Aduhkhasukhavedana, Aduḥkhāsukhavedanā, Aduḥkhasukhavedanā, Aduhkhasukha-vedana: 2 definitions

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Aduhkhasukhavedana in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Aduḥkhāsukhavedanā (अदुःखासुखवेदना) refers to “neither unpleasant nor pleasant sensations”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]—[...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—Beings have three types of sensations (vedanā): unpleasant (duḥkhavedanā), pleasant (sukhavedanā), neither unpleasant nor pleasant (aduḥkhāsukhavedanā). The unpleasant sensation produces hatred, the pleasant sensation produces love, the neither unpleasant nor pleasant produces confusion. Of these three kinds of sensation, the unpleasant sensation produces suffering, abides in suffering and destroys happiness; the pleasant sensation produces happiness, abides in happiness and destroys suffering; as for the neither unpleasant nor pleasant sensation, one does not know if it is suffering or if it is happiness. [...]”.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Aduhkhasukhavedana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aduḥkhasukhavedanā (अदुःखसुखवेदना):—[=a-duḥkha-sukha-vedanā] [from a-duḥkha] f. the nonperception of either pain or pleasure, [Sukhāvatī-vyūha i].

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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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