Pratimoksha, Prātimokṣa, Pratimokṣa: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Prātimokṣa and Pratimokṣa can be transliterated into English as Pratimoksa or Pratimoksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismThe Prātimokṣa (Sanskrit; Pali: Pāṭimokkha) is a list of rules (contained within the vinaya) governing the behaviour of Buddhist monks (Bhikkhus) and nuns (Bhikkhunis). Prati means "towards", and mokṣa means liberation from cyclic existence (saṃsāra). Prātimokṣa texts may also circulate in separate prātimokṣa sūtras, which are extracts from their respective vinayas.
The Prātimokṣa belongs to the Vinaya of the Buddhist doctrine and is seen as the very basis of Buddhism.
The Prātimokṣa is traditionally a section of the Vinaya. The Theravada Vinaya is preserved in the Pali Canon, in the Vinaya Piṭaka section. The Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya is preserved in both the Tibetan Buddhist canon in the Kangyur, in a Chinese edition, and in an incomplete Sanskrit manuscript.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratimokṣa (प्रतिमोक्ष).—Liberation, deliverance; प्रतिमोक्षणम् (pratimokṣaṇam) remission (of taxes).
Derivable forms: pratimokṣaḥ (प्रतिमोक्षः).
See also (synonyms): pratimokṣaṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPratimokṣa (प्रतिमोक्ष).—q.v. (the literary work): na ca pratimokṣa-vinaye vā Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 30.11 (verse; perhaps pra- for prā- m.c., but meter is obscure to me); pratimokṣa- saṃvara-saṃvṛtā(ḥ) Kāraṇḍavvūha 98.23 (prose).
Pratimokṣa can also be spelled as Prātimokṣa (प्रातिमोक्ष).
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Prātimokṣa (प्रातिमोक्ष).—m. (on [etymology] and literal meaning compare Winter-nitz, H.I.Lit. 2.22; = Pali pātimokkha, pāṭi°), name of the code of precepts in the Vinaya according to which monks are controlled and corrected (with penances etc.): Mahāvyutpatti 9217 = Tibetan so sor thar pa, individual (as if = prati) release (sc. from sin), which is accomplished by confession and penance. As in Pali, [compound] with saṃvara, q.v. for this [compound] Generally seems to refer to the literary text containing this code, one version of which is our [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins]: °kṣa-sūtrodde- śam (acc.) [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 476.8; Avadāna-śataka ii.21.12; °śaḥ Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.107.9; prātimokṣād Śikṣāsamuccaya 125.9 (seems to refer to a literary text); pūrāgheṇa (see s.v. pūra) prātimokṣe Śikṣāsamuccaya 143.6—7, in the (book of) expiation according to full value (of the require- ments, i.e. matching the offense). See also pratimokṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratimokṣa (प्रतिमोक्ष).—m.
(-kṣaḥ) Liberation, deliverance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratimokṣa (प्रतिमोक्ष):—[=prati-mokṣa] m. (√mokṣ) liberation, deliverance
2) [v.s. ...] (with, [Buddhist literature]) emancipation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] the formulary for releasing monks by penances, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
4) Prātimokṣa (प्रातिमोक्ष):—[=prāti-mokṣa] [from prāti] m. = prati-m q.v., [Buddhist literature]
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Moksha, Prati.
Starts with: Pratimokshabhashyasampramushitasmaranamatra-lekha, Pratimokshana, Pratimokshasutra.
Ends with: Bodhisattvapratimoksha.
Full-text: Pratimokshana, Pratimokshasutra, Pratimokshita, Bodhisattvapratimoksha, Antahsima, Adhikarana, Samvara, Bahyasima, Gocarika, Sima, Pura, Muc.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 6 - Lineage of the pratimokṣa vow < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Chapter 19 - Rgyal mtshan bzang po < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Commentary 2: Distinctions between Commitments and Vows < [Chapter 19 (Text And Commentary)]
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The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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