Akshayata, Akṣayatā: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Akṣayatā can be transliterated into English as Aksayata or Akshayata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAkṣayatā (अक्षयता) [=Akṣaya?] refers to the “inexhaustibility” (of the four dharmas), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] (161) The protector of the world has taught the inexhaustibility (akṣayatā)) of these four dharmas, to wit, living beings, open space, the thought of awakening, and the dharma of the Buddha. (162) If those were material things, those will be exhausted; but since those are not material things, those are inexhaustible, thus it is called inexhaustible (akṣaya). (163) Since the dharma is momentary, even if the dharma is consumed, it would never be exhausted. There is nothing exhausted in that inexhaustibility, thus it is called inexhaustibility (akṣayatā) [...]’”.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkṣayatā (अक्षयता).—f.
(-tā) Durability, imperishableness. E. tā added to the preceding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkṣayatā (अक्षयता):—[=a-kṣaya-tā] [from a-kṣaya] f. imperishableness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkṣayatā (अक्षयता):—f.
(-tā) Durability, imperishableness. E. akṣaya, taddh. aff. tal.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAkṣayatā (अक्षयता):—[a-kṣayatā] (tā-tvaṃ) 1. f. n. Undecayableness, incorruptibility.
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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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Partial matches: Akshaya, A, Ta.
Ends with: Ashayakshayata.
Full-text: Akshaya.
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