Samyakprahana, Samyakprahāṇa, Samyac-prahana, Samyanc-prahana: 4 definitions
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Samyakprahana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSamyakprahāṇa (सम्यक्प्रहाण) refers to “correct elimination”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (12) knowledge of the teaching on the highest truth which is inseparable from reality; (13) knowledge on the certain entrance into the truth; (14) knowledge in accordance with the application of awareness; (15) knowledge of the vigour without retrogression for correct elimination (samyakprahāṇa); [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySamyakprahāṇa (सम्यक्प्रहाण).—right effort or exertion; Buddh.
Derivable forms: samyakprahāṇam (सम्यक्प्रहाणम्), samyakprahāṇam (सम्यक्प्रहाणम्).
Samyakprahāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samyac and prahāṇa (प्रहाण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySamyakprahāṇa (सम्यक्प्रहाण) or Samyak-pradhāna.—see the second members.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Samyakprahāṇa (सम्यक्प्रहाण):—[=samyak-prahāṇa] [from samyak > samy-añc] n. (= Pali sammappadhāna) right abandonment, r° effort, r° exertion (with Buddhists of four kinds, 1 -to prevent demerit from arising, 2. get rid of it when arisen, 3. produce merit, 4. increase it), [Divyāvadāna]
2) [v.s. ...] Dharnsas. 45 [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 50.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Samyanc, Samyac, Prahana.
Full-text: Samyakpradhana, Pradhana, Prashathata, Prashatha, Padhana, Prahana.
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