Kshanikotpada, Kṣaṇikotpāda, Kshanika-utpada: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kṣaṇikotpāda can be transliterated into English as Ksanikotpada or Kshanikotpada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKṣaṇikotpāda (क्षणिकोत्पाद) refers to “(the moments of) instantaneous arising”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (12). The Buddha has no loss of the wisdom and the vision of deliverance.—[...] Furthermore, according to some, Arhats still doubt their own deliverance and do not recognize it personally. But such Arhats are not real Arhats. Also, in order to cut this wrong view, the Buddha said that the saints recognize and see deliverance. But although these Arhats may have obtained the knowledge and vision of deliverance, they can lose this knowledge and vision of deliverance because they do not have omniscience, they are not endowed with an absolutely superior wisdom and they cannot recognize the various special characteristics of things, [namely], the moments of instantaneous arising (kṣaṇikotpāda) and cessation. The Buddha, on the other hand, is endowed with an absolutely pure faculty of wisdom and cognizes the instantaneous arisings (kṣaṇikotpāda) and cessations belonging to each dharma. This is why he ‘has no loss of knowledge and vision of deliverance’. [...]”.
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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