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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Apratihatajñāna (अप्रतिहतज्ञान) refers to “unhindered knowledge (of dharmas)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then, those good men know the way of good conduct and dignified manner. Here, the dignified manner means mindfulness and the good conduct means non-distraction. They obtain the light being free from darkness. Here, what is called the darkness is the ignorance of dharmas, and what is called the light is the unhindered knowledge (apratihatajñāna) of dharmas, thus those are called being free from darkness and obtaining the light”.

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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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Partial matches: Jnana, Apratihata.

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