Icchantika: 1 definition
Introduction:
Icchantika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Ichchhantika.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismIcchantika:—A person possessed of incurable disbelief who has no desire to attain Buddhahood.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryIcchantika (इच्छन्तिक).—adj. or subst. m., according to Suzuki (Studies, 219 n. 1, and 391), one destitute of Buddha-nature: Mahāvyutpatti 2210, 2223 = Tibetan ḥdod chen (po), (subject to) great desire (somehow based on pres. pple. of icchati); Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 27.5 katham °ko bhavet; 65.17 °kānāṃ…anicchanti- katā-mokṣam (read as one [compound] word) kena pravartate; and often in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. Wogihara, as cited by Suzuki l. c., thought that the word was derived from *itthaṃtvika (compare itthatva), worldly; Tibetan does not support this.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Anicchantikata, Icchatva, Anuttarashrayasutra.
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Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
The Universality of the Buddha-nature < [Introduction]
1. The Daosheng’s Thought of Buddha-nature < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
1. Early period (c): The Mahāparinirvāna-sūtra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XVI - On the Bodhisattva < [Section Two]
Chapter XL - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a) < [Section Eight]
Chapter XXXII - On Bodhisattva Highly-virtuous King (f) < [Section Six]
Lankavatara Sutra (by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)