Svaguna, Svaguṇa: 3 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSvaguṇa (स्वगुण) refers to “one’s own qualities”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] The Bodhisattva Gaganagañja then sustained the jewel-canopy of ten thousand yojanas high over the Lord’s lion throne in the sky, joined the palms of his hands, saluted, and praised the Lord with these suitable verses: ‘[...] (18) [No matter] how much living beings praise (praśaṃsita) the Victorious One (jina) by means of examples (udāharaṇa), it is still an attachment (saṅga) that they see him with respect to the praising. Because his own qualities (svaguṇa) as the Leader (nāyaka) are just like open space (gagamasama), the praising for non-duality (advaya) is to praise the Victorious One. [...]”.
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: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySvaguṇa (स्वगुण).—1. [masculine] one’s own virtue or merit; [ablative] tas.
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Svaguṇa (स्वगुण).—2. [adjective] having virtues and merits of one’s own.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Svaguṇa (स्वगुण):—[=sva-guṇa] [from sva] m. o°’s own merits, [Kāvya literature]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. having o°’s own m°, appropriate, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
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: Svagunaprakashaka, Svagunashakha, Svagunatas.
Full-text: Svagunaprakashaka, Svagunatas, Vaditar, Jaday, Manisha, Prashamsita, Gagamasama, Udaharana, Sanga, Nayaka, Svagata, Stava.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.240 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 11.38 [Pūrva-rūpa] < [Chapter 11 - Additional Ornaments]
Text 2.12 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.228 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Recollection of the Buddha (1): The ten names (adhivacana) < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 7 - Viṭṭhala’s Interpretation of Vallabha’s Ideas < [Chapter XXXI - The Philosophy of Vallabha]