Shashvatoccheda, Śāśvatoccheda, Shashvata-uccheda: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śāśvatoccheda can be transliterated into English as Sasvatoccheda or Shashvatoccheda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shashvatochchheda.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāŚāśvatoccheda (शाश्वतोच्छेद) refers to “eternity and discontinuity”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in sixty-four dharmas. What are those sixty-four? [...] (21) saying thus is included in doing good actions and no distress; (22) acting as you said is included in truth and saying correctly; (23) correct application is included in being in accordance with dependent origination and avoiding eternity or discontinuity (śāśvatoccheda); (24) correct exertion is included in application and the proper way; [...]’”.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚāśvatoccheda (शाश्वतोच्छेद).—(°-), permanence and annihilation (both denied to the world, see aśāśvatam): Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 22.10 = 264.7 (others, see Suzuki's Index, and Studies).
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: Shashvata, Uccheda.
Full-text: Ashashvatam.
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