Bodhipakshya, Bodhipakṣya, Bodhi-pakshya: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bodhipakṣya can be transliterated into English as Bodhipaksya or Bodhipakshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāBodhipakṣya (बोधिपक्ष्य) refers to the “wings of awakening”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, these are eight pure vigours of bodhisatvas. What are the eight? To wit, [...] (5) vigour to attain all dharmas that are wings of awakening (bodhipakṣya) although the awakening is not perceived since it is distinguished as the essential character (svabhāvalakṣaṇa); (6) vigour to purify Buddha-fields although the fields are not perceived since they are distinguished as open space; (7) vigour to retain all learning while regarding the sound as an echo; (8) vigour to accomplish all qualities of the Buddha although they are not the objective support since they are distinguished as the homogeneity of absolute reality by nature. Son of good family, those eight are the pure vigours of the Bodhisattvas”.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBodhipakṣya (बोधिपक्ष्य).—adj. (compare °pakṣa, also °pakṣika, °pākṣika, which see for list; = Pali °pakkhiya and °pakkhika), assistant, aid, helpful, to enlightenment; usually with dharma; there are 37 such (the same 37 dhammā in Pali), saptatriṃśad °kṣyā dharmāḥ Daśabhūmikasūtra 57.17; Avadāna-śataka i.340.2; Kāśyapa Parivarta 45.3 (text saptātriṃśad bodha-p°); Bodhisattvabhūmi 259.7 (loc.); without the number, but with dharma, as separate adj. Bodhisattvabhūmi 236.17, or in composition °kṣya-dharma- Gaṇḍavyūha 495.23; Daśabhūmikasūtra 42.6; also °kṣya-kuśalamūleṣu dharmeṣu Śikṣāsamuccaya 12.17; and, instead of dharma, with mārga, °kṣya-mārga- Śikṣāsamuccaya 52.2; °kṣyāṇāṃ mārgāṅgānāṃ Daśabhūmikasūtra 42.9, referring app. to the °kṣya-dharma- of 42.6, above.
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: Pakshya, Bodhi.
Full-text: Bodhipakshika.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Acquiring precedence over the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas < [Part 3 - Acquiring precedence, etc.]
I. Lists of auxiliaries (bodhipākṣika or bodhipakkhiya) < [Note on the Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
Part 1 - For what reasons did the Buddha preach Mahāprajñāpāramitāsūtra? < [Chapter I - Explanation of Arguments]
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