Avekshanata, Avekṣaṇātā: 1 definition
Introduction:
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The Sanskrit term Avekṣaṇātā can be transliterated into English as Aveksanata or Avekshanata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAvekṣaṇātā (अवेक्षणाता) [=Avekṣaṇā?] or Pratyavekṣaṇātā refers to “perceiving (the inverted dharmas as they really are)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva obtain the mastery (vaśitāprāpta) in the arising of birth and death? When the Bodhisattva is endowed with twelve dharmas, son of good family, he attains the mastery in the arising of birth and death. What are the twelve? [...] (12) he enters into the dharma by its dream-like nature, seeing the essential character of the dharma; (13) he perceives the inverted dharmas as they really are (yathābhūta-pratyavekṣaṇā) [...]”.
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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Ends with: Pratyavekshanata, Sampratyavekshanata.
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