Parinikshepa, Parinikṣepa: 1 definition
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Parinikshepa means something in 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 Parinikṣepa can be transliterated into English as Pariniksepa or Parinikshepa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryParinikṣepa (परिनिक्षेप).—(m.; see prec.), form (?): paramapuruṣās te p' ime imasya mānuṣasya (so mss.) parinikṣepaṃ pi na jānanti Mahāvastu ii.278.4 (one of the sad reflections of Māra about the Bodhisattva), these Supreme Persons do not know even the form of this human (species), i.e. they are completely superhuman (?); otherwise but implausibly Senart, who was not aware of parinikṣipta Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 350.12.
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.
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