In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Avisaṃvādanatā (अविसंवादनता) [=Avisaṃvādana?] refers to the “absence of deceptiveness”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] (55) the accumulations of peaceful meditation is included in being detached from body and thought; (56) the accumulations of expanded vision is included in never being satisfied with seeking for learning and thorough mental effort; (57) the wish to listen is included in joining the palms of the hand and obeisance with the body; (58) serving is included in truth and the absence of deceptiveness (avisaṃvādana); [...]’”.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Avisaṃvādanatā, (f.) (abstr. fr. a + visaṃvāda) honesty, faithfulness, uprightness D. III, 190. (Page 85)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Avisaṃvādanatā (अविसंवादनता).—(a-visaṃvādanatā) (Pali id.; Sanskrit a- °na), keeping one's word: (devama)nuṣyāvisaṃ°tāyai Lalitavistara 32.10.

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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: Visamvadanata, A.

Full-text: Avisamvadana.

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