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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Akāmaka (अकामक) refers to “unwillingly”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Māra said: ‘O good man, from now on I will never do the works of Māra’. Gaganagañja said: ‘As it is difficult to keep your promise among such wicked beings, you should come down here and listen the discipline of the dharma taught by the Tathāgata, together with your servants’ The wicked Māra and his servants unwillingly (akāmaka) went down from the vault of the sky. Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja said this to the congregation of Bodhisattvas: ‘Sons of good family, may all of you elucidate the gates into the dharma of transcending the path of the works of Māra’”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

akāmaka : (adj.) unwilling.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Akāmaka (अकामक).—adj. (= Pali id.; Sanskrit akāma), unwilling; in spite of (adverse) desire: °kānāṃ mātāpitṝṇām Mahāvastu ii.68.20 and 117.18; °kā(ḥ) iii.92.6; °kena Śikṣāsamuccaya 19.21.

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

Akāmaka (अकामक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Akāmaga, Akāmaya.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Akamakamin, Akamakarshan, Akamakarshana.

Ends with: Cakamaka, Jhakamaka, Kakamaka, Lakamaka, Makamaka, Nakamaka, Takamaka.

Full-text: Akamaga, Akamaya, Kamaka.

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