Abhyuddharana, Abhyuddharaṇa: 3 definitions

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

Abhyuddharaṇa (अभ्युद्धरण).—(nt., = Pali id.; compare prec. and next two), pulling out, with implication of rescue: Śikṣāsamuccaya 6.5—6 (cited from Gaṇḍavyūha but not in the pertinent passage, Gaṇḍavyūha 495) baḍisabhūtaṃ (sc. bodhicittaṃ) saṃsārajalacarābhyud- dharaṇa-tayā, it is like a fishhook, because it pulls out people moving (like fish) in the water of the round of existen- ces (otherwise Bendall and Rouse Transl. p. 6). See especially abhyuddhāraṇa.

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Abhyuddhāraṇa (अभ्युद्धारण).—(nt., compare prec. items, especially abhyud- dharaṇa), = prec.: Gaṇḍavyūha 143.22 sarva-sattva-saṃsāra- sāgarābhyuddhāraṇa-tāyai.

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

Abhyuddharaṇa (अभ्युद्धरण):—[=abhy-uddharaṇa] [from abhyud-dhṛ] n. ([Mahābhārata])

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

Abhyuddharaṇa (अभ्युद्धरण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abbhuddharaṇa.

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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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