Dharmapratisamvid, Dharmapratisamvit, Dharmapratisaṃvid, Dharma-pratisamvid, Dharmapratisaṃvit, Dharma-pratisamvit: 3 definitions

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Dharmapratisamvid means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Dharmapratisaṃvid (धर्मप्रतिसंविद्) refers to the “knowledge of the designation” and represents one of the four “unhindered knowledges” (pratisaṃvid), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XL. Accordingly, dharma-pratisaṃvid refers to “knowledge of the designation (bhāṣitadharma), or the names (nāman), phrases (pada), syllables (vyañjana) used to designate the thing: for example, knowing that the name ‘pṛthivī’ serves to designate the earth”.

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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.

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Dharmapratisaṃvit (धर्मप्रतिसंवित्) or simply Dharma refers to one of four Pratisaṃvit Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is whitish-red; her Symbol is the goad and noose; she has two arms.

Dharmapratisaṃvit is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—

“On the Eastern gate there is Dharmapratisaṃvit of whitish-red colour, holding in her two hands the goad and the noose marked with the thunderbolt”.

[A statue of this obscure Buddhist deity is found in the Chinese collection.]

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Dharmapratisaṃvid (धर्मप्रतिसंविद्) or simply Dharma refers to the “analytical knowledge of the way things are” and represents one of the “four analytical knowledges” (pratisaṃvid) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 51). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., dharma-pratisaṃvid). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

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