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

Paritasana (परितसन).—nt. (probably MIndic for °tṛṣ° to Pali pari-tasati, and especially °tasita, ppp., see paritṛṣita), great longing, = utkaṇṭhā: tāṃs tathāgatān apaśyan (pres. pple.) maha- tīm utkaṇṭhāṃ paritasanaṃ cāpannaḥ Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 494.8 (prose), sc. to see the vision which had disappeared. Cf. also prec. The neg. a-paritasana, q.v., has been noted only as a noun from the different verb parit(r)as(y)ati; in Pali the two seem to be confused, at least if the Pali Dictt. are to be trusted. It must be noted, however, that the meaning discouragement, mental trouble (as in a-parita- syana etc., compare paritasyati, °tras°) would be possible in the above Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā passage, and could also be the meaning of utkaṇṭhā, as in Pali ukkaṇṭhā and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] utkaṇṭhati; the disappearance of the vision could lead to depression of mind, as well as to eager desire to see it again.

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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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Full-text: Aparitasana, Utkantha, Aparitamana, Paritrishita, Aparitasyana.

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