In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Samatājñāna (समताज्ञान) refers to the “(that which is the) knowing of the equality”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, having praised the Lord with these verses, addressed himself to the Lord: ‘[...] The Lord, who lives with great friendliness, has a mind without hostile intent (apratihata) and same thoughts towards all living beings because he is endowed with the [divine] sight which is to see with the light of the same nature as open space (gaganasama). The Lord, who is established in great compassion, is not shaken by good, evil, pain, or pleasure of living beings because he is endowed with the mind which is the entrance into the sameness (samatā). The Lord, who is equal to all Buddhas, enters into the non-duality (dvaya) which is the knowing of the equality (samatājñāna)’. [...]’”.

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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.

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Samatājñāna (समताज्ञान) refers to the “gnosis of equality” and represents one of the “five gnoses” (pañcajñāna), according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—The five gnoses (pañcajñāna) in terms of various masteries are [e.g., samatājñāna (gnosis of equality), with the four vaiśāradya (confidences)]. [...] These associations are referenced to the Māyājālatantra in manuscript A (alone).

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Samatājñāna (समताज्ञान) or “wisdom of equality” refers to one of the “five wisdoms” (Pañcajñāna), according to the Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The crown of five skulls symbolize the pañcajñāna, "The Five Wisdoms": 1) ādarśajñāna, "mirror-like wisdom", 2) samatājñāna, "the wisdom of equality", 3) pratyavekṣājñāna, "discriminating wisdom", 4) kṛtyanuṣṭhānajñāna, "the wisdom of action", 5) tathatājñāna, "the wisdom of thusness".

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Samatājñāna (समताज्ञान) or simply Samatā refers to the “knowledge of equalit” and represents the second of the “ten knowledges” (jñāna) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 93). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., samatā-jñāna). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Source: Google Books: Foundations of Indian Psychology

Samatājñāna (समताज्ञान) or simply Samatā refers to the “pristine wisdom of equality” which represents one of the five inseparable aspects of pristine wisdom in Buddhist Psychology.—The ‘pristine wisdom of equality’ (samatājñāna) is the wisdom sensing the happiness and suffering of all beings with one-taste, transcending beyond the ego-centric feelings of suffering and limited pleasures. Due to the absence of confused identities with suffering and pleasure, this leads to an even-minded quality of compassionate all-rounded enrichment. The aggregate of feeling dissolves into the realization of this pristine wisdom. The power that drives the affliction of pride (māna), and the ego-clinging nature of enriching one’s happiness, is transformed into an all-enriching attitude.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Samatājñāna (समताज्ञान).—one of the 5 jñāna (q.v.): Mahāvyutpatti 112 = Tibetan mñam pa ñid kyi ye śes (lit. translation(s)); Dharmasaṃgraha 94.

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

Samatājñāna (समताज्ञान):—[=sama-tā-jñāna] [from sama-tā > sama] n. (with Buddhists) one of the 5 kinds of knowledge, [Dharmasaṃgraha 94.]

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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: Jnana, Samata.

Full-text: Samata, Sarvadharmasamatajnanamudra, Pancajnana, Jnana, Krityanushthana, Pratyaveksha, Tathata, Adarsha, Five Knowledges, Adarshajnana, Tathatajnana, Pratyavekshajnana, Krityanushthanajnana, Kapalamala.

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