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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Apanaya (अपनय) refers to “taking away (all sins)” [i.e., oṃ trikāyādhiṣṭhāna sarvapāpāpanaye hūṃ], 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.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apanaya (अपनय).—

1) Taking away, removing; refuting (as an assertion); स्वमतात्प्रच्यावनमपनयो निग्रहः (svamatātpracyāvanamapanayo nigrahaḥ) P.VIII.2.94 Com. बुभुक्षापनयं दत्त्वा चन्द्रार्कौ मम वासव (bubhukṣāpanayaṃ dattvā candrārkau mama vāsava) Rām.7.35.34.

2) A bad policy or conduct.

3) Injury, offence (apakāra); ततः सपत्नापनयस्मरणानुशयस्फुरा (tataḥ sapatnāpanayasmaraṇānuśayasphurā) Śiśupālavadha 214.

4) Immorality (anīti); ममापनयजं दुःखं विक्रमेण समीकुरु (mamāpanayajaṃ duḥkhaṃ vikrameṇa samīkuru) Rām. 6.63.25.

5) Injustice; स मामपनयो राजन् भ्रंशयामास वै श्रियः (sa māmapanayo rājan bhraṃśayāmāsa vai śriyaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.181.36.

Derivable forms: apanayaḥ (अपनयः).

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

Apanāya (अपनाय).—nt. (compare AMg. avaṇaya, censure, abuse), rebuke (?): Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 40.6 (prose) na ca kasyacit sattvasyāpanā- yaṃ vaktavyam.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apanaya (अपनय).—1. [masculine] taking away, removal.

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Apanaya (अपनय).—2. [masculine] bad conduct or policy.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apanaya (अपनय):—[=apa-naya] [from apa-nī] m. leading away, taking away

2) [v.s. ...] bad policy, bad or wicked conduct.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apanaya (अपनय):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.

(-yaḥ) Removing, taking away. E. nī with apa, kṛt aff. ac. Ii. 1. [tatpurusha compound] m.

(-yaḥ) Bad conduct, bad policy. 2. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-yaḥ-yā-yam) Iii behaved, misconducted. E. apa and naya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apanaya (अपनय):—[apa-naya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Taking away, injury, insult.

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

Apanaya (अपनय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avaṇaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apanaya in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apanaya (ಅಪನಯ):—[noun] a bad conduct; improper behaviour.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Naya, Apa.

Starts with: Apanayana.

Ends with: Anapanaya, Bubhukshapanaya, Dohapanaya, Madapanaya, Malapanaya, Musalapanaya, Papapanaya, Rinapanaya, Tomarapanaya, Vyapanaya.

Full-text: Avanaya, Anaya. apanaya, Apanita, Apanayana, Apanayin, Vyapanayana, Vyapanaya, Madapanaya, Dohapanaya.

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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)

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Chapter 2 - Concerning Peace and Exertion < [Book 6 - The Source of Sovereign States]

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Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)

Fifth Adhyaya, Eleventh through Twenty-fourth Khandas (36 mantras)

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