The Sanskrit term Paryeṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Paryesti or Paryeshti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Paryeṣṭi (पर्येष्टि) refers to “seeking (the dharma)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “When this had been said, the Lord said to the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja: ‘Excellent! Excellent, son of good family! Son of good family, you have done well to ask the Tathāgata. [...] You have been clad in the armour of great friendliness and great compassion, have honored the immeasurable Buddhas, have been never satisfied to seek the dharma (dharma-paryeṣṭi), have transcended all aspects of conceit by means of the sword of knowledge, have constantly strived for the benefit of living beings, [...]’”,

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paryeṣṭi (पर्येष्टि).—f. Search, inquiry.

Derivable forms: paryeṣṭiḥ (पर्येष्टिः).

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

Paryeṣṭi (पर्येष्टि).—f. (= Pali pariyeṭṭhi; to paryeṣati), search, striving for, seeking; often with worldly things as the object, āhāra-cāvara-paryeṣṭi-hetoḥ Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 102.5; 105.8; 210.8, seeking for food and raiment; apariśuddhajñāna- kṣānti-saṃbhoga-paryeṣṭiḥ (…duḥkhavipāko dharmaḥ) Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 19.18—19; lābha-paryeṣṭy-arthaṃ 34.4; lokāyata- mantra-paryeṣṭi-tā Kāśyapa Parivarta 111.2; or with implication but no expression of such objects, paryeṣṭi-vyasanādīni duḥ- khāni Divyāvadāna 299.4; °ṭi-samudācāra-duḥkhaṃ 422.12; °ṭi- duḥkhānugatāṃ…gṛhasthatāṃ Jātakamālā 106.1; °ṭi-nidānaṃ Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 77.15 (see nidāna 1); but also with expressed or implied neutral, or even religiously commendable, objects (as in Pali pariyeṭṭhi), mantracaryāparyeṣṭiḥ (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 23.12; śruta-p° Bodhisattvabhūmi 336.13; buddhadharma-p° Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 340.1; Daśabhūmikasūtra 32.19; dharma-p° Lalitavistara 179.11; °ṭim (for religious enlight- enment) āpadyeyaṃ (or °haṃ) Mahāvastu ii.120.16, to be re- stored also in Mahāvastu ii.119.5—6 (compare Senart's note and parallel paryeṣamāṇaḥ Lalitavistara 239.16).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paryeṣṭi (पर्येष्टि) or Paryyeṣṭi.—f. (-ṣṭi) Search, inquiry.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paryeṣṭi (पर्येष्टि).—[feminine] searching for (—°).

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

1) Paryeṣṭi (पर्येष्टि):—[=pary-eṣṭi] [from pary-eṣaṇa > parīṣ] f. searching for, inquiry, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]

2) [v.s. ...] striving after worldly objects, [Jātakamālā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Paryeshti 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: Eshti, Pary.

Ends with: Dharmaparyeshti, Shrutaparyeshti.

Full-text: Paryyeshti, Esh, Paryeshyati, Paryeshate, Paryeshati, Paryeshayati, Nidana.

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