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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Praviveka (प्रविवेक) refers to the “(practice of) solitude”, according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 40.—Accordingly: The Buddha utters the lion’s roar. He is like the king of the lions (siṃharāja). [...] The Buddha-lion is very similar. [...] The three gates of deliverance are the fore-part of his body with firm flesh. The three wonders are his long spine. The perfection of the sciences and practices is his invisible belly. Patience is his narrow waist. The practice of solitude (praviveka) is his long tail. The four foundations of magical power are his well-planted paws. The five faculties of the aśaikṣa are his sharp claws. [...]

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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

Praviveka (प्रविवेक).—Complete solitude.

Derivable forms: pravivekaḥ (प्रविवेकः).

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

Praviveka (प्रविवेक).—m. (= Pali pa°; compare Sanskrit pravivikta, solitary), solitude, seclusion: °ka-jaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 6344 (Tibetan rab tu dben pa las…); Lalitavistara 161.6; 180.17; Śikṣāsamuccaya 50.12 (ms. °vekya); 124.18; Bodhisattvabhūmi 9.2; 26.11; 246.20; Jātakamālā 11.21; 107.6; 108.21, etc.

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

Praviveka (प्रविवेक):—[=pra-viveka] [from pravi-vic] m. complete solitude, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Praviveka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pravivēka (ಪ್ರವಿವೇಕ):—[noun] great knowledge.

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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.

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Partial matches: Pra, Viveka.

Full-text: Pravivekya, Avyabadhya.

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