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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Nirvedha (निर्वेध) refers to “penetration”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Further, the so-called ‘insight (prajñā)’ is a word for calm because it is free from the flame of false discrimination; [...] a word for penetration (nirvedha-pada) because it is well understood; a word for meaning because it is ineffable; a word for sameness because it is without difference; a word for firmness because it is indestructible; a word for no darkness because it is not dependent on anything; a word for diamond because it completely pierce [all dharmas], a word for liberation because it has been done what is to be done, [...]”.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nirvēdha (निर्वेध).—a (S) That is without anxiety; free from any pressing care. 2 Free from interruption and disturbance.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nirvēdha (निर्वेध).—a That is without anxiety. Free from interruption.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirvedha (निर्वेध).—

1) Penetration.

2) Insight.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nirvedha (निर्वेध).—(= Pali nibbedha; related to Sanskrit nir-vyadh-; compare the following items and nairvedhika), (intellectual) penetration, insight: °dha-bhagakramaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 1210, compare °dha-bhāgīya (Tibetan ṅes par ḥbyed pa); °dha-vīrya- vajra-prākāreṇa Gaṇḍavyūha 161.21; compare Abhidharmakośa La V-P. vi.169, ‘nirvedha signifie niścita vedha, c'est donc le Noble Chemin… il est donc niścita, et les vérités sont distinguées (vibhājana, vedha).’

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nirvedha (निर्वेध):—[=nir-vedha] a dhima See nir-vyadh.

2) [=nir-vedha] [from nir-vyadh] b m. penetration, insight, [Divyāvadāna]

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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: Vedha, Nir, Veta.

Starts with: Nirvedhabhagiya, Nirvedhana, Nirvedhanika.

Full-text: Nirvedhabhagiya, Nirbhedabhagiya, Bhagiya, Nairvedhika, Nirvedhana, Nirvedhika, Laukikagra, Ushmagata, Murdhana, Murdhan, Nibbedha, Anantaryasamadhi, Kshanti.

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Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra

Chapter XL - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a) < [Section Eight]

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