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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Apravyāhāra (अप्रव्याहार) refers to “silence” [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Further, the recollection of the Buddha is not to be attached to any of the Lord’s ways of behavior, to wit: standing, walking, sitting, sleeping, going, coming, speaking, and silence (apravyāhāra). Since there is no attachment, he does not recollect recollection nor recollect non-recollection. Since there is no mental effort in recollection, he does not recollect the Buddha in the perspective of form, distinguishing marks or any state of things. There is no involvement with any distinguishing mark or object, son of good family, this is therefore the recollection of the Buddha, which is authorized by the Lord”.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Apravyāhāra (अप्रव्याहार).—(a-pravyāhāra), see pravyāhāra.

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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.

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