In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Saṃprajanya (संप्रजन्य) refers to “awareness”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to Brahmā Prabhāvyūha: “[...] (11) Further, ‘the root of good’ is the entrance into the ability of faith, ‘merit’ is in accordance with vigour, recollection, and awareness (saṃprajanya), and ‘knowledge’ is the cultivation of concentration and insight. (12) Further, ‘the root of good’ is to be established in the five powers, ‘merit’ is to understand the limbs of awakening, and ‘knowledge’ is to know the entrance into the path. [...]”.

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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.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Samprajanya (सम्प्रजन्य, “full knowledge”) also refers to one of the “eight practices for the abandoning of conditions” (saṃskāra) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 119). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., samprajanya). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Saṃprajanya (संप्रजन्य).—nt. (see also a-saṃ°; back-formation from MIndic, = Pali saṃpajañña, for *saṃprajānya from °jāna, q.v.), consciousness, intelligence, mindfulness, clear- headedness, circumspection; usually associated or com- pounded with its near-synonym smṛti (as in Pali with sati): described Śikṣāsamuccaya 120.11 ff. (following a description of smṛti 7 ff.); [compound] smṛti-saṃ° Śikṣāsamuccaya 120.5; 123.15; 190.14; 271.10; Bodhisattvabhūmi 139.22; Gaṇḍavyūha 410.3; closely associated with smṛti, Dharmasaṃgraha 119; Śikṣāsamuccaya 356.9; in Divyāvadāna 654.27 and 655.3 read smṛtyā saṃprajanyenā 'pramādato yogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ (text has °janyetāpra°); not associated with smṛti, Gaṇḍavyūha 333.1 paramasaṃprajanyacāriṇī.

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

Samprajanya (सम्प्रजन्य):—[=sam-prajanya] [from sampra-jñā] (?) n. full consciousness, [Divyāvadāna]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sam.

Ends with: Asamprajanya, Smritisamprajanya.

Full-text: Samprajana, Asamprajanya, Utsahani, Eight Practices, Aprativani, Samskara.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

II. The four trances (dhyāna) according to the Mahāyāna < [Class 2: The four trances]

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Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)

Chapter VIII - The Absorptions

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The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)

1.1. Enlightenment Factor of Mindfulness < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]

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