Spharana, Spharaṇa, Sphāraṇa: 8 definitions

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Spharaṇa (स्फरण) refers to “spread” or “pervade”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “When this had been said, the Lord said to the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja: ‘[...] Just as the sky is unconditioned, the same way, [the Bodhisattva] gives a gift without conditions. Just as the sky is beyond ideation, the same way, [the Bodhisattva] gives a gift with no basis in consciousness. Just as the sky is spread on all Buddha-fields (sarvabuddhakṣetra-spharaṇa), the same way, [the Bodhisattva] gives a gift in order to pervade all living beings with friendliness (sarvasatva-maitrī-spharaṇa). [...]’”.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Spharaṇa (स्फरण).—Trembling, quivering, throbbing.

Derivable forms: spharaṇam (स्फरणम्).

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Sphāraṇa (स्फारण).—Throbbing, shaking, trembling.

Derivable forms: sphāraṇam (स्फारणम्).

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

Spharaṇa (स्फरण).—nt. (= Pali, also [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], pharaṇa, q.v.; to (s) pharati), suffusion, pervasion, primarily with light, fig. also with love, knowledge, etc.: Mahāvyutpatti 6491 spharaṇam = Tibetan khyab pa, suffusion, as with light (or rgyas pa, extensive); Bodhisattvabhūmi 58.23 °ṇam, name of a kind of ṛddhi, defined 59.17 ff. yathāpi tad gṛham apy ābhayā spharati… lokadhātūn ābhayā spharati; chiefly used in the final of cpds., especially [bahuvrīhi], often translatable by adj. forms, pervad- ing, suffusing…; so a-sph° having no pervasion, unpervad- able, Lalitavistara 250.19 ākāśam aspharaṇam akaraṇam avikara- ṇaṃ tac ca (sc. dhyānaṃ) sarvaṃ spharati, it pervades the unpervadable…space; Lalitavistara 259.10 ākāśadhātu-sphara- ṇaṃ (āsphānakaṃ dhyānaṃ); Mahāvyutpatti 816 (mahāmaitrī-…)- lokadhātu-spharaṇaḥ, pervading the world-systems…with supreme love; Śikṣāsamuccaya 32.5—6 sarvadharmadhātv-eka-sphara- ṇāḥ, having exclusive (or unitary) penetration of all dharma- dhātu; Śikṣāsamuccaya 270.16 yathā gaganaṃ sarvabuddhakṣetra- spharaṇam evaṃ sarvasattvamaitrīspharaṇaṃ tad dānaṃ dadāti, pervading…; Gaṇḍavyūha 37.3; 40.2; 93.10 (here 1st ed. misprinted rasphaṇa); 222.22—23 (here in a [compound] but a tatpuruṣa, as n., not [bahuvrīhi], see s.v. anujava); Daśabhūmikasūtra 2.2; 57.11 (jñāna-); 91.15 daśadikspharaṇaṃ (as n., tatpur.) gacchati.

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

Spharaṇa (स्फरण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Throbbing, trembling. E. sphar to throb, aff. lyuṭ .

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Sphāraṇa (स्फारण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Throbbing, shaking, trembling. E. sphar to throb, causal form, aff. lyuṭ.

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

Spharaṇa (स्फरण).—i. e. sphar + ana, n. Trembling, throbbing.

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Sphāraṇa (स्फारण).—i. e. sphur, Cans., + ana, n., and sphāla sphāla, i. e. sphul + a, m. Trembling, throbbing.

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

1) Spharaṇa (स्फरण):—[from sphar] n. = sphuraṇa, trembling, quivering, throbbing, vibration, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] penetration, [Mahā-vyutpatti]

3) Sphāraṇa (स्फारण):—[from sphar] n. = spharaṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Spharaṇa (स्फरण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Throbbing.

2) Sphāraṇa (स्फारण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Throbbing, shaking.

[Sanskrit to German]

Spharana 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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