Avipaka, Avipāka: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Pali
See also

Introduction:

Avipaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Avipāka (अविपाक):—Impairment of digestion or metabolism

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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: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

1) Avipāka (अविपाक) refers to “(the dharmas) without retribution”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 7.—Accordingly: “[Question]:—What are all these dharmas cognized by omniscience? [Answer]:—[...] [Groups of three dharmas]—‘All dharmas’ is also the good, the bad and indeterminate dharmas; the dharmas to be destroyed by seeing the truths, to be destroyed by meditation and not to be destroyed; the dharmas with retribution, without retribution (avipāka), neither with nor without retribution. Innumerable similar groups of three dharmas comprise all the dharmas.

2) Avipāka (अविपाक) refers to “non-retribution”, according to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “[...] The class of morality (śīlaskandha) has form, is invisible, non-resistant, pure, conditioned, non-retribution (avipāka), the result of causes and conditions, included in the three times, included in form, not included in name, included in the outer bases of consciousness, not to be destroyed by meditation and not to be destroyed by seeing, something to be cultivated and something non-defiled, being fruit and involving a fruit, not being either feeling nor derived from the four great elements, not something of subordinate rank nor a cause associated with existence. [...]”.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Avipāka (अविपाक) or Avipākanirjarā refers to “wearing away (of karma) that which has not fructified”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—[According to the explanation in Hindi of verse 2.141]—[...] Intentional wearing (sakāma-nirjarā) away karma is also called wearing away that which has not fructified (avipāka-nirjarā) and wearing away produced by action (karmajānirjarā). Unintentional wearing away karma is also called wearing away that which has fructified (savipāka-nirjarā) and wearing away produced by inaction (akarmajā-nirjarā)”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avipāka (अविपाक).—a. Suffering from indigestion.

-kaḥ The state of not being ripe, indigestion, a disease arising from indigestion.

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

Avipāka (अविपाक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. Immaturity. 2. Not suffering the consequence of actions in a former life. 3. Indigestion. E. a neg. vipāka ripening.

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

1) Avipāka (अविपाक):—[=a-vipāka] [from a-vipakva] a m. indigestion, [Suśruta]

2) [=a-vipāka] b See a-vipakva.

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

Avipāka (अविपाक):—[a-vipāka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Immaturity.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avipaka in German

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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.

Pali-English dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

avipāka—

(Burmese text): (က) (ကုသိုလ် အကုသိုလ်တို့၏) အကျိုးမဟုတ်သော၊ ဝိပါက် မဟုတ်သော (တရား)။ (ခ) အကျိုးပေးခြင်းငှါ မစွမ်းနိုင်သော။ (အဟောသိကံ-စသည်)။ (ဂ) မသုံးသပ်အပ်သော ဝိပါက်အဖြစ်ရှိသော၊ ဝိပါက်ကို မသုံးသပ်သော။

(Auto-Translation): (a) (The merit and demerit) that is not an effect, not related to suffering (Dharma). (b) Incapable of providing benefits. (Such as ill-omens and the like). (c) Existing as an unexamined suffering, not examining suffering.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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