Mridvindriya, Mṛdvindriya, Mridu-indriya: 2 definitions
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Mridvindriya 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.
The Sanskrit term Mṛdvindriya can be transliterated into English as Mrdvindriya or Mridvindriya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Mṛdvindriya (मृद्विन्द्रिय) refers to “(people of) weak faculties”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]—[...] (6). [...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—[...] Other people who are of weak faculties (mṛdvindriya) experience the unpleasant and the pleasant sensations especially, but they do not feel the neither unpleasant nor pleasant sensation, they do not know it and have only indifference (upekṣā) for it: they are fettered by the fetter of confusion (mohasaṃyojana). The Buddha, on the other hand, knows completely the moment of arising (utpāda), the moment of duration (sthiti) and the moment of cessation (bhaṅga) of the neither unpleasant nor pleasant sensation: this is why it is said that the Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity. [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Mṛdvindriya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 下劣 [xià liè]: “inferior”.
2) 下根 [xià gēn]: “lesser capacity”.
3) 有鈍根 [yǒu dùn gēn]: “has dull faculties”.
4) 根鈍 [gēn dùn]: “faculties are dull”.
5) 軟根 [ruǎn gēn]: “weak faculties”.
6) 鈍根 [dùn gēn]: “dull faculties”.
7) 鈍根者 [dùn gēn zhě]: “dull faculties”.
Note: mṛdvindriya can be alternatively written as: mṛdv-indriya.
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)
Partial matches (+0): Mridv, Mridu, Indriya.
Starts with (+0): Mridvindriyagotra.
Full-text (+0): Mridvindriyagotra, Xia gen, Gen dun, Dun gen xing, Ruan gen xing, Ruan gen, You dun gen, Dun gen zhe, Dun gen, Xia lie, Agramati, Mohasamyojana, Edamuka.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. Penetrating the mind of the Buddhas < [Part 7 - Seeing, hearing and understanding all the Buddhas of the present]
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