Jnanabhinirhrita, Jñānābhinirhṛta, Jnana-abhinirhrita: 1 definition

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Jnanabhinirhrita 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.

The Sanskrit term Jñānābhinirhṛta can be transliterated into English as Jnanabhinirhrta or Jnanabhinirhrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Jñānābhinirhṛta (ज्ञानाभिनिर्हृत) refers to “that which is brought about through the knowledge”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Bodhisattva Gaganagañja explains to Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī what kind of concentration should be purified: “[...] Since that which is entering into all knowledge of the Buddha and all behaviour of living beings is immeasurable and inconceivable, even if your life were to last eight thousand aeons, it would not be easy to express. When this knowledge of the Buddha was taught and those gates into concentrations were explained, sixteen thousand Bodhisattvas attained the tolerance that all things are unborn, which is brought about through the knowledge and concentrations (samādhi-jñānābhinirhṛta) ”.

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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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