Itivrittaka, Itivṛttaka: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Itivṛttaka can be transliterated into English as Itivrttaka or Itivrittaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraItivṛttaka (इतिवृत्तक) refers to a variety of Ityuktaka: one of the twelve members of Buddhist texts (dvādaśāṅga), according to a note attached to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 51.—The sūtras called Jou-che-yu (Ityuktaka) ‘thus has it been said’ are of two kinds: 1) The first kind are those sūtras having as their concluding phrase (kie-kiu): “What I first promised to say has been said”. 2) The second kind is that of the sūtras called Yi-mou (variant tchou)-to-kia, i.e., itivṛttaka ‘thus did it happen’, a type of sūtra also existing outside of (or extracted from) the Tripiṭaka and the Mahāyānasūtras. Some people call them Mou-to-kia, i.e., vṛttaka ‘event’; this name, vṛttaka, is that of texts extracted from the Tripiṭaka and the Mahāyānsūtras. And what is it then? It is what the Buddha said.
The ityuktaka ‘thus has it been said’ and the itivṛttaka ‘thus has it happened’ correspond to the Pāli itivittaka. Itivṛttaka is, in the etymological sense of the word, the story of an event, but it would be nice to know how it differs from an avadāna or a jātaka. According to Asaṅga, the itivṛttaka relates the earlier existences of the noble disciples whereas the jātakas tell the earlier existences of the Bodhisattva.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryItivṛttaka (इतिवृत्तक).—nt. (in Bodhisattvabhūmi m.; = ityukta, °taka, qq.v., = Pali itivuttaka, which seems clearly based on iti vuttaṃ = ity uktam, but in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] has been blended formally, by Hypersanskritism, with Sanskrit itivṛtta, nt., see [Boehtlingk and Roth]; Tibetan, see below, proves that at least for Tibetan translators the word was connected with vṛtta rather than ukta), name of a canonical work or type of literature, story of past events (associated with jātaka): Mahāvyutpatti 1274 = Tibetan (de lta bu) byuṅ ba (-ḥi sde), story, history (root ḥbyuṅ, happen, take place, = vṛt); here itivṛttakam is followed by jātakam; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 45.7 (verse) sūtrāṇi (or, with v.l., sūtrānta) bhāṣāmi [Page114-a+ 71] tathaiva gāthā itivṛttakaṃ jātakam adbhutaṃ ca; Bodhisattvabhūmi 67.20 (wrongly punctuated)…prakāśayati (comma, or no punctuation) itivṛttakāṃś ca pūrvayogapratisaṃ- yuktāṃ (= °tān; end of sentence!); Bodhisattvabhūmi 397.12—13 tathāgataḥ pūrvānte itivṛttakāṃś ca jātakāṃś ca smṛtvā… Cf. vṛttaka.
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.
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Full-text: Dvadashanga, Ityuktaka, Navanga, Geya, Adbhuta.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Eighth aṅga (member): Ityuktaka (sayings) and Itivṛttaka < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]
Preliminary note (2): The dvādaśāṅga < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]
Preliminary note (1): The navāṅga < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter V - On the Adamantine Body < [Section One]
Chapter XXI - On Pure Actions (a) < [Section Three]
Chapter XLVI - On On Kaundinya (b) < [Section Ten]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)