The Sanskrit term Spṛhaṇa can be transliterated into English as Sprhana or Sprihana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Spṛhaṇa (स्पृहण) [=Spṛhaṇatā?] refers to “seeking (the small vehicle)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Thus he becomes one who subjugates the works of Māra (mārakarman). What then is the subjugation of the works of Māra? That by means of which none of Māra can find a weak point in the Bodhisattva. (1) Seeking the small vehicle (hīnayāna-spṛhaṇatā) is the work of Māra; (2) not keeping the thought of awakening is the work of Māra; (3) discriminatory giving to living beings is the work of Māra; (4) morality based on social class is the work of Māra; [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Spṛhaṇa (स्पृहण).—[spṛh-lyuṭ] The act of desiring or wishing, longing for.

Derivable forms: spṛhaṇam (स्पृहणम्).

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

Spṛhaṇa (स्पृहण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) The act or desiring or wishing.

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

Spṛhaṇa (स्पृहण).—[neuter] desire, longing for (—°).

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

Spṛhaṇa (स्पृहण):—[from spṛh] n. (ifc.) longing for, coveting, striving after, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sprihana 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Sprihanata.

Ends with: Asprihana, Hinayanasprihana.

Full-text: Sprihanata, Asprihanata.

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