The Sanskrit term Niṣpudgala can be transliterated into English as Nispudgala or Nishpudgala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Niḥpudgala (निःपुद्गल) refers to the “absence of personality”, 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? [...] (13) getting rid of the three defilements is included in the contemplation of offensive things and the contemplation of friendliness; (14) cultivating the three gates of freedom is included in the absence of personality (niḥpudgala) and the ultimate truth; (15) the absence of harshness is included in benefits and happiness; (16) no slander is included in nor creating discord and reconciliation; [...]’”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Niṣpudgala (निष्पुद्गल).—(also written niḥp°), adj. [bahuvrīhi] (see pudgala), without personality: °lāḥ sarvadharmāḥ Mahāvyutpatti 158; Vajracchedikā 38.5; -tva, nt., state of being…, °tvena samā sānut- tarā samyaksaṃbodhiḥ Vajracchedikā 41.18; °leṣu dharmeṣu Kāśyapa Parivarta 97.2.

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

Niṣpudgala (निष्पुद्गल):—[=niṣ-pudgala] [from niṣ > niḥ] mfn. without soul or personality

[Sanskrit to German]

Nishpudgala in German

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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: Pudgala, Nih, Nish.

Starts with: Nishpudgalatva.

Full-text: Nishpudgalatva, Nishpungala, Posa.

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