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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Avivartya (अविवर्त्य) refers to “without regressing” and represents one of the ten Bodhisattva vyavasthānas, according to the Avataṃsaka in the chapter on the bodhisattva-daśavyavasthāna, as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 52. Avivartya-vyavasthāna is also known as pou t’ouei. The Sanskrit names of these ten abodes are given by the Gaṇḍhavyūha.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Avivartya (अविवर्त्य) or Avivartika.—q.v.; see also avaivartika: of Bodhisattvas Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 32.11; 90.8 (v.l. avaiv°, unmetrical(ly)); 93.2; Mahāvastu i.83.12 (prose); probably also Bodhisattvas are meant in Śikṣāsamuccaya 3.16, 17; °ka-tā, state of being…, Mahāvastu i.101.2 °katāye (instr. or loc. sg.; of Bodhisattvas).

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Avivartya (अविवर्त्य).—(= °tiya, °tika, °ta; for other forms of same meaning see under anivart(i)ya, avinivartya, avaivar- tika; Pali has only forms of anivatt-), not liable to turning back: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 149.13 -(dharma-)cakra; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 10.10 bodhimārga- avivartya-mānasā (so mss.; as one word, with minds that are not to be turned back on the path of enlightenment); Gaṇḍavyūha 104.10 °tyāḥ; avivartyāpratyudāvartya- Gaṇḍavyūha 246.20; Daśabhūmikasūtra 19.17; jñānāvivartya-tvāt Daśabhūmikasūtra 71.12.

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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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Starts with: Avivartyadharmadhatunirghosha.

Full-text: Avivarta, Avivartika, Vivartiya, Vivartya, Vyavasthana.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Avivartya; (plurals include: Avivartyas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

II. Obtaining the level of the Kumāraka < [Part 4 - Being born into the family of the Bodhisattvas, etc.]

Preliminary note on the four unhindered knowledges (pratisaṃvid) < [Part 3 - The four unhindered knowledges]

Note (2). The ten Bodhisattva grounds or abodes < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]

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