The Sanskrit term Punarbhavakṣetra can be transliterated into English as Punarbhavaksetra or Punarbhavakshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Punarbhavakṣetra (पुनर्भवक्षेत्र) refers to the “field of rebirths”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 4).—Accordingly, “[Question: Why is the Buddha called Arhat?]—[Answer]: [...] Furthermore, A marks negation and rahat means ‘to be born’. The expression means, therefore, ‘unborn’. The seeds (bīja) of the mind of the Buddha (buddhacitta) ‘do not arise’ in the field of rebirths (punarbhavakṣetra), for ignorance (avidyā) in him has been dissolved”.

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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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Partial matches: Kshetra, Punarbhava.

Full-text: Punarbhava, Buddhacitta, Bija.

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