In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Avaropita (अवरोपित):—[avaropitam] Impaled

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Avaropita (अवरोपित) refers to “(having) planted (the well prepared roots of good)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, after the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja said to the Brahmā Prabhāvyūha: “When this religious discourse was given by the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, twelve thousand Brahmās in the assembly produced the thought of incomparable complete awakening, and five thousand Brahmās, who had planted (avaropita) the well prepared roots of good, attained the tolerance that all things are unborn”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaropita (अवरोपित).—p. p.

1) Uprooted.

2) Deprived of, curtailed.

3) Diminished, lost.

4) Dethroned, bereaved of; पुराहं वालिना राम राज्यात्स्वादवरोपितः (purāhaṃ vālinā rāma rājyātsvādavaropitaḥ) Rām.4.8.32.

5) Lowered, lessened; इतरेष्वागमाद्धर्मः पादशस्त्ववरोपितः (itareṣvāgamāddharmaḥ pādaśastvavaropitaḥ) Manusmṛti 1.82.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avaropita (अवरोपित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Deprived of curtailed, diminished, lost. E. ava aff. ropita placed.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Avaropita (अवरोपित):—[=ava-ropita] [from ava-ruh] mfn. caused to descend, taken down from ([ablative])

2) [v.s. ...] deprived of (as of one’s dominion, rājyāt etc.), [Mahābhārata iv, 2101.; Rāmāyaṇa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] lowered, lessened, [Manu-smṛti i, 82], curtailed, lost (as dominions, rāṣṭrāṇi), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa], silenced (in dispute), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avaropita (अवरोपित):—[ava-ropita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) p. Deprived of.

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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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Partial matches: Ropita, Ava.

Full-text: Avarupta, Avaropayati, Kushala-mula, Upadana.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

I. One single root to be planted in the Field of the Buddhas (buddhakṣetra) < [Part 4 - Planting inexhaustible roots of good]

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XXIV - After the enlightenment < [Volume III]

Chapter XXX - The second Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]

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