Apaishunya, Apaiśunya, A-paishunya: 1 definition
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Apaishunya means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
The Sanskrit term Apaiśunya can be transliterated into English as Apaisunya or Apaishunya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāApaiśunya (अपैशुन्य) refers to “absence of slander”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in sixty-four dharmas. What are those sixty-four? [...] (5) the absence of contemptuousness is included in non-haughtiness and actions with reference to the dharma; (6) humility is included in the body without crookedness and thought without crookedness; (7) the undefiled is included in getting rid of the three defilements and cultivating the three gates of freedom; (8) no roughness is included in no harshness and no slander (apaiśunya); [...]’”.
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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