The Sanskrit term Pratyavekṣā can be transliterated into English as Pratyaveksa or Pratyaveksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Pratyavekṣā (प्रत्यवेक्षा) or Pratyavekṣājñāna (“discriminating wisdom”) refers to one of the “five wisdoms” (Pañcajñāna), according to the Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The crown of five skulls symbolize the pañcajñāna, "The Five Wisdoms": 1) ādarśa-jñāna, "mirror-like wisdom", 2) samatā-jñāna, "the wisdom of equality", 3) pratyavekṣā-jñāna, "discriminating wisdom", 4) kṛtyanuṣṭhāna-jñāna, "the wisdom of action", 5) tathatā-jñāna, "the wisdom of thusness".

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyavekṣā (प्रत्यवेक्षा).—Taking care of, regard for, looking after; भव्यमुख्याः समारम्भाः प्रत्यवेक्ष्या निरत्ययाः (bhavyamukhyāḥ samārambhāḥ pratyavekṣyā niratyayāḥ) R.17.53.

See also (synonyms): pratyavekṣaṇa.

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

Pratyavekṣā (प्रत्यवेक्षा).—i. e. prati -ava-īkṣ + a, f. 1. Attention, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 168 (‘having directed his mind to stealing,’ read muṣe instead of mukhe). 2. Management, 180.

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

Pratyavekṣā (प्रत्यवेक्षा).—[feminine] regard, attention, care.

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

1) Pratyavekṣā (प्रत्यवेक्षा):—[=praty-avekṣā] [from praty-avekṣ] f. = [preceding] n., [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

2) Prātyavekṣā (प्रात्यवेक्षा):—[=prāty-avekṣā] [from prāty > prāti] [wrong reading] for praty-av.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratyaveksha 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: Aveksha, Praty.

Starts with: Pratyavekshajnana, Pratyavekshan, Pratyavekshana, Pratyavekshanajnana, Pratyavekshanata.

Ends with: Anatmapratyaveksha, Anityapratyaveksha.

Full-text: Anityapratyaveksha, Anatmapratyaveksha, Pratyavekshana, Paccavekkha, Pancajnana, Samata, Tathata, Adarsha, Krityanushthana, Jnana, Kapalamala.

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