Prajnarasayana, Prajñārasāyana, Prajna-rasayana: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraPrajñārasāyana (प्रज्ञारसायन) refers to the “elixir of wisdom”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 40.—Accordingly: [...] The Buddha – Śākyamuni, Dīpaṃkara, Ratnapuṣpa, etc. – takes birth in the pure family of the Buddhas. He actualizes the bodily positions of the previous Buddhas. He possesses all of the thirty-two physical marks that serve him as adornments. His attitudes as Holy Teacher being perfect, he turns the true Wheel of Dharma. He receives the crucial anointment with the elixir of wisdom (prajñārasāyana): he is the elder in the triple world. [...]
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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Partial matches: Rasayana, Prajna.
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