Asampramosha, Asaṃpramoṣa: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Asaṃpramoṣa can be transliterated into English as Asampramosa or Asampramosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAsaṃpramoṣa (असंप्रमोष) refers to “(one who) never gives up”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, son of good family, is the recollection of the Buddha (buddhānusmṛti), which is authorized by the Lord for Bodhisattvas? (1) while recollecting the Buddha from the perspective of morality, he never gives up (asaṃpramoṣa—asaṃpramoṣata) unsullied morality; (2) while recollecting the Buddha in the perspective concentration, he is changeless concerning the realm of the dharma being always same; (3) while recollecting the Buddha from the perspective of insight, he is free from thought-constructions since there is no activity in all dharmas; (4) while recollecting the Buddha from the perspective of liberation, he does not stay in the secondary-thought; [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAsaṃpramoṣa (असंप्रमोष).—m., name of a samādhi: Mahāvyutpatti 526; Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 1416.22 (misprinted °modho); 1417.2. Cf. Bodhicittāsaṃ- pramoṣa. As common noun (neg. of Sanskrit saṃpramoṣa, disappearance, loss, see s.v. saṃpramuṣyate) the word hardly needs recording; it means non-disappearance, non- deprivation, non-loss, e.g. Mahāvyutpatti 785; 961; etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsaṃpramoṣa (असंप्रमोष):—[=a-saṃpramoṣa] m. ‘the not allowing to be carried off’, not letting drop (as from memory), [Yoga-sūtra]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sampramosha, A.
Starts with: Asampramoshana.
Ends with: Bodhichittasampramosha, Bodhicittasampramosha.
Full-text: Asammosa, Bodhicittasampramosha, Sampramosha.
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