Sparshtavya, Sparṣṭavya: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Sparṣṭavya can be transliterated into English as Sparstavya or Sparshtavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraSparṣṭavya (स्पर्ष्टव्य, “touch”) according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVIII). Accordingly, “why condemn touch (sparṣṭavya)? Touch is a flame that gives rise to all the fetters (saṃyojana); it is the root that binds the mind. Why? The other four instincts the need to see, to hear, to feel and to taste are each limited to a part of the body, but the instinct to touch is spread over the entire body consciousness (kāyavijñāna); its place of arising (utpattisthāna) being vast, it produces a lot of passions (saṅga), and the attachment to which it leads is tenacious”.
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 DictionarySparṣṭavya (स्पर्ष्टव्य).—false Sanskritization, = spraṣṭ°, q.v.: Śikṣāsamuccaya 198.9. Influenced by sparśa etc.; perhaps intended by corrupt mss. Mahāvastu ii.391.16.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySparṣṭavya (स्पर्ष्टव्य):—[from spṛś] mfn. = spraṣṭavya, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Section A.5 - Rejection of pleasant touchables < [Part 2 - Means of acquiring meditation]
2. Debate with the Atomist < [Part 12 - Non-existence of the outer object]
1. Debate with the Realist < [Part 12 - Non-existence of the outer object]
A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
3.1. The Vaibhāṣika and the Sautrāntika School (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - The Four Buddhist Schools of Philosophy]