Opanayika: 3 definitions
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Opanayika means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraOpanayika (ओपनयिक) in Pali or Aupanayika in Sanskrit refers to a quality of the Dharma associated with the “recollection of the Dharma” (dharmānusmṛti), representing one of the Anusmṛti (eight recollections), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “the Dharma leads to the good place (aupanayika or opanayika). The thirty-seven pure auxiliaries of Bodhi lead (upanayanti) a person to Nirvāṇa. Thus, when one sets sail on the Ganges, one necessarily reaches the great ocean. The outside heretical systems (anyatīrthika) which the Omniscient One (sarvajñā) did not preach that are full of wrong views (mithyadṛṣṭi) lead to the bad places or, if they sometimes lead to the heavens (svarga), one falls back from them and suffers. Not being eternal, these heavens are not ‘the good place’”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryopanayika : (adj.) leading to; bringing near.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryOpanayika, (adj.) (fr. upaneti, upa + nī) leading to (Nibbāna) S. IV, 41 sq. , 272, 339; V, 343; A. I, 158; II, 198; D. III, 5; Vism. 217. (Page 168)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Ends with: Atmopanayika, Varshopanayika.
Full-text: Aupanayika.
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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
(2) Recollection of the Dhamma < [Chapter VII - Six Recollections (Cha-anussati-niddesa)]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XX - The Mahāgovindīya-sūtra < [Volume III]
Patipada (by Acariya Maha Boowa Ñanasampanno)