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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAvinivartanīya (अविनिवर्तनीय).—incapable of turning back (= avini- vartya, q.v., etc.), of persons destined for enlightenment, commonly with the word Bodhisattva, often (e.g. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 260.5; 265.11; Sukhāvatīvyūha 99.4) with dependent phrase anut- tarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 260.5; 265.11; Śikṣāsamuccaya 313.20; Sukhāvatīvyūha 99.4; Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 323.1 ff.; Gaṇḍavyūha 514.6; as subst. m., name of a Bodhisattva-samādhi: Mahāvyutpatti 740.
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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Note (1). The four Bodhisattva stages or practices < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Appendix 6 - The families of worms (kṛmi or kiki) inhibiting the human body < [Chapter XXXI - The Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
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Mahāprajñāpāramitā Mañjuśrīparivarta Sūtra
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)