Avikrat: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Avikrat means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Ambiguity: Although Avikrat has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Avikrita.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAvikrat (अविक्रत्) (Cf. Avikratī) refers to “entrance into (the fixed course)” [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[Characteristics of behavior of all beings] [...] The behaviour’s essence, essential character (lakṣaṇa), [...] the essential character of the lord of the world of death, the essential character of gods, the essential character of human being, the essential character of the entrance into the fixed course of disciples (śrāvaka-niyāma-avikrat), the essential character of the entrance into the fixed course of isolated Buddhas, [...]—he knows all the essential characters of behavior truly as they are, and there is no fault at all in his understanding”.
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
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAvikrat in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) unimpaired; not mutilated, not deformed; intact; ~[ti] immutation, indeformity..—avikrat (अविकृत) is alternatively transliterated as Avikṛta.
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Starts with: Avikrati.
Full-text: Avikrita, Avikrati, Shravakaniyama, Niyama.
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