Pravanata, Pravaṇatā: 5 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Pravaṇatā (प्रवणता) [=Pravaṇa?] refers to “inclination (towards the dharma)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] 5) striving for the dharma is included in fulfilling one’s own promises and having no regret of others; (6) being interested in the dharma is included in being inclined towards the dharma and inclination towards the dharma (dharma-pravaṇa); (7) the beautiful appearance is included in the absence of sleepiness or bewilderment; (8) the beautiful mind is included in noble birth and eliminating the accidental vices; [...]’”.
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
Pravaṇatā (प्रवणता).—
1) Slope, inclination, declivity.
2) Propensity, tendency.
Pravaṇatā (प्रवणता):—[=pra-vaṇa-tā] [from pra-vaṇa] f. inclination, propensity, proneness to ([compound]), [Prabodha-candrodaya; Kuvalayānanda]
Pravaṇatā (प्रवणता):—(von pravaṇa) f. Hang, Geneigtheit, Neigung: nīca [KUVALAY. 129,a.] pratyakpravaṇatāṃ svāminaḥ [Prabodhacandrodaja 100, 14.]
Pravaṇatā (प्रवणता):—f. Hang — , Geneigtheit — , Neigung zu.
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 (+0): Pravana, Luo, Da, Ta.
Full-text (+0): Pratyakpravanata, Dharmapravanata, Kalpana, Bhakti, Nimna, Yuddh, Yuddha, Pravana, Bhava.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 572 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 2]
Page 378 < [Malayalam-English (1 volume)]
Page 681 < [Malayalam-English-Kannada (1 volume)]
Liberation in early Advaita Vedanta (by Aleksandar Uskokov)
1. Introduction < [Chapter 7 - Liberation, Ritual, and the arising of Knowledge]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 2 - Dharma < [Chapter XXIV - The Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Comparative analysis of jwara chikitsa siddhanta among the charaka samhita and sushruta samhita < [2021, Issue 10, October]