Anabhilapya, Anabhilāpya, An-abhilapya: 6 definitions

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Anabhilapya 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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Anabhilāpya (अनभिलाप्य) refers to “(that which is) inexpressible”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The Non-existence of Time According to the Mahāyāna].—[...] [Question].—But absence of nature (alakṣaṇa) is has limits (antavat)! [Answer].—No. Absence of nature is limitless (ananta), inexpressible (anabhilāpya) and unquestionable. Why do you say it is limited? If one grasps characteristics in the absence of characteristics, this would no longer be an absence of characteristics. By absence of nature we mean the ungraspable emptiness (anupalambha-śūnyatā). Here, absence of nature is ungraspable and emptiness itself is ungraspable. This is why absence of characteristics is called ungraspable emptiness. [...]”.

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

Anabhilāpya (अनभिलाप्य) refers to “ineffable”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva know the essential character of behaviour of all living beings? There, son of good family, are eighty-four thousand kinds of behaviour of living beings, and these are the basic words of a summary. The behaviour of all living beings, which is immeasurable, unthinkable, and ineffable (anabhilāpya), is known by the knowledge of a Buddha, but not by the knowledge of the disciples, the isolated Buddhas, or the knowledge of Bodhisattva. Thus the Bodhisattva penetrates the characteristics of behaviour of all beings through the presence of the Buddhas and his own knowledge. [...]”.

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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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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Anabhilāpya (अनभिलाप्य) refers to “inexpressible” [i.e., agrāhyānabhilāpyāś ca], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Conditions are like reflections, transparent, pure, indeed clear, Inconceivable and inexpressible (anabhilāpya), arising from causes and effects”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anabhilapya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Anabhilapya (अनभिलप्य).—(an-abhilapya) = prec. (compare also next): Vajracchedikā 24.8 (said of tathāgatena dharmo…deśito); syn. of avyavahāra, q.v., Vajracchedikā 45.6. Elsewhere anabhilāpya is the normal form.

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Anabhilāpya (अनभिलाप्य).—(not in Pali; AMg. aṇabhilappa, as adj.; compare preceding two, abhilāpya, and nirabhi°), (1) adj., inexpressible, that cannot be put in words, of the dharma Lalitavistara 392.14; 434.12; of the (dharma-)cakra Lalitavistara 423.4; syn. of avyavahāra (like anabhilapya, q.v.) Śikṣāsamuccaya 251.11; with suggestion of large numbers or quantities, Mahāvastu ii.362.12 (of tathāgate pratiṣṭhāpitā dakṣiṇā); Śikṣāsamuccaya 178.5; Gaṇḍavyūha 7.14 ff., Daśabhūmikasūtra 55.20; Sukhāvatīvyūha 25.11; (2) subst. nt. (compare the following entries), a very high number: Mahāvyutpatti 7818; 7950 (cited from Gaṇḍavyūha); 8048; Gaṇḍavyūha 106.26; 134.15.

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

Anabhilāpya (अनभिलाप्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇabhilappa.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anabhilapya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anabhilapya (ಅನಭಿಲಪ್ಯ):—[noun] (Bhud.) 'speechlessness' as a way of one’s ability to express the 'Nothingness' , (a technical term used by Buddhists).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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