Sthulavikshepa, Sthūlavikṣepa, Sthula-vikshepa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Sthūlavikṣepa can be transliterated into English as Sthulaviksepa or Sthulavikshepa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraSthūlavikṣepa (स्थूलविक्षेप) refers to “coarse distraction” and represents one of the two kinds of distraction (vikṣepa), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVIII). Accordingly, “Subtle distraction (sūkṣma-vikṣepa) is of three types according to whether it abounds in attachment (āsaṅgabahula), pride (abhimānabahula) or wrong view (dṛṣṭibahula). These three distractions are subtle distractions. Because of that, one falls out of the concentrations and produces the threefold poison (rāga, dveṣa and moha) that constitutes the coarse distraction (sthūla-vikṣepa)”.
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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Partial matches: Vikshepa, Sthula.
Full-text: Vikshepa.
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