Mulavishuddha, Mūlaviśuddha, Mula-vishuddha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Mūlaviśuddha can be transliterated into English as Mulavisuddha or Mulavishuddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāMūlaviśuddha (मूलविशुद्ध) refers to “(having its essential nature of) pure root”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said: “O friends, vices are the darkness but the purity is the light. Vices are of weak power but the expanded vision is powerful. Vices are accidental but its essential nature is of pure root (mūlaviśuddha). Vices are false imaginations but its essential nature is the absence of false imagination. It is like this, friends, this great earth is based on water, water is supported by wind, wind is founded on space, but space is dependent on nothing. [...]”.
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.
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