Purnaprajna, Pūrṇaprajña, Purna-prajna: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale: The Epistemological Model of Vedantic Doxography According to the SarvadarśanasaṃgrahaPūrṇaprajña (पूर्णप्रज्ञ) or Pūrṇaprajñadarśana refers to the fifth chapter of the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha (lit., “ompendium of all the darśanas”) by Mādhavācārya (fourteenth century CE) refers to the most famous text of the Saṃgraha literary genre dealing in 16 chapters with different darśanas or schools of Indian philosophy.—The fifth darśana is named pūrṇaprajña-darśana, and it treats of the system of Madhva (alias Pūrṇaprajña, alias Ānandatīrtha), that is the dualism (dvaita), the tradition variously known as brahmasampradāya, sadvaiṣṇava, atyantabheda. Here the polemic attitude of the non-dualism (advaitavāda) against the dualism (dvaitavāda) is much emphasized, in order to show the internal contradictions of the dvaita system. A lot of sources are employed, [...].
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPūrṇaprajña (पूर्णप्रज्ञ).—a. one whose prajñā is fully developed.
Pūrṇaprajña is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūrṇa and prajña (प्रज्ञ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrṇaprajña (पूर्णप्रज्ञ):—[=pūrṇa-prajña] [from pūrṇa > pūra] m. Name of Madhva (also called Madhya-mandira), and of his adherents, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha] (cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 118; 119])
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPūrṇaprajña (ಪೂರ್ಣಪ್ರಜ್ಞ):—
1) [noun] he who has complete and perfect knowledge; the Supreme.
2) [noun] Madhvācārya, a religious leader of Karnāṭaka, the propounder of Dvaita (Dualistic) philosophy, who is regarded as one of the trinities of Indian phiosophy.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Purna, Prajna.
Starts with: Purnaprajnadarshana.
Full-text: Purnaprajnadarshana, Madhyamandira, Madhvacarya, Dvaita.
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Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha (by E. B. Cowell)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.17.46 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]
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