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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Pratyarthika (प्रत्यर्थिक) refers to “enemies”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “The great vehicle (mahāyāna) is made with four wheels (cakra), namely with the means of attraction, the spokes (ara) are well fitted as the roots of good have been transformed with intention (āśaya), [...] it goes to all buddha-fields (sarvabuddhakṣetra) by four magical feet (ṛddhipāda), the horns (śṛṅga) of recollection are bound with the string of a jewel necklace (ratnamālā), it roams widely and broadly since it contains all living beings, it fulfills its function (sukṛtakarma) as it subdues enemies (pratyarthika) and the Māras (māra-pratyarthika), [...]”.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Pratyarthika (प्रत्यर्थिक) refers to “rivals”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān said to the great Nāga kings]: “Now I will teach the auspicious offering manual which can bring about any effect. [...] There will be a closing of the boundaries all around for a hundred yojanas. All diseases, all illnesses, all the evil-minded, all rivals (pratyarthika) and adversaries: these do not prevail. [...]”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyarthika (प्रत्यर्थिक).—An opponent; बहुप्रत्यर्थिकं ह्येतद्राज्यं नाम कुरूद्वह (bahupratyarthikaṃ hyetadrājyaṃ nāma kurūdvaha) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 15.36.12.

Derivable forms: pratyarthikaḥ (प्रत्यर्थिकः).

See also (synonyms): pratyarthaka.

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

Pratyarthika (प्रत्यर्थिक).—m. (in Sanskrit only ifc. [bahuvrīhi] = pra-tyarthin; = Pali paccatthika), enemy: sometimes ifc. [bahuvrīhi] as in Sanskrit, Mahāvastu ii.77.6; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 1.8; Gaṇḍavyūha 325.14; but in the rest an independent word; often followed by the synonym pratyamitra; Mahāvyutpatti 2731; Mahāvastu i.198.8 = ii.2.5; Avadāna-śataka i.177.7; Kāśyapa Parivarta 100.4; Bodhisattvabhūmi 98.16; 190.15; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 24.16; opponent in a dispute, Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.56.4; arthika-praty°, the two contending parties in a dispute (Pali attha-paccatthika), Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii. 180.20 ff. (ms. sometimes arthi-pra°).

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

Pratyarthika (प्रत्यर्थिक):—[=praty-arthika] [from praty-arth] (ifc.) idem, [Mahābhārata]

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Pratyarthika 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.

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Partial matches: Arthika, Prati.

Ends with: Bahipratyarthika, Bahupratyarthika, Marapratyarthika.

Full-text: Bahupratyarthika, Bahipratyarthika, Pratyarthaka, Sukritakarma, Nihatamara, Shukrita, Arthika.

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