Alternative spellings of this word include Avanchanadharma.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Avañcanadharma (अवञ्चनधर्म) refers to the “non-deceptive Dharma”, according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 46.—Accordingly, “Among all the dharmas, it is by far the foremost and the most noble. It helps everyone. It finds the true nature of dharmas and of the non-deceptive Dharma (avañcanadharma). It has great loving-kindness and great compassion. It holds omniscience, the physical mark of golden color, the supreme miracles of the thirty-two major marks and the eighty minor marks, the immense—morality, concentration, wisdom, liberation, knowledge and vision of liberation—,the three knowledges, the unhindered [knowledges], and the unhindered penetration into all dharmas.”.

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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: Dharma, Avancana, Tarma.

Full-text: Avancana.

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