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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Ubhayatobhāgavimukta (उभयतोभागविमुक्त) refers to one of the nine aśaikṣa types of the twenty-seven total classes of individuals (pudgala), as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36. In contrast to the Pṛthagjana ‘the worldly’, the Āryas who have entered onto the Path (mārga) and who make up the holy Community (saṃgha), are arranged into various groups. Ubhayatobhāgavimukta  is one that is an “Arhat doubly delivered from the obstacle of the disturbing emotions (kleśāvaraṇa) and the obstacle opposing the eight liberations (vimokṣāvaraṇa)”.

The list of the twenty-seven individuals [viz., Ubhayatobhāgavimukta] is one of the masterpieces of the Sarvāstivādin-Vaibhaṣika Abhidharma which, with the help of the canonical sources, has located them precisely along the Path to Nirvāṇa. (cf. Vibhāṣā, Saṃyuktābhidharmasāra and Abhidharmāmṛta). The Prajñāpāramitās have used the preceding sources broadly to establish their twenty categories of saints, but the end-point of the career is no longer the entry into Nirvāṇa but the arrival at the state of Buddha by the conquest of Anuttarasaṃyaksaṃbodhi.

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

Ubhayatobhāgavimukta (उभयतोभागविमुक्त).—(ubhayato-bhāga-vimukta), adj. (= Pali ubhato-bhāga-vimutta), emancipated from both parts: Mahāvyutpatti 1028 (misprinted °bhaga°; corr. Index); Divyāvadāna 404.24 (read: ubhau hi tau ubhayatobhāgavimuktau); Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 27b.1; compare Abhidharmakośa LaV-P. ii.205; vi.275—7. Often edd. (Pali and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]) print ubha(ya)to as separate word, wrongly; it modifies bhāga- directly, as part of the [compound] Tibetan on Mahāvyutpatti gñis kaḥi cha las…from both parts; Majjhimanikāya (Pali) commentary iii.188.7 = Dīghanikāya (Pali) commentary ii.514.3 dvīhi bhāgehi vimutto, arūpasamāpattiyā rūpakāyato vimutto, maggena nāma- kāyato (i.e. from the skhandha other than rūpa) vimutto. The Abhidharmakośa vi.276 has a different interpretation according to LaV-P., delivered from the obstacle of the passions (impu- rities, kleśāvaraṇa), and from the obstacle to (the 8) vimokṣa (which is stated to be akarmaṇyatā, l'impuissance corporelle [Page148-a+ 71] et mentale). This seems to be a later reinterpretation; the Pali comms. make it simpler, referring to the physical and mental constituents. Which was meant in our texts is not clear from the contexts.

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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: Ubhayatobhaga, Vimukta.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

II. Concentration of the doubly liberated saint (ubhayatobhāga-vimukta) < [Part 2 - Surpassing the high concentrations of the Śrāvakas]

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