Acodana: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Acodana 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 Achodana.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAcodana (अचोदन) [=Acodanatā?] refers to “not investigating (the faults of others)” [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then, they [the twenty-four types of pratibhāna—‘eloquence’] are accomplished by means of the following twenty-four preparations (parikarma). What are the twenty-four? [...] (20) he becomes one who has eloquence on all the mundane and transcendental dharmas by understanding all treatises, by not doing violence to others, by attending to the sick, and by giving a medicine; (21) he becomes one who has faultless eloquence by not investigating the faults of others, by not blaming the faults of others (parāpatti-acodanatā), and by not examining faults; [...]”.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAcodana (अचोदन).—Non-injunction, a more statement (of something already known); देशकालानामचोदनं प्रयोगे नित्य- समवायात् (deśakālānāmacodanaṃ prayoge nitya- samavāyāt) MS.4.2.23.
Derivable forms: acodanam (अचोदनम्).
[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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Acodanata.
Ends with: Brahmacodana, Cacodana, Ekacodana, Karmacodana, Karmmacodana, Mithyacodana, Pracodana, Radhracodana, Samacodana, Samskaracodana, Tulyacodana, Vakpracodana.
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The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2370-2373 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]