, Ekabyohara in Pali. One of the Hinayana sect, a branch of Mahasanghikah, which considered things as nominal, i.e. just names without any underlying reality. They held that the mind is by its nature pure and radiant, inaccessible to defilement.Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkavyāvahārikā (एकव्यावहारिका).—Name of a Buddhist school.
Derivable forms: ekavyāvahārikāḥ (एकव्यावहारिकाः).
Ekavyāvahārikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and vyāvahārikā (व्यावहारिका).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkavyāvahārika (एकव्यावहारिक):—[=eka-vyāvahārika] [from eka] m. [plural] ‘living solitary (?)’, Name of a Buddhist school.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Eka, Vyavaharika.
Full-text: Vyavaharika.
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