Bodhipaksha, Bodhipakṣa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Bodhipakṣa can be transliterated into English as Bodhipaksa or Bodhipaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBodhipakṣa (बोधिपक्ष).—m., subst. and adj. (rare, and possibly only a phonetic variant for the commoner °pakṣya, q.v.), assistant, aid, to enlightenment, of which there are 37 (see °pakṣya, °pakṣika, °pākṣika): seemingly subst., Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) xviii (entire chapter entitled °pakṣādhikāra); saptatriṃśad- °kṣa-bhāvanātaḥ xx-xxi.16, commentary; °kṣā bhavet kutaḥ Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 25.12; as adj. with dharma, saptatriṃśad °kṣān dharmān Divyāvadāna 350.14; saptatriṃśad-°kṣa-dharma- Lalitavistara 9.5; °kṣa-dharma- Lalitavistara 8.6; 181.18; 182.11.
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: Bodhipakshadharma, Bodhipakshadharmanirdesha, Bodhipakshanirdesha.
Full-text (+132): Bodhipakshadharmanirdesha, Kam, Om, Dakini, Ulukasya, Lama, Rupini, Khandaroha, Shvanasya, Subhadra, Mahavira, Mahabala, Kakasya, Sukarasya, Medas, Lam, Am, Shinghanaka, Trim, Ashruni.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Lists of auxiliaries (bodhipākṣika or bodhipakkhiya) < [Note on the Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXVIII - The first Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]