Pradakshinagrahin, Pradakshina-grahi, Pradakṣiṇagrāhī, Pradakṣiṇagrāhin, Pradakshina-grahin, Pradakshinagrahi: 4 definitions

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Pradakshinagrahin 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.

The Sanskrit terms Pradakṣiṇagrāhī and Pradakṣiṇagrāhin can be transliterated into English as Pradaksinagrahi or Pradakshinagrahi or Pradaksinagrahin or Pradakshinagrahin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Pradakshinagrahin in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Pradakṣiṇagrahin (प्रदक्षिणग्रहिन्) refers to “adequately grasping”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Ratnapāṇi said: ‘Son of good family, what are those sixteen dharmas included in?’ Gaganagañja said: ‘Son of good family, the sixteen dharmas are included in thirty-two dharmas. What are those thirty-two? [...] (13) application is included in liberating and not turning back; (14) going to the limit of application is included in the words of others and thorough mental effort; (15) learning is included in spiritual friends and adequately grasping (pradakṣiṇagrahin); (16) cultivating what has been learned is included in intensive and heroic reflection. Son of good family, the sixteen dharmas are included in these thirty-two dharmas. [...]’”.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pradakṣiṇagrāhin (प्रदक्षिणग्राहिन्).—f. °iṇī, adj. (= Pali padakkhi-ṇaggāhi), skillfully or successfully ‘grasping’ = learning; adequately competent; usually without complement, in lists of virtuous qualities: Mahāvyutpatti 2365 = Tibetan mthun par ḥdzin pa, adequately grasping; Lalitavistara 25.10 (f., of Māyā), 27.1 (id.); 91.3; with loc., (-avavādānuśāsanīṣu) °grāhī Gaṇḍavyūha 492.22; see prec.

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Pradakshinagrahin 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.

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