Strindriya, Strīndriya, Stri-indriya: 2 definitions
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Strindriya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraStrīndriya (स्त्रीन्द्रिय, “female organ”) refers to the one of the twenty-two faculties (indriya), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 38. The word indriya, derived from the root id or ind, is synonymous with great power, with control. The twenty-two Dharmas in question [viz., strīndriya] have the characteristic of being dominant in regard to the living being (sattva) in that which concerns: his primary constitution, his distinctiveness, his duration, his moral defilement and his purification.
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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryStrīndriya (स्त्रीन्द्रिय):—[from strī] (strīnd) n. the female organ, [Divyāvadāna]
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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Partial matches: Indriya, Stri.
Full-text: Indriya.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 12 - Notes on the daughter of Sāgara (king of the nāgas) < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
Note (2): The Twenty-two Faculties (indriya) < [Part 3 - The three faculties of understanding]
I. The three faculties of understanding according to the Abhidharma < [Part 3 - The three faculties of understanding]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)