Prakaranapada, Prakarana-pada, Prakaraṇapāda: 4 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Prakaraṇapāda (प्रकरणपाद), also called Prakaraṇagrantha or simply Prakaraṇa, is part of the Ṣaṭpādābhidharma of the Sarvāstivādins made up of the Jñānaprasthāna of Kātyāyanīputra and six annexed treatises. The Sanskrit sources (Kośavyākhyā), Tibetan sources (Bu ston; Tāranātha) and the Chinese sources attribute the Prakaraṇapāda to Vasumitra who composed it at Gandhāra, not far from Puṣkarāvati (Si-yu-ki). But according to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra, only the first four chapters were by Vasumitra, the last four of which are the Ts’ien-nan p’in were the work of the Kaśmir Arhats.
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
Prakaraṇapāda (प्रकरणपाद).—m., name of a work: Mahāvyutpatti 1420.
Prakaraṇapāda (प्रकरणपाद):—[=pra-karaṇa-pāda] [from pra-karaṇa > pra-kara > pra-kṛ] m. Name of [work]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Pada, Prakarana, Pata.
Full-text: Prakaranapancika, Prakaranagrantha, Pin lei zu lun, Fa su mi da luo, Po su mi da luo, A pi da mo pin lei zu lun, Zhong shi fen a pi tan lun, Shatpadabhidharma, You qing shu, San zhong duan.
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Search found 4 books and stories containing Prakaranapada, Prakarana-pada, Prakaraṇa-pāda, Prakaraṇapāda; (plurals include: Prakaranapadas, padas, pādas, Prakaraṇapādas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Observations on the Intertextuality of Selected Abhidharma Texts Preserved in... < [Volume 14, Issue 7 (2023)]
Meditative Experiences of Impurity and Purity—Further Reflection on the... < [Volume 12, Issue 2 (2021)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 5 - The Prakaraṇapāda-śāstra (aka. Prakaraṇagrantha or Prakaraṇa) < [Chapter XXXI - The Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
Part 3 - The origin of the aṣṭagrantha-abhidharma and the Ṣaṭpādabhidharma < [Chapter III - General Explanation of Evam Maya Śruta]
III. Dharmas known by omniscience < [VII. Winning omniscience and the knowledge of all the aspects]
Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies
From Huisong 慧嵩 (fl. 511–560) to Xuanzang 玄奘 (602?–664) < [Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies 4.2 (2021)]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)