Shadvikara, Ṣaḍvikāra, Shash-vikara: 2 definitions
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Shadvikara 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 Ṣaḍvikāra can be transliterated into English as Sadvikara or Shadvikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationṢaḍvikāra (षड्विकार) or “to six causes of perturbation” are the following: lust (kāma), anger (krodha), greed (lobha), pride (mada), delusion (moha), envy (matsara). According to the Śivapurāṇa-māhātmya chapter 6: “the story of Śivapurāṇa must be listened to with careful attention. The recipient must be intelligent, pure in mind, delighted at the heart and a follower of conventions. If either the discourser or the recipient indulges in too many extraneous activities, is a victim of any of the six base feelings (ṣaḍvikāra) of lust, anger etc., is enamoured of women or is a heretic he cannot gain any merit”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāṢaḍvikāra (षड्विकार) refers to “six ways” (of shaking of this world system), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “When this decisive teaching was declared, seventy-two millions of Gods, Humans, Asuras, Kiṃnaras, Mahoragas, and other beings (prāṇin) produced the thought of incomparable complete awakening, thirty-two thousand Bodhisattvas attained the tolerance that all things are unborn, this world system of three thousandfold worlds was shaken in its six ways (ṣaḍvikāra), and the world was illuminated by a grand lustre.. [...]”.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shash, Vikara, Sat.
Starts with: Shadvikaram.
Full-text: Shadvikaram.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 5.1: The Buddha shakes the trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu in six ways < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
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Bhūmi 10: the ground of the cloud of the Dharma (dharmameghā) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXX - The rolling of the wheel < [Volume III]