The Sanskrit terms Pratikāṅkṣaṇa and Pratikāṃkṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Pratikanksana or Pratikankshana or Pratikamksana or Pratikamkshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Pratikāṃkṣaṇa (प्रतिकांक्षण) [=Pratikāṃkṣaṇatā?] refers to “desire for something”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Thus he becomes one who subjugates the works of Māra (mārakarman). What then is the subjugation of the works of Māra? That by means of which none of Māra can find a weak point in the Bodhisattva. [...] (23) desire for [something] at inappropriate times (akāla-pratikāṃkṣaṇatā) is the work of Māra; (24) thinking about his family without great compassion is the work of māra; (25) desire for the unconditioned is the work of Māra; (26) depreciating the conditioned is the work of Māra; [...]”.

context information

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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pratikāṅkṣaṇa (प्रतिकाङ्क्षण).—(nt.), °ṇā (unrecorded; compare next items), (1) desire: akāla-°ṇa-tā mārakarma Śikṣāsamuccaya 51.14, state of having untimely desires; (2) expectation: vipāka- °ṇā-viśuddhaṃ (dānaṃ) Śikṣāsamuccaya 270.11, free of expectation of reward; (dānaṃ) vipākāpratikāṅkṣaṇa-tā Kāśyapa Parivarta 16.4 (°ka- aprati°); sarvadāneṣu vipākāpratikāṅkṣaṇa-cittaṃ Gaṇḍavyūha 319.14.

context information

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: Kankshana, Prati.

Starts with: Pratikamkshanata.

Ends with: Apratikankshana.

Full-text: Apratikankshana, Kankshana, Pratikamkshanata.

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