Sampramosha, Saṃpramoṣa: 8 definitions

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Sampramosha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Saṃpramoṣa can be transliterated into English as Sampramosa or Sampramosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Sampramosha in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Saṃpramoṣa (संप्रमोष) (Cf. Asaṃpramoṣa) refers to “(one who) gives up”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, son of good family, is the recollection of the Buddha (buddhānusmṛti), which is authorized by the Lord for Bodhisattvas? (1) while recollecting the Buddha from the perspective of morality, he never gives up (asaṃpramoṣaasaṃpramoṣata) unsullied morality; (2) while recollecting the Buddha in the perspective concentration, he is changeless concerning the realm of the dharma being always same; (3) while recollecting the Buddha from the perspective of insight, he is free from thought-constructions since there is no activity in all dharmas; (4) while recollecting the Buddha from the perspective of liberation, he does not stay in the secondary-thought; [...]”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sampramosha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃpramoṣa (संप्रमोष).—Loss, destruction, abstraction; यदोपरामो मनसो नामरूपरूपस्य दृष्टस्मृतिसंप्रमोषात् (yadoparāmo manaso nāmarūparūpasya dṛṣṭasmṛtisaṃpramoṣāt) Bhāgavata 6.4.26.

Derivable forms: saṃpramoṣaḥ (संप्रमोषः).

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

Saṃpramoṣa (संप्रमोष).—(ṇa) , see a-saṃ°.

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

Sampramoṣa (सम्प्रमोष).—m.

(-ṣaḥ) Loss, abstraction.

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

Saṃpramoṣa (संप्रमोष).—i. e. sam-pra -muṣ + a, m. Suppression, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 4, 26.

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

Sampramoṣa (सम्प्रमोष):—[=sam-pramoṣa] [from sampra-muṣita] m. carrying off, abstraction, loss (= nāśa), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Sampramoṣa (सम्प्रमोष):—[sampra-moṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. Neglect.

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Sampramosha in German

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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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