Avitathata, Avitathātā, Avi-tathata: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAvitathātā (अवितथाता) refers to “suchness without error”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How, then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva grasp the treasury of the dharma jewel of the Awakened Lords? [...] Why is it called ‘suchness (tathātā)’? Since it is the entrance into the tranquility of suchness, it is called ‘suchness.’ Why is it called ‘suchness without error (avitathātā)’? Since it is the entrance into the highest truth, it is called ‘suchness without error’. Why is it called ‘suchness that is not other’? Since he seeks nothing else but the essential nature (svabhāva), there is no other. [...]”.
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.
Buddhist philosophy
Source: Google Books: The Treasury of Knowledge: Book six, parts one and two (philosophy)Avitathatā (अवितथता) refers to the “unmistaken absolute reality” and represents one of the nine aspects of the “consummate nature” (pariniṣpanna), which represents one of the five parts of the “three natures” (trilakṣaṇa), according to Khewang Yeshe Gyatso, Exegetical Memorandum, chapter 7 (Cf. Śatasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā).—The term “consummate nature” (pariniṣpanna) refers to the actual reality of all phenomena, the original ultimate [truth]. [...] The consummate nature also has nine further aspects [e.g., avitathatā], as is stated in the Extensive Mother (Yum rgyas pa).
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