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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Aparyanta (अपर्यन्त) refers to “(that which is) unlimited” (i.e., the sky), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “When this had been said, the Lord said to the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja: ‘Just as the sky is unlimited (aparyanta), in the same way, [the Bodhisattva] gives a gift making his mind endless. Just as the sky is extensive and without obstacle, in the same way, [the Bodhisattva] gives a gift as the transformation for awakening. Just as there is no material in the sky, thus, [the Bodhisattva] gives a gift not being dependent on any material. [...]’”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aparyanta (अपर्यन्त).—a. Unlimited, unbounded.

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

Aparyanta (अपर्यन्त).—m. or nt., a high number: Mahāvyutpatti (m.) 7806, 7938 (here cited from Gaṇḍavyūha); Gaṇḍavyūha 106.21; 134.8 (here nt.). (On Lalitavistara 147.2 see s.v. paryanta 3.)

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

Aparyanta (अपर्यन्त).—and niṣparyanta, i. e.

Aparyanta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and paryanta (पर्यन्त).

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

Aparyanta (अपर्यन्त).—[adjective] unlimited, boundless.

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

Aparyanta (अपर्यन्त):—[=a-paryanta] mfn. unbounded, unlimited, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa x, xiv, etc.]

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

Aparyanta (अपर्यन्त):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-ntaḥ-ntā-ntam) Unlimited, unbounded. E. a priv. and paryanta.

[Sanskrit to German]

Aparyanta in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aparyaṃta (ಅಪರ್ಯಂತ):—[adjective] not limited by boundaries; limitless; boundless; vast.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: A, Paryanta.

Starts with: Aparyantabhadra, Aparyantaparivarta.

Ends with (+11): Abrahmastambaparyanta, Adyapaparyanta, Ajadinaparyanta, Ajivaparyamta, Anantaparyanta, Durantaparyanta, Etaparyanta, Ethaparyanta, Hitaparyanta, Jamvaparyanta, Jethaparyanta, Jitaparyanta, Jithaparyanta, Kothaparyanta, Kuthaparyanta, Nakhashikhaparyanta, Netraparyanta, Sagaraparyanta, Samudraparyanta, Saparyanta.

Full-text: Paryanta, Samvartaniya.

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