Acchedya: 8 definitions
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Acchedya 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Achchhedya.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Acchedya (अच्छेद्य) refers to the “uncuttable (characteristic of open space)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, the morality of the Boddhisatvas becomes purified by these eight qualities. [...] Further, as for the purity of morality, [...] open space is all-pervasive, so is the morality; open space is uncuttable and unbreakable (acchedya—acchedyābhedyaṃ gaganam), so is the morality; open space is united in the sameness, so is the morality; open space is essentially beyond impurity, so is the morality. Son of good family, the morality in which the Bodhisattvas are established becomes like open space in such a way. [...]”.
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
Acchedya (अच्छेद्य).—[na. ta.] Indivisible.
Acchedya (अच्छेद्य).—mfn.
(-dyaḥ-dyā-dyaṃ) Not to be cut, incapable of injury or comminution. E. a neg. cchedya to be cut.
Acchedya (अच्छेद्य).—[adjective] not to be cut off.
Acchedya (अच्छेद्य):—[=a-cchedya] [from a-cchidra] mfn. improper or impossible to be cut, indivisible.
Acchedya (अच्छेद्य):—Adj. nicht abzuhauen [Bhagavadgitā 2,24.]
Ācchedya (आच्छेद्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Acchijja.
Ācchedya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 劫奪 [jié duó]: “plunder”.
2) 斷 [duàn]: “eliminate (permanently)”.
3) 能斷滅 [néng duàn miè]: “cut, divided, split”.
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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Full-text: Acchijja, Chedya, Neng duan mie, Jie duo, Duan, Chid.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verses 2.24-25 < [Chapter 2 - Sāṅkhya-yoga (Yoga through distinguishing the Soul from the Body)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 8.13.69 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.3.35 < [Part 3 - Devotional Service in Ecstasy (bhāva-bhakti)]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
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