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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Pratijñottaraka (प्रतिज्ञोत्तरक) refers to “(that which) surpasses one’s (earlier) promise”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “The great vehicle is made with four wheels, namely with the means of attraction, the spokes are well fitted as the roots of good have been transformed with intention, it; it is fastened with a strong girth of the highest intention since it surpasses one’s earlier promise (pūrva-pratijñottaraka), it is carried on by a yoke yoked with the team of insight and expedient means, it is fastened in the holes of peaceful meditation and expanded vision, it is powered by the power of understanding four holy truths, it has the power of a thousand well-bred horses, [...]”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pratijñottaraka (प्रतिज्ञोत्तरक).—adj. (pratijñā-ut°?), Mahāvyutpatti 1796, perhaps surpassing one's promise; exceeding expectations; context indicates something like zealous, energetic. Tibetan kha ḥog tu lus ḥkhrus pa, bathing the body with face down- ward (!); but Chin. bathing the body with lower part covered, that is, observing propriety even when alone (a famous Confucian precept).

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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.

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Partial matches: Uttaraka, Pratijna.

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