Sprashtavyayatana, Spraṣṭavyāyatana, Sprashtavya-ayatana: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Spraṣṭavyāyatana can be transliterated into English as Sprastavyayatana or Sprashtavyayatana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Spraṣṭavyāyatana (स्प्रष्टव्यायतन) (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: reg-bya'i skye-mched) refers to the “the activity field of touch” and represents one of the “twelve activity fields” (in Sanskrit: dvādaśāyatana; Tibetan: skye-mched bcu-gnyis).—[Cf. Mahāvyutpatti 2027-39. 13, 55-6»
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Spraṣṭavyāyatana (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 所觸 [suǒ chù]: “touched”.
2) 觸 [chù]: “contact”; “touch”.
3) 觸處 [chù chù]: “tactile field”.
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: Sprashtavya, Ayatana.
Full-text: Sprashtavya, reg bya'i skye mched, skye mched bcu gnyis, Dvadashayatana, Chuchu, Suo chu, Chu.
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