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The Sanskrit term Apakṣāla can be transliterated into English as Apaksala or Apakshala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryApakṣāla (अपक्षाल).—m., fault, defect, failing, sin: Bodhisattvabhūmi 351.17 (catvāraḥ) °lāḥ, te prahīṇā bhavanti (they are then listed; as a result of the riddance, the vihāra becomes supari- śuddha, line 21); 352.23 sarvāpakṣālāpagata-; compare Wogi- hara, Lex. 17; in Mahāvyutpatti 7069 v.l. for Kyoto ed. apakṣaṇa, q.v. (Mironov reads apakṣālaḥ, with v.l. only avakṣayaḥ); [Page043-a+ 71] Tibetan skyon, regularly = doṣa; Chin. transgression, evil; Japanese evil, calamity; Śikṣāsamuccaya 145.6 ata evodārakuśalapakṣa- vivarjanatā 'pakṣāla ity ucyate (Bendall and Rouse throwing away, but the above meaning would fit well; Tibetan ma bsruṇs pa, could mean non-observance); but according to the Kyoto ed. of Mahāvyutpatti (above), Chinese versions of Śikṣāsamuccaya prove that its text had a form of -kṣaṇ- (which is said to be phonetically reproduced in the Chin.). Bendall and Rouse compare Pali khalayati, in Jātaka (Pali) iv.205.13 (correct their reference(s)) khalayātha; commentary khalīkāraṃ pāpetvā niddhamatha. Cf. also Pali avakkhalita, mistake, offense (Critical Pali Dictionary), which is connected with Sanskrit skhal-. Is apakṣāla an unhistorical back-formation from a MIndic word related to this latter? Despite the alleged Chinese support for apakṣaṇa, it seems a questionable reading, and apak- ṣāla should probably be read, with Mironov in Mahāvyutpatti (as well as in Śikṣāsamuccaya, for which no v.l. is recorded).
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The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3438-3440 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
IX. The knowledge of death and rebirth (cyutyupapāda-jñānabala) < [Part 2 - The ten powers in particular]
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