Jnanapratisarana, Jñānapratisaraṇa, Jnana-pratisarana: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāJñānapratisaraṇa (ज्ञानप्रतिसरण) refers to “reliance on knowledge”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] (21) the nature as a dream is included in recollecting and knowing what has been seen and learned, and one’s own experience of the dharma; (22) the nature as an illusion is included in creations and fictions; (23) supernormal knowledges is included in reliance on meaning and knowledge (jñānapratisaraṇa); (24) skillful means is included in seeing by insight and having regard for living beings; [...]’”.
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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Partial matches: Jnana, Pratisharana.
Full-text: Pratisharana.
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