Paripacaka, Paripācaka, Pari-pacaka: 2 definitions

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Paripacaka 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Paripachaka.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki: Dharma Dictionary

Paripācaka (परिपाचक) or Paripācakatārā (in Tibetan: yongs su smin mdzad sgrol ma) refers to the “completely ripening Tārā” and represents one of the twenty-one emanations of Tārā according to the Kashmiri Mahasiddha Suryagupta Tradition.—Suryagupta or Ravigupta (Tibetan: nyi ma be pa) was a layperson from Kashmir that was cured of leprosy by a miraculous statue of the goddess Tara. Suryagupta is famous for having many visions of Tara and originating many lineages of her practice such as the Twenty-one forms of Tara [e.g., Paripācaka-tārā]. There exists inscriptions and paintings (from the 14th century) of these Twenty-one Taras and they are also described in ritual and meditation texts in both Sanskrit and Tibetan language.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Paripacaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Paripācaka (परिपाचक).—f. °ikā, adj. (to °pācayati plus -aka), bringing to maturity (in religious sense): °kāḥ pudgalāḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 84.21; (kalyāṇamitrāṇi…) samyaksaṃbodhau… °cakāni Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 466.7; jñāna-°kair dharmaiḥ Daśabhūmikasūtra 38.8; bodhi-°cikā…devata (= °tā) Lalitavistara 185.11 (verse).

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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.

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