Suvinita, Suvinīta, Su-vinita: 7 definitions

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Suvinita 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 Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Suvinīta (सुविनीत) refers to a particular type of “supreme conquerors” [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] After that, by those magically conjured-up beings, during seven days, the women were brought to maturity, in the way that they attained the stage of not falling back from the supreme and perfect awakening. Then the five hundred widows, having come to the Bodhisatva Gaganagañja, uttered these verses: ‘[...] (122) The Sage, the highest leader, predicted for them: In the future, when you completed your practice, you will become supreme conquerors, the well-gone ones called Suvinīta’ [...]”.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Suvinīta (सुविनीत).—a.

1) well trained, modest.

2) well executed.

- a tractable cow.

Suvinīta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and vinīta (विनीत).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Suvinīta (सुविनीत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Well trained, properly behaved. f.

(-tā) A tractable cow. E. su exceeding, and vināta well-behaved.

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

1) Suvinīta (सुविनीत):—[=su-vinīta] [from su > su-yaj] mf(ā)n. well trained (as horses), [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

2) [v.s. ...] properly behaved, very modest, [Pañcarātra]

3) [v.s. ...] well executed, [Mahābhārata]

4) Suvinītā (सुविनीता):—[=su-vinītā] [from su-vinīta > su > su-yaj] f. a tractable cow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Suvinīta (सुविनीत):—[su-vinīta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Well trained. 1. f. A tractable cow.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Suvinīta (सुविनीत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Suviṇīya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suvinita 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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