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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Avabodhi (अवबोधि) refers to “(the state of being) awake”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 22).—Accordingly, “Now, as the Buddha said to the Upāsaka Nandika, the killing of living beings has ten punishments. What are these ten? 1) The mind is always infected by poison (viṣa) from lifetime to lifetime without interruption. 2) Beings abhor [the murderer] and feel no joy in seeing him. 3) [The murderer], always full of evil intentions, contemplates evil things. 4) Beings fear him, as though they saw a snake (sarpa) or a tiger (vyāghra). 5) During sleep (middha) his mind is disturbed; when awake (avabodhi), he is not at peace. [...]”.

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

Avabodhi (अवबोधि) refers to “(the power of the) understanding (of thought)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then, the Lord went on to speak these verses: ‘[...] (70) In order to bring living beings to maturity, they teach about the end of death (cyuti) and birth (jāti). They never give up (parijahāti) concentrating (samādhi), they are the way they are by the power of the understanding of thought (citta-avabodhi). [...]’”.

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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

Avabodhi (अवबोधि).—(?) , see samyag-ava°.

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

Avabodhi (अवबोधि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avabohi.

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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)

Starts with: Avabodhita.

Ends with: Cittavabodhi, Samyagavabodhi.

Full-text: Avabohi, Visha, Middha.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Part 7 - Punishments for killing < [Section I.1 - Abstaining from murder]

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