Alternative spellings of this word include Parivarjan.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन) refers to “rejection”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLII.—Accordingly, “[...] furthermore, great wisdom has as its nature the relinquishment (parityāga), the rejection (parivarjana) of dharmas; great loving-kindness and great compassion have as their nature pity for (anukampā) and service (upakāra) to beings. This pity and service are loved by all beings; that is why they call them great loving-kindness and great compassion of the Buddha”.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन) refers to “avoiding (bad friends)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva obtain the mastery (vaśitāprāpta) in the arising of birth and death? When the Bodhisattva is endowed with twelve dharmas, son of good family, he attains the mastery in the arising of birth and death. What are the twelve? To wit, (1) he avoids bad friends (pāpamitra-parivarjana) and serves spiritual friends; (2) he completely purifies erroneous view-points; (3) he purifies the mass of moral discipline which is authorized by the Buddha; (4) he knows the entrance into concentration; [...]”.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

parivarjana (परिवर्जन).—n S Utter relinquishment or quitting.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

parivarjana (परिवर्जन).—n Utter relinquishment or quitting.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन).—

1) Leaving, quitting, abandoning.

2) Giving up, resigning.

3) Killing, slaughter.

Derivable forms: parivarjanam (परिवर्जनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Killing, slaughter. 2. Quitting, abandonment. E. pari finally, vṛj to shun, aff. lyuṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन).—i. e. pari-vṛj + ana, n. 1. Careful abstaining from, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 54. 2. Avoiding, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 8, 14.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन).—[neuter] avoiding, giving up, resigning, escaping.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parivarjana (परिवर्जन):—[=pari-varjana] [from pari-vṛj] n. the act of avoiding, giving up, escaping, abstaining from ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] killing, slaughter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन):—[pari-varjana] (naṃ) 1. n. Killing, leaving.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Parivarjana (परिवर्जन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Parivajjaṇa, Parivajjaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parivarjana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Parivarjana (परिवर्जन) [Also spelled parivarjan]:—(nm) abandonment, forsaking; ~[varjanīya] abandonable, worth being and fit for forsaking.

2) Parivarjanā (परिवर्जना):—(nf) an inhibition.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parivarjana (ಪರಿವರ್ಜನ):—

1) [noun] the act of giving up; abandonment.

2) [noun] the act or an instance of killing.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Varjana, Pari.

Starts with: Parivarjanata.

Ends with: Mamsaparivarjana.

Full-text: Parivajjana, Mamsaparivarjana, Parivarjan, Apasarjana, Varjana, Upakara, Parityaga, Anukampa, Papamitra, Shuklapaksha, Pratinihsarga.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

IV. Epithet ‘great’ refused for the wisdom of the Buddhas < [Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas]

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