Paripacana, Paripācana: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Paripacana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Paripachana.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraParipācana (परिपाचन) refers to the “ripening (of beings)”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[Digression on a case brought against the Buddha; B. The defense].—[9. Simultaneous Teaching of Existence and Non-existence].—[...] The Prajñāpāramitā is the emptiness of non-existence (anupalambha-śūnyatā). If the Buddha sometimes speaks of non-existent dharmas, it is in order to ripen beings (sattva-paripācana-artha) who, long afterwards, will all enter into the treasure of the Dharma of non-existence. [...]”.
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāParipācana (परिपाचन) refers to “bringing (all living beings) to maturity”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva bring all living beings to maturity (sarvasatva-paripācana) given the fact that they are originally pure. The realm of living beings, son of good family, is originally pure, and thus their roots have no basis. The Bodhisattva, son of good family, having understood that the roots of all dharmas are completely cut off, brings living beings to maturity, and then he does not hold the view of a self, the view of a living being, the view of a life principle, or the view of a person. [...]”.
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 Dictionaryparipācana : (nt.) ripening; maturing; development.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryParipācana, (nt.) (pari+pācana1) ripening, maturing, digestion Vims 351, 363, 365. (Page 429)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryParipācana (परिपाचन).—nt., °nā (?), °na-tā (to next), ripening, bringing to maturity, in religious sense: sattva-°na(m) Daśabhūmikasūtra 42.6; 56.2; Kāraṇḍavvūha 24.21; Gaṇḍavyūha 178.21; -sattvendriya- paripācanābhimukha- Gaṇḍavyūha 265.7; antaḥpurasya °canārthaṃ Lalitavistara 182.13; bodhicitta-°na- Śikṣāsamuccaya 51.16; in Śikṣāsamuccaya 328.16 (verse) paripācanulomā seems to stand by haplology for pari- pācan(a)-anulomā; the alternative would be to assume a stem *paripāca, instead of (Sanskrit and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]) paripāka; sattvānāṃ paripācanā Bodhisattvabhūmi 221.9 (but v.l. °nāya, dat. of °na); sattva-°canatāyai Lalitavistara 34.21; 35.1; °tayā Gaṇḍavyūha 460.14 (all prose).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryParipācana (परिपाचन).—i. e. pari -pac, [Causal.], + ana, adj. Maturing by cooking or ripening, [Suśruta] 2, 408, 13.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Paripacana (परिपचन):—[=pari-pacana] [from pari-pac] n. = tailapācanikā, [Caraka [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) Paripācana (परिपाचन):—[=pari-pācana] [from pari-pac] mfn. cooking, ripening, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] ([figuratively]) bringing to maturity, [Lalita-vistara]
4) [v.s. ...] n. the act of bringing to m°, [Lalita-vistara]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pacana, Pari.
Starts with: Paripacanata.
Ends with: Satvaparipacana.
Full-text: Paripacanata, Paripachan, Paripacaniya, Virakta, Dushcitta, Dhatu, Samutthita, Viparyasta, Viparyasa, Paryavasthana, Bhava, Abhutaparikalpa, Avidya, Abhuta, Ti Lakkhana.
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Chapter V - The Category Of Form Under A Fivefold Aspect < [Book II - Form]
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Appendix 1 - Description of a Hospital < [Chapter 4]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
III.1: Benefits of the presence of the Buddhas < [Part 4 - Being born into the family of the Bodhisattvas, etc.]
IV. The auxiliairies in the mahāyāna < [Note on the Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
Digression on a case brought against the Buddha < [Part 1 - Mahāyānist list of the eighteen special attributes of the Buddha]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
1.3.1. Kāyanupassanā—Contemplation of the Body < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]