Abheda: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
Abheda (अभेद) refers to category of declaration on Brahman and Ātman.—Abheda-śruti refers to those affirming identity between Atman and Brahman.
Mimamsa (मीमांसा, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Abheda (अभेद) refers to one of the three kinds of Release (Mukti or Mokṣa), as discussed in chapter 8 (Jñānapāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—Description of the chapter [tapoviśeṣa-kathana]: [...] There follows then a discussion of the eight-fold process which is helpful to follow in obtaining release. But so long only as one remains devoted to the Lord will this release come as the gift of His grace. Release itself is of three kinds: bheda, abheda and miśra—and one or another of these kinds is granted to the soul that aspires after it (20-35a). [...]
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Abheda (अभेद) refers to the “absence of distinction”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] (17) protecting oneself is included in not performing any evil deed and accumulating all merits; (18) protecting others is included in tolerance and gentleness; (19) the absence of distinction (abheda) is included in the space-like thoughts and the wind-like thoughts; (20) a single taste is included in suchness and the absolute truth; [...]’”.
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.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Abheda (अभेद) is another name for Subinda—one of the Sixteen Arhats (known in Tibetan as gnas brtan bcu drug) who were chosen by Buddha Shakyamuni to remain in the world and protect the Dharma until the arrival of the future Buddha Maitreya. They vowed to maintain the Dharma for as long as beings could benefit from it. These legendary Arhats [e.g., Abheda] were revered in countries such as China, Japan, India and Tibet—a tradition which continues up until this day, for example in Zen Buddhism and Tibetan art.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
abhēda (अभेद).—a (S) Undivided: also indivisible.
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abhēda (अभेद).—m (S) Want or absence of difference; identity, oneness, unity: also unity of views and feelings and pursuits. 2 or abhēdabhāva m (S) or abhē- damata n The doctrine of the identity of the universe and the Deity; or of the identity of the human soul and the Divine essence; pantheism.
abhēda (अभेद).—a Undivided. m Want of difference, identitty, oneness, unity.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Abheda (अभेद).—a.
1) Undivided.
2) Identical, same, alike; तयोरभेदप्रतिपत्तिरस्ति मे (tayorabhedapratipattirasti me) Bhartṛhari 3. v. l.
-daḥ 1 Absence of difference or distinction, identity, sameness;
2) unity, oneness; भेदाभेदयोर्भेदो ग्रहीतव्यः (bhedābhedayorbhedo grahītavyaḥ) | ŚB. on MS.1.6.3. तद्रूपकमभेदो य उपमानोपमेययोः (tadrūpakamabhedo ya upamānopameyayoḥ) K. P.1, Śiśupālavadha 13.25.
3) Close union; इच्छतां सह वधूभिरभेदम् (icchatāṃ saha vadhūbhirabhedam) Kirātārjunīya 9.13. अभेदेन च युध्येत रक्षेच्चैव परस्परम् (abhedena ca yudhyeta rakṣeccaiva parasparam) H.3.72; आशास्महे विग्रहयोरभेदम् (āśāsmahe vigrahayorabhedam) Bhartṛhari 1.24.
Abheda (अभेद).—m.
(-daḥ) Identity, absence of difference or distinction. mfn.
(-daḥ-dā-daṃ) Alike, identical. E. a neg. bheda distinction.
Abheda (अभेद).—m. undividedness, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 79.
Abheda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and bheda (भेद).
Abheda (अभेद).—[adjective] not different, identical; [masculine] undividedness, sameness, identity.
1) Abheda (अभेद):—[=a-bheda] m. non-fracture, compactness, closeness of array, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] absence of difference or distinction, identity
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. not different, identical, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
Abheda (अभेद):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-daḥ) 1) Undividedness, close union; e. g. Hitop.: abhedena ca yudhyeyū rakṣeyuśca parasparam; or Bhartṛh. Śrīṅgāraś.: adarśane darśanamātrakāmā dṛṣṭā pariṣvaṅgarasaikalolā . āliṅgitāyāṃ punarāyatākṣyāmāśāsmahe vigrahayorabhedam.
2) Sameness, identity; e. g. Kaiyy. (on Patanj. to Pāṇ. I. 1. 9.): spṛṣṭatādyabhedādvivārādibhedepi yathā bhavati tathā spṛṣṭatādibhedepi vivārādyabhedātprāpnotīti praśnaḥ; or Bharatas. on Bhaṭṭik. 1. 21.: kṣatriyatvaṃ brāhmaṇatvaṃ cānyonyaprayojanakaṃ jātivyaktyorabhedopacārāt.—The term is of frequent occurrence in philosophical works; e. g. Viśvan. on a Nyāya S.: guṇaguṇinorabhedo na; or Sāṅkhya Prav.: āñjasyādabhedato vā guṇasāmānyādestatsiddhiḥ pradhānavyapadeśādvā; or Sāṅkhya Tattwak.: adhyavasāyo buddhiḥ . kriyākriyāvatorabhedavivakṣayā…buddheḥ yodhyavasāyo buddherasādhāraṇavyāpārastadabhedā buddhiḥ. In the Vedānta abheda is especially applied to the identity of the universal and individual soul or of the Deity and the world; e. g. Vedāntasāra: anayorvyaṣṭisamaṣṭyorvanavṛkṣayoriva jalāśayajalayoriva cābhedaḥ . etadupahitayorīśvaraprājñayorapi vanavṛkṣāvacchinnākāśayoriva jalāśayajalagatapratibimbākāśayoriva cābhedaḥ. This view of identity is refuted by the Nyāya-Vaiś.; e. g. in this passage of the Siddhāntamukt.: satyaṃ jñānamiti brahmaparaṃ jīveṣu nopayujyate jñānājñānasukhitvaduḥkhitvādibhirjīvānāṃ bhedasiddhau sutarāmīśvarabhedaḥ (ed. Calc. 1827; the reading ºśvarābhedaḥ in Dr. Röer's ed. seems a misprint) . anyathā bandhamokṣānupapatteḥ . yopīśvarabhedabodhako vedaḥ sopi tadabhedena tadīyatvaṃ pratipādayaṃstauti . abhedabhāvane ca yatitavyamiti vadati . ata eva sarva eva ātmani samarpitāḥ śrūyante . mokṣadaśāyāmajñānanivṛttāvabhedo jāyata ityapi na . bhedasya nityatvena nāśāyogāt . bhedanāśe pi vyaktidvayaṃ sthāsyatyeva. E. a neg. and bheda. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-daḥ-dā-dam) 1) Undivided, closely joined; e. g. Siddhāntamukt.: karmadhārayasthale tu nīlotpalamityādāvabhedasaṃbandhena nīlapadārtha utpalapadārthe prakāraḥ . na ca tatra lakṣaṇā. [
2) Identical.] E. a priv. and bheda.
Abheda (अभेद):—[a-bheda] (daḥ) 1. m. Identity.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Abheda (अभेद) [Also spelled abhed]:—(nm) identity, oneness; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Abhēda (ಅಭೇದ):—[adjective] not different; identical.
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Abhēda (ಅಭೇದ):—
1) [noun] absence of difference; perfect identity; oneness; sameness.
2) [noun] the quality or state of being united in opinion; unanimity.
3) [noun] (phil.) absence of difference between the phenomenal world and the Supreme Soul.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Abheda (अभेद):—adj. 1. undivided; identical; same; alike; 2. unbreakable; impenetrable; unshakable; united;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
abheda (အဘေဒ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[na+bheda]
[န+ဘေဒ]
[Pali to Burmese]
abheda—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) မပျက်စီးခြင်း။ (ခ) မချိုးဖောက်-မဖျက်ဆီး-ခြင်း၊ မလွန်ကျူးခြင်း။ (ဂ) မထူးခြားခြင်း၊ တူခြင်း။ (တိ) (၂) (က) ကွဲပြား-ထူးခြား-ခြင်းမရှိသော။ (ခ) ကျိုးပေါက်-ပျက်စီးခြင်း-မရှိသော၊ မကျိုးပေါက်-မပျက်စီး-သော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Non-destruction. (b) Non-infringement, non-destruction, non-violation. (c) Non-distinction, similarity. (d) (2) (a) Without variance or distinction. (b) Without occurrence of damage or destruction, not occurring or being damaged.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Bheda, A, Na.
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Full-text (+27): Bhedabheda, Abhedopacara, Abhedadipana, Abhedavohara, Abhedata, Abhedasandassana, Abhed, Abhedarupaka, Abhedin, Abhedya, Kanakabhedadassana, Abhedakhandana, Abhedamandana, Abhedakarika, Abhedavada, Abhedavadi, Svarupaprapti, Abhedadassana, Achintya Bheda Abheda, Indreshvarabheda.
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