Alternative spellings of this word include Sanchhinna.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Sañchinna (सञ्छिन्न) refers to “cutting off” (the wings of in/out breathing), according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Like a plantain tree, the great illusion, whose layers [of leaf sheaths] along with the mind and senses, perishes totally when it has produced the fruit of the no-mind [state]. When the wings, which are the in and out breaths and whose sphere of operation is all the senses, are cut off (sañchinna), the mind-bird being motionless [in the air], plummets. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Saṃchinna (संछिन्न) refers to “(having) sliced off”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] At that time, sixty koṭis of Bodhisattvas, having stood up from the congregation, joined their palms, paid homage to the Lord, and then uttered these verses in one voice: ‘[...] (227) Just as a mirror would never bring pleasure to those who had their noses and ears sliced off (saṃchinna-karṇanāsa), so, having heard the true accusation, they will reject the true dharma. (228) There will be monks who receive the true dharma and behave accordingly, but no one will listen to their dharmas. [...]’”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sañchinna : (pp. of sañchindati) cut; destroyed.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sañchinna, (pp. of sañchindati) Vin. I, 255 (of the kaṭhina, with samaṇḍalīkata “hemmed”). Also in cpd. °patta “with leaves destroyed” is Nd² reading at Sn. 44 (where T. ed. & SnA 91 read saṃsīna), as well as at Sn. 64 (in similar context, where T. ed. reads sañchinna). The latter passage is explained (Nd² 625) as “bahula-pattapalāsa saṇḍa-cchāya, ” i.e. having thick & dense foliage. The same meaning is attached to sañchinna-patta at VvA. 288 (with v. l. saṃsīna!), thus evidently in sense of sañchanna. The C. on Sn. 64 (viz. SnA 117) takes it as sañchanna in introductory story. (Page 669)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sañchinna (सञ्छिन्न).—mfn.

(-nnaḥ-nnā-nnaṃ) 1. Cut, cut off. 2. Dissipated, removed. E. sam before chid to cut, kta aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃchinna (संछिन्न):—[=saṃ-chinna] [from saṃ-chid] mfn. cut to pieces, cut off etc., [Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sañchinna (सञ्छिन्न):—[sa-ñchinna] (nnaḥ-nnā-nnaṃ) p. Cut off; removed.

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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.

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Partial matches: Chinna, Sam, Shan, Can.

Full-text: Sanchindati, Chinna, Nasa, Karna, Karnanasa, Patta.

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